Nämä Kikhernebrownies are the fudgiest healthy plant-based brownie recipe ever! They are loaded with proteins and made without flour, oil, or eggs. These brownies are great guilt-free clean treats.
I love making healthier versions of the classics using chickpea flour or chickpeas, like I did for my Kikherneblondit, Kikhernejauhoista banaanileipäätai Kikhernejauhoista tehdyt pannukakut. Chickpea is a simple, nutritious, and affordable ingredient that turns out great in baking recipes.
Chickpea brownies are fudgy chocolate brownies made with canned chickpeas. It is similar to my vegan brownie recipe, but with a richer, higher in protein batter. They are healthy baked goods, high in protein, and fiber, and also vegan gluten-free.
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Suklaa-kikhernebrownies
Ainekset
- 1 ½ kuppi Säilykkeet kikherneet - or 1 can canned chickpea of 400 g (14 oz), drained, towel-dried
- ⅓ kuppi Maapähkinävoi (suolaton) - tai auringonkukansiemenvoita, jos pähkinätöntä
- ½ kuppi Vaahterasiirappi - tai mitä tahansa nestemäistä makeutusainetta, kuten agavesiirappia tai taatelisiirappia
- ½ ruokalusikka Vaniljauute
- ¼ teelusikka Leivinjauhetta
- ¼ teelusikka Ruokasooda
- ½ teelusikka Sea Salt
- ¼ kuppi Manteli jauho - tai kaurajauhoja
- 3 ruokalusikallista Makeuttamaton kaakaojauhe - scooped, packed, leveled
- ⅓ kuppi Maidottomat tummasuklaapalat
Koristeluun – valinnainen
- 3 ruokalusikallista Maidottomat tummasuklaapalat
Ohjeet
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 9-inch x 5-inch or 8-inch x 8-inch brownie pan with parchment paper. Set it aside.
- Open the can of chickpeas, rinse, drain, and dry/rub the chickpeas in a clean towel to remove all the water or moisture. This is very important, or the brownies will be fragile and too moist.
- Place the chickpeas in the bowl of a food processor, add peanut butter, maple syrup, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Sekoita suurella nopeudella 1 minuutti or until smooth, and no big lumps are left – it's normal if it looks gritty.
- Add the almond flour and unsweetened cocoa powder and process again at high speed for 15-30 seconds to blend evenly.
- Remove the food processor blade and stir in the dark chocolate chips.
- Spread the brownie batter evenly onto the prepared baking dish and sprinkle the extra 3 tablespoons of chocolate chips.
- Paista browniet 20 - 30 minuuttia or until the top is set, crusty, and crackles. Note that depending on the size of your pan, it can take less or more time to bake – it will cook faster in a wider pan.
- Let them cool down for 10 minuuttia in the pan to firm up. Don't skip this step. The brownies are super soft and fudgy, so they would break if removed too early from the pan. Then, gently loosen the sides with a knife and lift the pieces of parchment paper hanging on the sides of the pan to easily release the brownie from the pan and transfer it onto a cooling rack.
- These brownies are soft and fragile at first. They get all their texture after cooling down. If you feel they are too soft or moist to be removed from the pan, wait for 10 more minutes before transferring them onto the cooling rack.
- Ainakin viileää 1 tunnissa before slicing into 12 squares, or they can be fragile. After 1 hour, you can pop the brownies in the fridge for 1 tunnissaSe lisää erityisen pehmeää rakennetta ja helpottaa viipalointia.
Huomautuksia
Ravitsemus
Ainesosat ja vaihdot
To make your own vegan chickpea brownies, you need:
- Säilykkeet kikherneet – Make sure you are using canned chickpeas! Don’t use raw garbanzo beans for this recipe. Even soaked overnight, they wouldn’t work in this recipe. They would remain hard, and it wouldn’t be possible to blend them into a brownie batter.
- Luonnollinen maapähkinävoi – Natural peanut butter fresh from the jar works the best. In fact, an old jar of nut butter can be dry, and therefore, it would make any baking recipe drier than it should be. Other options are almond butter, tahini, or cashew butter. Find out how to pick vegan peanut butter.
- Vaahterasiirappi – Or any unrefined liquid sweetener you love like rice syrup, date syrup, or agave syrup.
- Almond Flour – Ultra-fine almond flour taste better than almond meal. It avoids a gritty texture in your brownies. Another option is homemade oat flour.
- Makeuttamaton kaakaojauhe – Make sure you scoop, pack, and level each tablespoon. Cocoa powder is high in fiber. If you add too much of it, your chickpea brownies won’t be as fudgy.
- Vaniljauute – maun vuoksi.
- Leivinjauhetta ja Ruokasooda – for a slightly fluffy texture.
How To Make Chickpea Chocolate Brownies
Chickpea brownies are easy healthy 1-bowl brownies made in a food processor using only plant-based, wholesome ingredients.
- First, open a can of chickpeas, drain them in a sieve, and rinse and shake the sieve to drain out any water.
- Then, place the chickpeas into the food processor bowl with the S-blade attachment. Don’t worry too much about the chickpea peel around the beans. It will blend very well in the batter, so you don’t have to remove them.
- Add natural peanut butter, maple syrup, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Process at high speed for about 1 minute until it forms a consistent batter. You can see some small grainy bits of chickpea, but that’s normal.
- Now add the almond flour and unsweetened cocoa powder into the food processor bowl.
- Next, close the lid process again to form a smooth chocolate batter. You may have to stop the food processor a few times, scrape the bowl’s sides, and repeat until all the ingredients come together.
- Remove the blade from the bowl of the food processor, and using a silicone spatula, stir the chocolate chips evenly into the brownie batter.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Then, line an 8-inch x 8-inch or 9-inch x 5-inch brownie square pan with parchment paper. Make sure you grease the baking dish and paper with coconut oil to prevent the brownie from sticking to the pan.
- Pour the batter into the pan and spread evenly. Finally, sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top of the brownies.
- Bake the brownies for 20 to 30 minutes at 350°F (180°C). Note that the baking time varies a lot depending on your baking pan’s size and the flour you used. Grain-free flours, like almond flour originally recommended in this recipe, bake slowly. It usually takes 30 minutes to bake these chickpea brownies with almond flour. On the other hand, oat flour dries up the batter faster, and it will bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Check their baking. Chickpea brownies are fudgy, soft brownies, and they are not cakey brownies. Therefore, a great indicator to check if your brownies are baked is to look at their top and sides. If the brownies are baking for at least 20 minutes and the top form a crust that crackles and the sides are dry and set, it means the brownies are ready.
- The trick to making the fudgiest brownies with beans like my chickpea blondie recipe or mustapapubrowniet is to cool down the baked good in the pan for at least 10 minutes. Then, release them on a cooling rack by pulling out the brownies using the hanging pieces of parchment paper on the sides.
- Let them cool down for 60 minutes at room temperature before slicing.
- Feel free to pop up the brownies in the fridge to set them faster and increase their fudgy texture.
Varastointiohjeet
These brownies must be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. They last enintään 5 päivää if you can wait that time to eat them all. Another option is to freeze them in a sealed bag or box and thaw them at room temperature the day before serving.
Allergiavaihdot
Yes, you can make nut-free chickpea brownies by replacing the ingredients below:
- Maapähkinävoi – Replace it with the same amount of auringonkukansiemenvoi or tahini, also known as sesame butter. Both can deliver a light, bitter aftertaste in your brownies, but they are nut-free.
- Manteli jauho – Replace it with the same amount of kaurajauho or sesame flour, or sunflower seed flour. You can also use all-purpose flour but the brownies won’t be as fudgy.
Usein Kysytyt Kysymykset
This is definitely a healthy treat high in kasvipohjaiset proteiinit, fiber, gluten-free and refined sugar-free. As a result, these brownies are very fulfilling compared to other brownies recipes due to their high amount of proteins and fibers. You won’t overeat them, but if you did, you wouldn’t feel guilty about it!
Plus, if you choose brown rice syrup as a sweetener, the glycemic index of these chickpea brownies is even lower, and it means they won’t raise your blood sugar quickly as wheat-based brownies.
You can also choose a sugar-free syrup to totally remove the sugar from the recipe and make these diabetes-friendly.
No, you don’t taste the chickpeas in these vegan chickpea brownies. Actually, you will be pleasantly surprised by how fudgy, sweet and chocolaty these brownies are!
Nobody can guess they are hiding such a healthy plant-based protein.
No, you can’t use raw garbanzo beans to make chickpea brownies or chickpea blondies. Even if you soak your raw beans overnight and cook them in a crockpot, they won’t turn into a smooth brownie batter as canned chickpeas.
More Vegan Chickpea Recipes
I love to bake with canned chickpeas because they are nutritious, tasty, easy, and fulfilling. Below I listed more recipes you can try using your canned chickpeas to make healthy protein snacks or desserts:
Can tapioca flour be used in place of almond flour?
I don’t recommend that, tapioca flour is pure starch, almond flour has almost no starch you can’t swap one by other and expect a similar texture. Oat flour will be a great swap to almond flour, same amount