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Cinnamon Chickpea Blondies (Vegan)

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by Lindsay Cotter Posted: June 29, 2020

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Cinnamon chickpea blondies are chewy, sweet and perfect for snacking! This flourless, gluten free and vegan blondie recipe can also be made nut free. Food allergy friends, this is for you!

3 cinnamon chickpea blondies stacked on round white plate

I’m a blondie sharing a blondie recipe with you today! Yes, I just went there. Corny Cotter at your service. for days! Anyways, this blondie recipe is extra special. In fact, I’d say it’s magical. VEGAN magic! But first, let’s chat about blondies (the baked dessert version) and why they are called blondies. You’re curious, aren’t you?

WHAT IS A BLONDIE DESSERT?

A blondie recipe may share similar ingredients with a brownie recipe, but any chocolate lover will tell you that brownies and blondies are very different. Both very delicious, mind you, but different for sure.

While they both include some type of flour, sugar, fat/butter and eggs, blondies don’t contain cocoa or chocolate. Instead, the light-colored dough is flavored with brown sugar or golden sugar.

Which is all wonderful, until someone calls them blondie brownies.  That can make you scratch your head and wonder who in the world thought to confuse us, am I right? 😉

Now, because I know so many of you lovely readers are in need of dairy free and/or vegan recipes, I am not going to deliver you ordinary blondies. Instead, you get vegan blondies!

blondies baked and cut in a square pan

Vegan blondie recipe INGREDIENTS + SUBSTITUTIONS 

  • canned chickpeas – drain and rinse them well
  • nut butter – Feel free to use any variety of nut butter you like, as long as it’s a creamy, no stir kind. Or, sunflower seed butter, for a nut free vegan blondie recipe
  • maple syrup or honey (if you aren’t vegan)
  • raw cane sugar or any cup for cup sugar substitute
  • oat flour or ground oats (see the recipe notes for a grain free option
  • kosher salt
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • ground cinnamon
  • vanilla extract
  • dairy free white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, mini chocolate chips, and/or nuts
ingredients in bowls on wire rack to make vegan blondie recipe

How to make vegan blondies

TIP: If you’re a visual learner, you can scroll down and watch my video tutorial. I’ll show you how easy these blondies are to make!

STEP ONE: Prepare the baking pan, your oven, and your food processor.

Preheat your oven and line your baking pan with parchment paper. Trust me; you don’t want these delicious bars to stick to the pan!

Y’all, this is a food processor recipe – ONE BOWL goodness! If you don’t have a food processor, wipe away your tears and pull out a high speed blender instead.

STEP TWO: Measure and prep the ingredients.

Start by rinsing and draining the chickpeas. Then measure out the other ingredients and get ready to create some chickpea blondies!

STEP THREE: Make chickpea blondies batter

This step is super easy. Just place the chickpeas, nut butter, and maple syrup or honey to the bowl of your food processor or blender. Place the lid on the bowl and process until everything is smooth and creamy.

chickpeas and nut butter in food processor bowl
mixing batter in a food processor to make a flourless cinnamon chickpea blondies.

Doesn’t this chickpea blondie batter look amazing? SO quick and easy to make… and so vegan!

STEP FOUR: Mix and combine the dry ingredients with the chickpea mixture.

In a large mixing bowl, sift together the sugar, oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Then, add the chickpea mixture to the bowl and use a mixing spatula or spoon to combine everything together.

making batter in glass mixing bowl for a vegan blondie recipe

STEP FIVE: Spread the batter into your prepared pan and BAKE!

pan of cinnamon chickpea blondies freshly baked not yet cut.

FINAL STEP: Devour your vegan blondies with a beverage of your choice!

2 gluten free dessert bars on white plate

Recipe Notes

  • If you use brown sugar or a dark maple syrup or honey, the blondies will turn out darker, but are still delicious.
  • We’ve made these at least 8 times in the past 2 months and each time they turn out a little different.

Bake them longer, 30-32 minutes, for a caramelized top and corners, just like a brownie. But, they have a cake-like texture inside! If edges are starting to brown and the middle isn’t full baked, then cover the pan with foil and continue baking until middle comes out clean with knife.

Bake them less, 22-25 minutes, and you get a gooey inside. I mean, there could be worst things in life. 😉

  • To reduce sugars, we used monk fruit golden sugar. But any golden sugar will do.

How to make vegan blondies Video Tutorial

Cinnamon Chickpea Blondies (Vegan)

COMMON QUESTIONS

Can you use coconut flour in place of the oat flour?

Yes, but the texture will vary. We’ve made these with coconut flour and they are still delicious, but the texture is more crumbly versus moist.

Nut free option – Be sure to use sunflower seed butter. Note that sunflower seed butter turns flour green once baked. 🙂

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Cinnamon Chickpea Blondies (vegan )


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  • Author: Lindsay Cotter
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 9–11 servings 1x
  • Diet: Vegan
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Cinnamon chickpea blondies are chewy, gluten free treats, perfect for snacking! This flourless vegan blondie recipe can also be made nut free.


Ingredients

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  • 15.5 ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed (around 1 ½ cups chickpeas)
  • ⅓ cup creamy no stir nut butter or sunflower seed butter for nut free option
  • ⅓ cup honey or maple syrup for vegan option
  • ⅔ cup (or up to 1 cup) raw cane sugar or sugar substitute
  • ⅓ cup gluten free oat flour (40 grams) or ½ cup ground rolled oats made into oat flour *see notes
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup dairy free white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. Drain can of chickpeas, and rinse them well under cold water to remove residue.
  3. Add rinsed chickpeas, nut butter or sunflower butter, and maple syrup to the bowl of food processor.  Attach the lid and process until batter is completely smooth. Stop food processor and scrape sides as needed.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the sugar, oat flour (or ground oats), baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add the chickpea mixture to the flour mixture. Add the vanilla extract and optional chocolate/butterscotch chips and nuts.
  5. Transfer batter to the lined 8×8 baking pan and spread the batter out evenly.
  6.  Sprinkle with sea salt and extra cinnamon on top .
  7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until knife inserted comes out clean and edges are golden brown. Note –Baking times vary, depending on what sugar/flour you use. If edges are starting to brown and the middle isn’t done, then cover the pan with foil and continue baking until center is fully baked.

Notes

To make your own oat flour see this post. Texture will vary. 

Oat flour weight measurements found here.

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: desserts
  • Method: oven
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 161
  • Sugar: 18.8 g
  • Sodium: 192.3 mg
  • Fat: 4.9 g
  • Saturated Fat: 0.4 g
  • Carbohydrates: 27.4 g
  • Fiber: 2.8 g
  • Protein: 3.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg

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Alright my friends, I hope you make these this summer! They are the perfect dessert for a backyard BBQ with veggie steak burgers. Just sayin.

And as always, if you have any questions about the recipe, feel free to email, comment, or hop on over to our FB group!

Cheers,

LC

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  1. Eileen Gilbert

    04/21/2023 at 8:13 PM

    Surprisingly, tasty, texture wasn’t too bad! Ty

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      04/22/2023 at 5:15 PM

      I’m so glad! Thanks for reporting back Eileen. Yes it can seem to add chickpeas, but it does work! And removing the chickpea skins can help with texture even more, if you have time to go through that extra step before blending.

      Reply
  2. Teresa

    08/08/2022 at 2:49 PM

    Can this be made with chickpea flour instead of oat flour? If so, what would be the correct measurement? Thanks!

    Reply
  3. karla malcolm

    07/05/2022 at 10:21 AM

    This recipe is exactly what I was searching for! Thank you for understanding complex allergies combined with a longing for Blondies!!! Making them this afternoon!

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/05/2022 at 4:04 PM

      I’m so glad! Keep me posted Karla!

      Reply
  4. Elen

    04/09/2021 at 1:43 PM

    Made these today – my first time baking with chickpeas. I am not vegan or gluten or dairy intolerant but I have an inflammatory bowel disease and I’m experimenting with eating less inflammatory foods – like refined sugar, white flour, additives etc. Surprised by how delicious these were and lovely gooey texture.

    ★★★★★

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      04/09/2021 at 4:45 PM

      I’m so glad! thanks for feedback elen!

      Reply
  5. AbbyT

    10/02/2020 at 11:43 AM

    Wow, the flavor of this is unbelievable. I couldn’t get the middle to firm up so I may try an egg next time, but who cares. The flavor is unreal, love it! Thank you thank you!

    ★★★★

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    • AbbyT

      10/03/2020 at 2:29 AM

      By the way, it was a hair sweeter than I thought it was be. Think it would turn out the same if I cut out the cane sugar altogether?

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      10/03/2020 at 9:32 AM

      Definitely! you can reduce sugar to your liking, no prob. I also like raw sugar. The middle texture varies depending on sugar too. Keep me posted!

      Reply
  6. Laura

    07/01/2020 at 8:55 PM

    These are so delicious!! I love how healthy they are too!

    ★★★★★

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/02/2020 at 7:14 PM

      Thanks, Laura!

      Reply
  7. wilhelmina

    07/01/2020 at 3:51 PM

    Wow! These are amazing! I am blown away at how moist and yummy they are. The chickpeas are a great healthy bonus that my daughter never suspected!

    ★★★★★

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/01/2020 at 7:48 PM

      So glad ya’ll loved them!

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  8. cathy

    07/01/2020 at 8:43 AM

    These turned out amazing. What a great idea to use chickpeas for a healthy twist.

    ★★★★★

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/01/2020 at 7:49 PM

      So glad to hear that! Thanks, Cathy!

      Reply
  9. Toni

    07/01/2020 at 8:41 AM

    This was so good!! My kids really loved this treat!

    ★★★★★

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/01/2020 at 7:49 PM

      Yaayyy! Thanks Toni!

      Reply
  10. Suzy

    07/01/2020 at 8:03 AM

    This is such a great recipe! I’m definitely a visual learner so the video was super helpful! Thanks!

    ★★★★★

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/01/2020 at 7:49 PM

      Glad the video was helpful to you! Thanks Suzy!

      Reply
  11. Phyll

    06/30/2020 at 1:46 PM

    Can I use chickpea flour instead?

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      06/30/2020 at 3:56 PM

      Hi Phyll! I haven’t tried it yet but I think it could work. texture might be more dry. Be sure to watch the baking times. Keep me posted!

      Reply
  12. Beth

    06/30/2020 at 10:59 AM

    I am making these this weekend for my husband. Because of his health he has to watch his diet closely. These will be perfect! Thank you!

    ★★★★★

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/01/2020 at 7:51 PM

      You’re welcome! I hope he enjoys them! Keep me posted Beth!

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  13. Lauren k

    06/30/2020 at 8:50 AM

    I love adding chickpeas to my baked goods! What an awesome recipe!

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    • Avatar photoLindsay Cotter

      07/01/2020 at 7:52 PM

      I know right?! So good! Thanks, Lauren!

      Reply

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