Easy dark chocolate chickpea brownies

Note: I wanted to re-share this post since I’ve seen a lot of people practicing their baking skills these days. I hope you find it as tasty as I did.

A few years ago we made the conscious choice to eat better and by that, we mean healthier. As a result, we eliminated processed foods and sweets, eliminated unhealthy or empty carbs (like white bread, white pasta, white rice), and significantly reduced our meat consumption to a few times a year (generally for eating-out only - yes, we don’t eat out much).

We definitely have noticed benefits health and appearance-wise, but once in a while our sweet tooth kicks in, at which point I look into healthy baking recipes.

Apart from switching to whole wheat, I also looked into replacing it in some recipes.

I love baking and I often look for recipes online, and try them "as-is" or modify them, either based on what I have in my home or, what I like to substitute.

So when I find myself with too many cans of chickpeas, aka garbanzo beans (always a must-have in our household - if you don't know already, I love making my own hummus). I have heard about chickpeas and beans replacing the "flour" in baking, so I decided to give them a try.

I found this recipe and I got to work. I did substitute the full-fat canned coconut milk with unsweetened vanilla almond milk, omitted the coffee grinds, and used chopped dark chocolate.

The result? Gooey, chocolaty delight that doesn’t taste like chickpeas, in case you’re wondering. Try it yourself and see how great it is.