Chocolate hummus is a healthy dessert option that is big on decadent, indulgent flavor. This creamy dip is perfect for your favorite dippers. And since it is light on sugar and fat, you won’t have any guilt over serving it to your family and you’ll sneak all sorts of extra plant based protein and nutrients into them.
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What is Chocolate Hummus?
Chocolate hummus is a dessert hummus that is the perfect blend of healthy and sweet. You get all the creamy texture of hummus with a chocolatey flavor and much less fat compared to puddings, ice cream, or other creamy treats.
Our chocolate hummus is naturally vegan, which means you won’t have to modify anything to make it when you follow a vegan diet.
You’ll love this hummus because it offers a simple dessert that has lots of healthy fiber and protein for the kids and the rest of your family.
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Are Chocolate Hummus and Dessert Hummus the same?
Chocolate hummus is a type of dessert hummus. If you look, you can find hummus in a variety of dessert flavors, like chocolate chip cookie dough, snickerdoodles, and so on. Chocolate hummus is just one of our favorites!
Is Chocolate Hummus healthy?
Chocolate hummus uses mostly healthy ingredients and contains a large portion of both fiber and protein. There is some sugar from the maple syrup and chocolate chips, but when you use baking chocolate, you cut out a lot of added sugar.
Still, this is a dessert you can feel comfortable giving to your kids because it has good nutritional value!
What does Chocolate Hummus taste like?
Chocolate hummus really picks up the flavor of the chocolate well. You probably won’t even realize it’s mixed with chickpeas! It is a great chocolate flavored dip that is sure to please your family and friends without adding a lot of extra sugar or fat.
Ingredients to make Chocolate Hummus
When you make chocolate hummus, here’s what we suggest you use as well as some suggestions for substitutes where you can.
- Chickpeas - You can use dry or canned chickpeas for this.
- Unsweetened almond milk - You could use another type of milk if you prefer, but we find almond works well.
- Baking cocoa - You can use bittersweet or dark chocolate, both work well for this.
- Maple syrup - If you do not follow a vegan diet, you could use honey.
- Vanilla extract
- Chocolate chips - We use these for garnish, or you could mix them into the hummus for some added texture.
- Dippables - You can use crackers, fruits, nuts, pretzels, cookies, or your favorite dippers.
How to make Chocolate Hummus
Here’s what you need to do in order to make this easy chocolate hummus at home:
- First, soak the chickpeas overnight or place in boiling water for at least an hour.
- Next, drain the water and add the chickpeas to the inner pot of the Instant Pot.
- Once the chickpeas are in, pour in the water and pressure cook for 40 minutes or until soft.
- For the smoothest texture, peel the skins off the chickpeas. This step is optional but recommended.
- Finally, combine all the ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth.
Serve with your favorite dippables like fruits, nuts, crackers, and pretzels.
How to make different flavors of Chocolate Dessert Hummus
You can change or add to the hummus flavor of chocolate dessert hummus easily. Here are a few of our suggestions:
- Mix in some chocolate chips once it has cooled down, but do this by hand so you don’t pulverize the chips.
- Stir in some nuts or seeds for added texture.
- Use some white chocolate instead of dark chocolate.
- Mix in some raspberries for added flavor.
- Stir in some peanut or other nut butters.
What to serve with chocolate hummus
When you make chocolate hummus, you want to have lots of dippables on hand. Though you can pick your favorites, some ideas to get you started include:
- Sturdy fruits like apples or bananas
- Crackers
- Nuts
- Pretzels
- Chips
- Cookies
- Wafers
What is the best chocolate to make Chocolate Hummus?
Chocolate hummus works best with baker’s chocolate that contains virtually no sugar. This allows you to control the sweetness level you want.
When we make it, we use different varieties of dark chocolate. These have strong flavors and really stand out when you make them.
How to store chocolate hummus
Once you make the hummus, allow it to cool down to room temperature. You can then scoop it into an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 5 days.
We don’t recommend freezing hummus.
Pro Tips to make the best chocolate hummus
When you want to make the best hummus, check out these easy tips:
- Carefully peel the chickpeas once cooked for a very smooth hummus.
- Make sure to soak the chickpeas up to overnight to help remove starch and make the end result creamier.
- Make sure to use a baker’s chocolate or dark chocolate bar to make the hummus.
Other healthy snack ideas
If you really love easy, healthy snacks, then you will love trying some of these delicious recipe ideas:
- Apple Chips
- Air Fryer Kale Chips
- Chocolate Fondue
- Air Fryer Pickles
- Air Fryer Okra
- Broccoli Air Fryer
- Air Fryer Carrots
- Air Fryer Asparagus
- Sweet Potatoes Air Fryer
- Air Fryer Zucchini Fritters
- Air Fryer Jalapeno Poppers
Let us know what you think
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Healthy Chocolate Hummus
Chocolate hummus is a healthy dessert option that is big on decadent, indulgent flavor. This creamy dip is perfect for your favorite dippers. And since it is light on sugar and fat, you won’t have any guilt over serving it to your family and you’ll sneak all sorts of extra plant based protein and nutrients into them.
Ingredients
- Chickpeas (dry ¾ cup or 1 can 400 g / 15 oz.)
- Unsweetened almond milk 1/3 cup
- Baking cocoa ¼ cup
- Maple syrup ¼ cup
- Vanilla extract 2 tsp
- Chocolate chips to garnish 1 tbsp
- Dippables – crackers, fruits, nuts, pretzels, cookies
Instructions
- First, soak the chickpeas overnight or place in boiling water for at least an hour.
- Next, drain the water and add the chickpeas to the inner pot of the Instant Pot.
- Once the chickpeas are in, pour in the water and pressure cook for 40 minutes or until soft.
- For the smoothest texture, peel the skins off the chickpeas. This step is optional but recommended.
- Finally, combine all the ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth.
- Serve with your favorite dippables like fruits, nuts, crackers, and pretzels.
Notes
- Carefully peel the chickpeas once cooked for a very smooth hummus.
- Make sure to soak the chickpeas up to overnight to help remove starch and make the end result creamier.
- Make sure to use a baker’s chocolate or dark chocolate bar to make the hummus.
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melanie says
I love this recipe! I make a lot of savory hummus but now I can make a chocolate spread! Thank you for the misdirection from the Chalupas recipe in the email I got today. 27/4/2022