Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Amazing Chocolate Dessert Hummus

So what's a girl to eat for dessert when trying to follow a whole food, sugar free, oil free, flour free diet? And she's a baker?!

This: 


The idea for ingredients came from this delicious fat free cookie recipe:
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/02/valentines-treat-chocolate-cookies-two.html
And thanks to Dr. Greger for his video on a harmless sugar substitute (that actually tastes good). http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/a-harmless-artificial-sweetener/ 
I really want to like Stevia, but just can't get paste the bitter almost metallic taste.

I made this the other night and had to stop myself from eating the whole batch at once. I may play around and refine the recipe a bit but here's what I did.

Chocolate Hummus

1 1/2 cups chickpeas 
5 pitted prunes
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 T date paste (or use 3 dates and 1/4 cup warm water)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 T Z Sweet (or other sugar substitute)
splash of balsamic vinegar (optional)
1 T soy or coconut creamer


Process chickpeas and prunes in food processor. Add rest of ingredients and process til smooth. Add a bit more creamer as needed to get to the texture you prefer. I had this one night with a banana, then the strawberries, and also with a spoon. It would be great with cinnamon pita chips, or even those chocolate tortilla chips. Any other ideas?

2 comments:

  1. Hi,

    This is truly one of the best chocolate dessert recipe for many chocolate enthusiasts. They are packed full of healthy ingredients that will give you energy and satisfy your sweet tooth. Thanks a lot.

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    1. Wow- thanks! I checked out your blog ~ some great stuff on there.

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