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    Home » Vegan Dessert Recipes

    Chocolate Covered Chickpeas

    By Sarah Pilley Updated Aug 15, 2024 · Published Aug 15, 2024

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    Hand holding a chocolate covered chickpea cluster with salt on top, more clusters are in the background; text reads "chocolate covered chickpeas".

    Chocolate Covered Chickpeas perfectly balances salty, crunchy chickpeas with smooth dark chocolate. Keep chocolate chickpeas on hand for a quick snack or treat!

    Hand holding a chocolate covered chickpea cluster with salt on top, more clusters are in the background.

    These sweet and salty chocolate chickpea clusters are the next best thing since chocolate quinoa crunch bars!

    You already know that I’m a fan of adding chickpeas to desserts… see chickpea brownies and chickpea cookies.

    But these chocolate chickpeas are something else altogether! 

    Instead of blending chickpeas and making chickpea cookie dough, they are roasted as usual and then mixed with chocolate.

    And the result is delicious! They add a fantastic crunch to this chocolaty treat (which is great if you’re nut-free).

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients
    • Chickpea Cluster Variations
    • How to Make Chocolate Covered Chickpeas
    • Top Tips
    • Recipe FAQ
    • More Vegan Chickpea Desserts
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    Ingredients

    You will need these simple ingredients to make chocolate chickpea clusters:

    Ingredients with labels: chickpeas, canola oil, coarse salt, and chocolate.

    Of Special Note

    • Chickpeas - This recipe uses 1 can of chickpeas, which is about 1 ¾ cups if you cook chickpeas yourself. Unlike with dark chocolate hummus, you don’t have to peel the chickpeas for this recipe. If they fall off while drying, you can discard them, though!
    • Chocolate - I like to make dark chocolate chickpeas, but you can any type of chocolate for this recipe. Semi-sweet or vegan milk chocolate are both great options!

    Please refer to the recipe card below for the full list of ingredients and detailed instructions.

    Chickpea Cluster Variations

    Here are a few ways to customize chocolate chickpeas:

    • Salted Chocolate - I like to add a little bit of coarse Himalayan sea salt on top of the chickpea clusters, the combo of the slat with dark chocolate is delicious!
    • Peppermint Chocolate - You can flavor the chocolate with a bit of peppermint extract for a holiday treat.
    • Fruity Chocolate Clusters - Add in some blueberries or raspberries for an extra burst of flavor similar to chocolate blueberry clusters.
    • White Chocolate - Instead of regular chocolate, use vegan white chocolate.
    • Chocolate Caramel - Add a swirl of vegan caramel along with the chocolate for a salted chocolate caramel treat.

    How to Make Chocolate Covered Chickpeas

    Here’s a step-by-step guide to making the best chocolate covered chickpeas:

    Chickpeas drying on paper towels.
    1. Step 1: Rinse and dry chickpeas.
    Roasted chickpeas on a sheet tray.
    1. Step 2: Roast chickpeas until crispy.
    Melted chocolate mixed with a spatula in a glass bowl.
    1. Step 3: Melt chocolate with oil.
    Mixing chocolate with chickpeas in a bowl with a spatula.
    1. Step 4: Mix roasted chickpeas with melted chocolate.
    Chickpea chocolate placed into clusters on a baking tray.
    1. Step 5: Dollop clusters of chocolate chickpea mixture onto parchment paper.
    Hand sprinkling salt onto chocolate chickpea clusters.
    1. Step 6: Add a sprinkle of sea salt. Chill the chickpea clusters in the fridge to allow the chocolate to harden.

    Top Tips

    Roasting the chickpeas - Make sure that the chickpeas are fully dry before roasting, or else you’ll end up steaming them, and they won’t have that ideal crunch. You could even add a bit of oil when you roast them for an extra crispy chickpea, but I find they still turn out very crispy without it.

    Melting the chocolate - Adding a touch of oil when you melt the chocolate helps it stay smooth and keeps it from getting too thick when you coat the chickpeas. More is less with the chocolate. I’ve tried this recipe with different amounts, and too much chocolate overpowers the crunch and makes the clusters difficult to bite into. You want to just coat the chickpeas, not drown them.

    Recipe FAQ

    How should I store chocolate chickpeas?

    Leftover chocolate covered chickpeas can be stored in an airtight container or ziplock bag in the refrigerator for about a week.

    Stack of chocolate chickpeas with the top one cut in half to show chickpeas coated in chocolate.

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    Hand holding a chocolate covered chickpea cluster with salt on top, more clusters are in the background.

    Chocolate Covered Chickpeas

    Chocolate Covered Chickpeas perfectly balances salty, crunchy chickpeas with smooth dark chocolate. Keep chocolate chickpeas on hand for a quick snack or treat!
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Chill Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 clusters
    Author: Sarah Pilley
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    Ingredients

    • 15 oz can chickpeas
    • ⅔ cup dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips
    • 1 teaspoon canola oil for melting chocolate
    • 1-2 teaspoon coarse or flaky salt for sprinkling on top (optional)

    Instructions

    • Rinse and dry chickpeas.
    • Roast chickpeas in the oven at 425°F for 40 minutes, giving a shake after 20 minutes.
    • Remove the chickpeas from the pan and let them cool for a couple minutes.
    • Melt the chocolate with oil in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between. This should only take 1 minute in total.
    • Mix roasted chickpeas with melted chocolate. Add in any extracts or mix-ins at this point, if desired.
    • Dollop clusters of chocolate chickpea mixture onto parchment paper. You can make whatever size clusters; I usually do about ¼ cup to get 6 clusters total. You could also spread the chocolate chickpeas into a single layer and then break it into bark once it’s hardened.
    • Add a sprinkle of sea salt to the chocolate clusters, if desired.
    • Chill the chickpea clusters in the fridge for about an hour to allow the chocolate to harden.

    Notes

    See more expert tips, pictures, and variations above for making the best chocolate chickpeas!
    Yield: 6 chocolate chickpea clusters, about ¼ cup each
    Storage: Leftover chocolate chickpeas can be stored in an airtight container or ziplock bag in the refrigerator for about a week.
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    Nutrition

    Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 0.2mg | Sodium: 606mg | Potassium: 229mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 13IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 1mg

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