The winning ingredients for this month's Crazy Ingredients Challenge are chickpeas and honey. My personal challenge with this group is to always try to make something different from the standard fare or relatively unexpected with the ingredients. That doesn't always happen of course as all I often want to make is bread. I fought that urge this month and decided on this fudge.
Fudge made with chickpeas just sounds a bit "wrong" doesn't it? I actually made chocolate chip cookies years ago that had chickpeas instead of flour. I don't think I liked it so I'm not sure why I jumped on the fudge bandwagon. While a chickpea fudge may sound unusual to me, it's pretty standard fare in Indian cuisine. They combine chickpea flour with sugar and ghee . I've also seen condensed milk.
The fudge is surprisingly good. You definitely do not taste the chickpeas at all. I thought it needed to be a little sweeter - we're calling this fudge after all - but I stopped myself from adding a lot of extra honey or even sugar. You don't have to show the same restraint. Some chocolate chips would be a great addition too. That would add an extra sweet touch. I haven't crunched the numbers but I think with all the chickpeas and nuts included here, this may work well as a protein snack after a gym session.
Be sure to check out the other chickpeas and honey recipes from the other CIC bloggers below. Additionally, I'll be sharing a really unusual use for chickpeas next week. Look out for that!
Chickpea Fudge
Ingredients
1/2 cups cooked chickpeas
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons chopped walnuts
Directions
Line a 9" x 5" pan with plastic wrap.
Blend all the ingredients except the walnuts together until it is smooth. Taste and add extra sweetener or spices, if desired. Stir in the walnuts then scoop into the prepared pan. Freeze for at least 5 hours then cut into small squares to serve.
Keep frozen.
This sounds absolutely delicious Kelsey and would make a great guilt free snack for the baby.
ReplyDeleteI love that this fudge recipe has so much protein :) ~krayvengirl~
ReplyDeleteOh I bet that is good. I can see the chick peas tasting similar to peanut butter especially if you roasted them slightly first then processed them. Good job
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for a way to satisfy my sweet tooth without sabotaging my waistline. I have a feeling this is going to become one of my favorite guilt-free pleasures!
ReplyDeleteYum! I never would have thought of this. This will be great in the summer as a little frozen treat.
ReplyDeleteI did a cookie dough dip that was really chickpeas, so I can definitely see how it works as "fudge"!
ReplyDeleteThis was amazingly delicious! A great way to get my daughter to eat chickpeas and nutritious too. We all loved it and next time we are going to dip it into melted chocolate and make it like a choc-ice.
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