Vegan Chocolate Chickpea Flour Cookies (GF)

Chocolate lovers, you have a new go-to cookie recipe: Vegan Chocolate Chickpea Flour Cookies! They are vegan, grain-free, gluten-free, and a cinch to make.

Chickpeas in chocolate cookies? Oh yes! What better way to top off a week of chickpea cookie ideas than with a double dose of everyone’s go-to sweet treat.

Recipe Benefits

• Vegan (egg-free, dairy-free)
• Gluten-free
• Grain-free
• Quick & straightforward

Ingredients for Vegan Chocolate Chickpea Flour Cookies

The exact amounts of each ingredient are indicated in the recipe card at the end of the post.Toggle betweenUS Customary(volume) andMetric(weights) for preferred measurement option.

• chickpea flour
• unsweetened cocoa powder
• baking soda
• plant based margarine or virgin coconut oil, melted
• coconut sugar (or packed brown sugar)
• vanilla extract
• Optional: instant espresso powder (optional)
• miniature semisweet chocolate chips

You will also need some regular tap water and salt.

Chickpea flour works beautifully in a wide range of sweet baking, However, it works especially well with deep flavors, such as chocolate, molasses, dark brown sugar, and spices. In short, it is a reliable ingredient to add to your cold-weather baking repertoire.

And although these cookies are a bit of an indulgence, they still offer a host of health-promoting qualities–antioxidants from the chocolate and cocoa powder, fiber, protein and minerals from the chickpea flour–that more than justify eating two for dessert.

I can also testify that grabbing and gobbling a cookie to go makes great pre-run fuel on a cold winter morning (instant energy + cheer!). Be sure to bring one for your running partner, too

How to Make Vegan Chocolate Chickpea Flour Cookies

Note that the complete instructions are also in the recipe card below.

Another reason to try these cookies? They are incredibly straightforward to make.

• Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together chickpea flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
• Whisk in the water, margarine or oil, coconut sugar, vanilla and (optional) espresso powder until blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Using a small cookie scoop or tablespoon, scoop rounded mounds of dough onto cookie sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes until set at edges (centers may still look slightly soft).
• Let cool on sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack and cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.

What is the Taste & Texture of the Cookies?

These cookies have rich, cake-like middles and crispy-chewy edges. They remind me of cookies that always arrived on a neighbor’s (much anticipated) Christmas cookie plate. I recall a few squabbles breaking out between me and my siblings (and, occasionally, my Dad) over who would get the last one!

Happy baking, everyone!

How to Store the Cookies

Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 days, the refrigerator for 2 weeks or the freezer for up to 6 months.

Tips for Success

• Weigh the dry ingredients. A lot of variation can occur when measuring flours and powders with measuring cups and measuring spoons. Always lightly spoon flours or powders (such as cocoa powder) into the measuring cup or spoon, then level off with a straight edge. The most accurate and consistent way to measure, though, is by using a small digital kitchen scale. The grams for the ingredients are in the recipe card (toggle for metric).
• Check at the minimum baking time.Begin checking the cookie for doneness at the minimum suggested baking time.The edges should be done. but it is ok if the centers are not completely set. The cookies will continue to bake on the cookie sheet due to carryover heat, and will further set up as they cool.
• Cool the baking sheets in between batches.The second batch of cookies will bake faster than the first since the baking sheet will be hot from the first batch. You can run the baking sheet under cold water (remove the parchment paper first) to cool it down, or begin checking for donees 2 minutes earlier.