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This chocolate hummus recipe is quick and easy and uses a few pantry staple ingredients. Make a sweet dessert hummus that’s perfect for serving with crackers and fruit!
I’ve made no secret of my love for hummus and have shared several different hummus recipes. But now, I’m taking things into dessert territory with this chocolate hummus recipe. It combines chickpeas with cacao powder, nut butter (in place of tahini), sweetener, vanilla extract, espresso powder, and a pinch of salt. The result is a sweet hummus that you can whip up in 5 minutes and surprise your friends and family.
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Ingredients
- Chickpeas: I usually use chickpeas I’ve cooked at home, but canned ones work too.
- Cocoa powder: Use unsweetened cacao powder or raw cacao.
- Sweetener: I used maple syrup, but you can use the liquid sweetener of your choice: agave, honey, etc, or even granulated sugar.
- Vanilla extract
- Nut butter: Almond butter, peanut butter, cashew butter, or even coconut butter can replace tahini.
- Salt: just a pinch to enhance the chocolate flavor.
- Espresso: Adding an espresso shot will deepen the cocoa flavor without tasting the coffee. Feel free to omit this if you can’t have caffeine or coffee.
How to make chocolate hummus
You can follow this process to prepare chickpeas from dried. You don’t have to do prep if you’re using canned chickpeas. However, if you want super creamy results, cook canned chickpeas with 1/2 tsp baking soda for 15-20 minutes until they become mushy.
Then add all of the ingredients to a high-speed blender or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy. This can take several minutes, depending on how smooth you want the chocolate hummus to be. Finally, taste the hummus and adjust any of the ingredients, adding more sweetener, nut butter, cocoa powder, etc.
How to serve
This dark chocolate hummus is perfect for serving as a snack or dessert. Enjoy it with your favorite toppings:
- Chopped nuts: I love adding hazelnuts or almonds.
- Fresh Fruit: Top it with your favorite berries or sliced fruit. Strawberries, raspberries, bananas, apples, pears, oranges, mangoes, and figs all go great with chocolate; their sweetness will balance the bitterness.
- Freeze-dried & dried fruit: Make for a wonderful dipping tool. Even these ginger chips could work.
- Savory snacks: Dip pretzels, crackers (e.g., graham crackers), and other healthy cookies.
- As a spread: This hummus is great on pancakes, French toast, scones, and bread.
More hummus recipes to try
If you try this chocolate hummus recipe, let me know how it goes in the comments below. I’d appreciate a recipe card rating and would love to see your recipe recreations – tag me on Instagram @Alphafoodie!
Chocolate Hummus Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup cooked chickpeas or 1 can
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or sweetener of your choice
- 3 Tbsp cacao powder
- 2 Tbsp almond butter or cashew, peanut, coconut butter…
- 2 Tbsp espresso or 1 Tbsp instant coffee dissolved in 2 Tbsp hot water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a high-speed blender or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy. This can take several minutes, depending on how smooth you want the chocolate hummus to be.If the hummus is too thick, add 1 Tbsp ice water at a time until the correct consistency is reached.
- Taste the hummus and adjust any of the ingredients, such as adding more sweetener, nut butter, cocoa powder, etc.Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
