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    Home > Desserts > Chocolate Hummus

    Chocolate Hummus

    Last updated March 1, 2021. Originally posted February 10, 2021 By Jyothi Rajesh 1 Comment

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    smooth chocolate hummus served with fruits and crackers on wooden platter with text overlay
    smooth chocolate hummus served with fruits and crackers on wooden platter with text overlay
    smooth chocolate hummus served with fruits and crackers on wooden platter with text overlay
    smooth chocolate hummus served with fruits and crackers on wooden platter with text overlay

    Don’t cringle with the idea of chocolate hummus. Trust me, this is the best dessert hummus aka dessert dip you’ll make. Though it’s called “chocolate” hummus it’s much healthier than you imagine. This dessert hummus is refined sugar free, diary-free and gluten-free.

    If you are hummus fan, do check out Hummus from scratch, Roasted red pepper hummus, Roasted beet hummus

    healthy dessert hummus platter with fruits and crackers
    Jump to:
    • Why You Need Chocolate Hummus Recipe In Your Life?
    • What You’ll Need To Make Chocolate Hummus?
    • How To Make Dessert Hummus?
    • What To Serve With Chocolate Hummus?
    • Frequently Asked Questions About Chocolate Hummus
    • Chocolate Hummus

    Why You Need Chocolate Hummus Recipe In Your Life?

    1. It’s DECADENT! We eat it by spoon!
    2. Great as dessert dip for fruits, crackers and pretzels.
    3. Can be served as dessert, snack, and appetizer or even as spread.
    4. Nutella be gone…enter chocolate hummus! A healthier and tastier chocolate spread is in town!
    5. Did you know chocolate hummus is also called by some as brownie batter hummus. There’s a reason why it’s called so, this dessert spread tastes like delicious brownie batter but without any raw eggs or gluten flour!
    6. Healthier we say – as it’s made chickpeas and nut butter. Full of fiber nutrition.
    7. It takes 5 minutes to make this sinful delicious chocolate hummus!
    8. Simple pantry ingredients goes in making this dessert hummus.
    9. If you cringle with the idea of chocolate hummus (I know hummus as dessert sounds crazy), but you’ll be shocked on how delicious this dessert dip is. Really try it to believe it!

    What You’ll Need To Make Chocolate Hummus?

    Here’s what you’ll need:

    • 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
    • 3 ½ tablespoon dutch cocoa powder
    • ⅓ cup almond butter or peanut butter
    • ½ cup maple syrup or honey or coconut sugar
    • 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup chocolate chips
    all ingredients for chocolate hummus recipe on white board

    Ingredients Additions & Substitutions

    For different flavors:-

    • Use peppermint or almond extract if you like to give it different flavors. Mint chocolate hummus is wonderful!
    • Add some shredded or desiccated coconut to the hummus.
    • Blend extract chocolate chips to make it richer. Also to give it Mexican flavors you can add Mexican chocolate and a pinch of cayenne pepper while blending.

    Chickpeas –  If making your own chickpeas used 1 ¼ cups cooked chickpeas. Here’s a useful post to make your own chickpeas, it’s much better and cheaper than buying canned chickpeas.

    In place of chickpeas you can use black beans or northern beans.

    Cocoa Powder –  Use dark unsweetened cocoa powder to get rich tasting brownie batter hummus.

    Almond Butter –  Can use any nut butter. Peanut butter or almond butter or cashew butter – all of these will work. I used homemade almond butter for making dessert hummus. Use store bought or make your own butter my simply blending roasted nut until it’s in spreadable consistency.

    Sweetener – Maple syrup or honey or coconut sugar can be used. To keep it healthy stay away from refined sugar.

    Vanilla Extract & Salt – To enhance flavor and taste of chocolate hummus.

    Chocolate Chips – For extra dose of chocolatey-ness! You can blend some into the chocolate hummus and sprinkle some of top.

    Almond Milk – Not shown in photo. To make hummus blend smooth you will have to add little liquid while blending. Almond milk is best. You can also add water to help blend into smooth hummus.

    brownie batter hummus in ceramic bowl with fruits and crackers on the side

    How To Make Dessert Hummus?

    If making your own chickpeas, check how to cook chickpeas post for guidance.

    If using canned chickpeas, drain chickpeas and rinse it well before you use.

    You’ll need a powerful blender to make dessert hummus. I experimented with both food processor and a blender. I found blender works better for me in terms of making my chocolate hummus smooth.

    Food processor will work too, but I found it results in bit grainy hummus even after blending it for 25 minutes! Maybe my food processor isn’t powerful enough or whatever the reason.

    If you have VITAMIX, without any thought just use that to make brownie batter hummus.

    Here’s how you make dessert hummus-

    Rinse canned chickpeas and drain it completely.

    Add chickpeas, cocoa powder, almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, salt into blender or food processor.

    all ingredients for brownie batter hummus in food processor

    Blend.

    It will be hard to blend chocolate hummus without any liquid. Add 2 to 3 tablespoon (add more as needed) almond milk or water to help blend into smooth hummus.

    making chocolate hummus in food processor

    Blend until smooth.

    Check out smooth my chocolate hummus is in blender compared to using my food processor.

    Blender Vs Food Processor Chocolate Hummus

    Serve it with fruits, cracker for dipping. Or spread it on toast, pancakes, waffle and enjoy!

    What To Serve With Chocolate Hummus?

    Chocolate hummus is best served as dessert platter with fruits, berries and crackers on side for dipping.

    As dip:-

    • Fruits that you can dip in dessert hummus– banana, sliced apple, orange slices, clementine’s
    • Berries to dip – strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries
    • Dried Fruits – dried apricot, dried fig, dried apple chips
    • Crackers – graham crackers or saltines or regular crackers
    • Pretzels
    • Nuts

    As spread:-

    Use dessert hummus as spread for toast, pancakes and waffles.

    Mix chocolate hummus into overnight oats or chia pudding.

    We simply love to eat it straight from the bowl with a spoon.

    strawberry dipped in brownie batter hummus

    Frequently Asked Questions About Chocolate Hummus

    Can I Use Other Beans?

    Yes chocolate hummus can be made using any of these – chickpeas, black beans, northern beans, cannellini beans.

    How To Cook My Own Chickpeas At Home?

    It’s really very simple to make your own chickpeas at home. If you have pressure cooker or instant pot it’s really a breeze! You don’t even have to soak chickpeas, use directly dried beans.

    Check how to cook chickpeas at home post for guidance.

    If you don’t have instant pot, you can use stove top method.

    To cook dried beans, simply add the beans into a large pot of boiling water. Note time to cook will vary.

    You’ll need approximately 45 to 75 minutes to cook chickpeas on stove top. Note – you’ll need loads of water to cook chickpeas as it will be cooking for longer time.

    healthy dessert hummus platter with fruits and crackers

    Is Chocolate Hummus Healthy?

    Chocolate hummus is healthier than Nutella or other chocolate spread found in the market. Chocolate hummus main ingredients is chickpeas, which has truck load of fiber and protein.

    How To Store Dessert Hummus?

    Dessert hummus can be stored in air tight container for a week in refrigerator.

    Does Brownie Batter Hummus Freeze Well?

    I haven’t tried freezing as every time I make it, it flies pretty fast. Max of two days is what it has stuck around in my house even when I make big batch.

    My guess about freezing – yes it can be stored in freezer for longer storage.

    I would however recommend you store in smaller portions so you can take out just enough for serving. Thaw frozen dessert hummus overnight in the fridge and serve it the next day.

    close up of dessert hummus recipe

    MORE DIPS AND SAUCES YOU MUST TRY:

    • Boom Boom Sauce
    • Bang Bang Sauce
    • Peanut Sauce
    • Nacho Cheese Sauce

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    healthy dessert hummus platter with fruits and crackers

    Chocolate Hummus

    Don’t cringle with the idea of chocolate hummus. Trust me, this is the best dessert hummus aka dessert dip you’ll make. Though it’s called “chocolate” hummus it’s much healthier than you imagine. This dessert hummus is refined sugar free, diary-free and gluten-free.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Appetizer, Dessert, Snacks
    Cuisine: American, Mediterranean
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 2 cups
    Calories: 731kcal
    Author: Jyothi Rajesh

    Ingredients

    • 1 can chickpeas drained and rinsed
    • 3 ½ tablespoon dutch cocoa powder
    • ⅓ cup almond butter or peanut butter
    • ½ cup maple syrup or honey or coconut sugar
    • 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup chocolate chips

    Instructions

    • If making your own chickpeas, check how to cook chickpeas post for guidance.
    • If using canned chickpeas, drain chickpeas and rinse it well before you use.
    • You’ll need a powerful blender to make dessert hummus. I experimented with both food processor and a blender. I found blender works better for me in terms of making my chocolate hummus smooth.
    • Food processor will work too, but I found it results in bit grainy hummus even after blending it for 25 minutes! Maybe my food processor isn’t powerful enough or whatever the reason.
    • If you have VITAMIX, without any thought just use that to make brownie batter hummus.
    • Here’s how you make dessert hummus-
    • Rinse canned chickpeas and drain it completely.
    • Add chickpeas, cocoa powder, almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, salt into blender or food processor.
      all ingredients for brownie batter hummus in food processor
    • Blend.
    • It will be hard to blend chocolate hummus without any liquid. Add 2 to 3 tablespoon (add more as needed) almond milk or water to help blend into smooth hummus.
      making chocolate hummus in food processor
    • Blend until smooth.
    • Check out smooth my chocolate hummus is in blender compared to using my food processor.
      Blender Vs Food Processor Chocolate Hummus
    • Serve it with fruits, cracker for dipping. Or spread it on toast, pancakes, waffle and enjoy!

    Video

    Notes

    Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 731kcal | Carbohydrates: 98g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 335mg | Potassium: 633mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 79g | Vitamin A: 101IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 297mg | Iron: 3mg
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    1. Susmita Agarwal

      February 10, 2021 at 9:44 pm

      5 stars
      I read your post, and its look very delicious. I want to try surely, I already set the time, this weekend i will try this recipe for my family. Thanks for sharing useful recipe.

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