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!
Servings: 6 clusters
Calories: 176kcal
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
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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.
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