Here is a list of the 30 best chickpea desserts that will inspire you to try baking with chickpeas! This collection includes cookies, cakes, ice creams, and more.
Although chickpeas are commonly associated with savory dishes, their neutral taste and creamy texture make them a great base for baked goods and desserts! This amazing legume is packed with protein and fiber, making it a healthier and more nutritious alternative to traditional ingredients like flour and oil.
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🥫Canned vs. dried chickpeas
For most of the recipes listed below, both canned and chickpeas cooked from scratch will work unless otherwise indicated in the recipe. If cooking from scratch, ensure chickpeas are soft and fork tender.
For reference, you will need around 1 ½ cups of cooked chickpeas for every 15 oz can of chickpeas.
🌾Chickpea flour
A few recipes listed below call for chickpea flour, essentially made by grinding dried chickpeas into a fine powder. You can get it in most health food stores or groceries, usually in the gluten-free aisle.
Or, you can make your own chickpea flour using a high speed blender or coffee grinder. For more detailed instructions, you can check out this post on how to make chickpea flour by Alpha Foodie.
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?Commonly asked questions
Both chickpeas and garbanzo beans refer to the same type of legume, and are commonly used interchangeably in recipes and cooking.
Chickpea flour is made from white chickpeas, while gram flour is made from split brown chickpeas. In terms of taste and texture, gram flour has a milder flavor and are much finely grounded, while chickpea flour is slightly more bitter and coarser.
However, as they have quite similar properties, you can easily swap one for another in most recipes, unless the recipe specifically recommend against doing so.
It is normal for chickpea flour to have a slight bitter aftertaste, which can be eliminated after cooking. Hence, if your recipe turns out to be bitter, you might have undercooked it. Additionally, if the flour is stored for too long or not stored properly, it may also develop off flavors, including bitterness.
As chickpea flour has different properties and flavor profile compared to all purpose flour, it might not work well as a 1:1 substitution in most recipes. A partial substitution might work better, where you can try substituting up to half the amount of regular flour with chickpea flour. However, it might require you to give the recipe a few tries to get the ratio right.
Chickpea flour can be found in health food stores or groceries (usually in the health food or gluten-free aisle). You can also purchase it online.
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