Chocolate Chip Blondies

I am on a bean kick lately.  I recently posted a recipe for clean eating brownies made with black beans.  They were, shockingly, delicious!! This recipe is made of garbanzo beans (chickpeas) and it actually tastes really good!  My kids have gobbled these up and asked for more.  This is a dessert that I will be happy for them to eat.  The ingredients are healthy and full of fiber.  When I smelled the chickpeas as I opened the can, I thought “there is no way that these are going to be tasty”.  However, I was pleasantly surprised.  They are great served, slightly warm, with a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt.  My “clean eating” version of this blondie is adapted from a White Bean Blondie recipe from Meal Makeover Moms.  I love that there is no flour at all in this recipe.  It rocks!

Ingredients:

One 15.5 oz can garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained and rinsed
2 large organic eggs
3/4 cup sucanat (a clean eating sweetener made of dried cane juice)
2 packets truvia (stevia based sweetener)
2 tbsp ev olive oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp aluminum free baking powder
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly spray a 9×9 baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray.  Place garbanzo beans in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides a few times.  Add the eggs, sucanat, truvia, oil, vanilla, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and process until smooth.  Add the oats and chocolate chips and pulse until just blended.  Pour the batter into pan and bake for 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.  Let stand for at least 20 minutes before slicing.  Store in the refrigerator in a sealed container. 

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Chocolate Chip Blondies

*Adapted from Meal Makeover Moms

Course Dessert

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• One 15.5 oz can garbanzo beans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 2 large organic eggs
• 3/4 cup sucanat a clean eating sweetener made of dried cane juice
• 2 packets truvia stevia based sweetener
• 2 tbsp ev olive oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp aluminum free baking powder
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly spray a 9x9 baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray.
3. Place garbanzo beans in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides a few times.
4. Add the eggs, sucanat, truvia, oil, vanilla, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and process until smooth.
5. Add the oats and chocolate chips and pulse until just blended.
6. Pour the batter into pan and bake for 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
7. Let stand for at least 20 minutes before slicing.
8. Store in the refrigerator in a sealed container.