Chocolate Hummus
This is the yummiest chocolate hummus recipe. It makes for a fun and crowd-pleasing snack paired with fruit and crackers.
Servings 5 servings
Cost 4
Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 1 15-oz can black beans (or garbanzo beans)
- 1/3 cup cocoa or cacao powder
- 1/4 cup almond butter (or peanut butter, tahini, or other nut/seed butter of choice)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar* (or 1 cup soft Medjool dates or soaked dates)
- 1/4 cup plant milk
- 1/4 cup chocolate protein powder (optional--will affect flavor)
- 1/4 cup walnuts (optional--for the health benefits!)
Dippers
- strawberries
- sliced apples
- banana chunks
- pretzels or pretzel chips
- crackers or pita chips
- graham crackers
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients into the bowl of a food processor or blender and process until very smooth. Add a little more milk if you'd like it thinner. It will thicken over time as the beans absorb some liquid.If using dates, blend them with 2 tablespoons water and the 1/4 cup milk first, then add the remaining ingredients. Blend until very smooth. Taste and add additional sweetener of some sort, if needed (such as stevia or maple syrup).If using a blender instead of food processor, you'll probably need to add 1-2 tablespoons extra water or plant milk to help it blend.
- Scrape into a bowl, and garnish with chopped nuts, chocolate chips, or shredded coconut if desired. Surround with your dippers of choice and enjoy!
- This can be frozen and thawed out.
Notes
*An alternative way to sweeten this/make it richer is by adding 1/2 cup melted chocolate chips! You can use less cocoa and sweetener if you do this (use about 1/4 cup cocoa and 1/2 cup sugar).
3/4 cup sugar feels like way too much for me health-wise, but any less was really just not very sweet. Coconut sugar enabled the least amount of sweetener, as maple syrup and dates required a lot more to "show up" and be able to taste the sweetness. You can use 1 cup of soaked dates though, instead of coconut sugar, if you'd like!
Recipe inspired by Detoxinista.com
