Cashews
Garbanzo beans
Date syrup
I'm sure the first thing that came to your mind when you read those ingredients was cookie dough, right?? And there's that date syrup again! Haha I didn't believe it either. So I figured I needed to try it before I instantly disliked it. I LOVE chocolate chip cookies, especially cookie dough... so my expectations are pretty high. But in the name of health, I wanted to try these faux doughs out for myself!
One of the cookie recipes has cashews as the base and the other has chickpeas. I subbed date syrup for the maple syrup/agave syrup in both recipes. And i added oats to the chickpea one. I used semi sweet choc chips in both.
Cashews:
Chickpeas (garbanzo beans):
So, how do they compare to each other and how do they stand up next to the best chocolate chip cookie dough recipe I've had??
The texture of the chickpea dough is much better, more creamy like normal cookie dough. The cashew dough is more crunchy but that may be because the cashews could have been blended more. The chickpea dough has some peanut butter in it so you can taste that, which I'm always a fan of, but it makes it hard to compare the two taste-wise. You can taste the cashews as well, so they both doughs have a nutty flavor of their own. Both lack the sweet dough flavor of grandma's good ol' chocolate chip cookie dough, however as a healthy alternative they hold their own quite well. Unless you have a nut allergy, I suggest you give them a try and let me know which one you like best!
Here's another recipe I will probably try out in the future. It looks like you may be able to bake it if you add some baking soda but no one's posted anything yet, so more to come on that!
Recipes!
Cashews:
Chickpeas:
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