Chickpea Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

You'd never know that these melt-in-your mouth Chickpea Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies aren't just vegan, but they are also gluten-free, grain-free, refined sugar-free and nut-free. Enjoy alone or top with sea salt for a sweet and salty combo.

Jump to Recipe

Once upon a time, in a far away place (New Jersey), there was a girl who obtained a secret recipe from her father for the softest, chewiest chocolate chip cookies in all the land (still New Jersey).

The girl shared her cookies with family and friends, and even once used them to get out of trouble with her college RA for having a bottle of wine in her dorm (for the record, she was 21).

Everyone begged her for the recipe, but she kept it tight-lipped.

Some even went as far to say they were better than the cookies from that famous brand with the yellow packaging.

Oh, those sweet, chocolaty, buttery, heavenly confections...

Then one day, the girl gave up refined sugar and wheat flour, and so...her days of cookie making were over…THE END.

HOLD ON!

What kind of happy ending is that?

No, no, no!

That’s not how the story should end.

Let’s change things up a little…

And that’s exactly what she did - change things up.

First, she swapped white granulated sugar and brown sugar for coconut sugar.

But flour, oh, that was a pesky little problem she had on her hands.

So many gluten-free flours and yet none were quite right.

She thought her prince would never come.

And then, like a knight in shining armor, chickpea flour rode in on its steel horse (OK, fine it was a shopping cart) and saved the day!

The chickpea flour produced a wheat-free cookie with a similar consistency to her signature recipe.

It also provided a number of vitamins and minerals in addition to protein and fiber (You can check out all the awesome benefits of chickpea flour in this Healthline article).

But wait, there's more!

The chickpea fairy appeared out of nowhere and presented another magical ingredient that took this cookie to the NEXT LEVEL!

"Now, what pray tell could that be?" the girl asked.

"Why, aquafaba, my dear," the chickpea fairy responded.

Aqua...what??

In case you're unfamiliar with aquafaba, it is the liquid found in a can of chickpeas and acts as an egg replacement in vegan baked goods.

Sometimes, it is whipped, but other times (like in this case), it is used as is.

And even though she used vegan butter rather than dairy-based butter, her new cookie still had that signature buttery taste.

It even tasted BETTER than the original!

And so, she lived happily ever after eating lots of chickpea flour cookies at the Jersey Shore.

THE END. 🙂

Oh, you want to know how to make them?

Sorry, it’s a secret...

JUST KIDDING! 😉

How to make chickpea flour chocolate chip cookies - step by step

Start by preheating your oven to 350°F and lining an extra large baking sheet with parchment paper.

If you don't have a large enough baking sheet, you can bake in two different batches.

You just want to make sure the cookies are not too close to each other on the sheet.

Next, add vegan butter, coconut sugar, aquafaba and vanilla extract to a large mixing bowl.

Mix together using a spoon until well-combined. In a separate bowl, combine chickpea flour, kosher salt, baking powder and baking soda.

Be sure to use a grain-free baking powder if you'd like to keep them grain-free, such as Pamela's.

You can also choose to omit the baking powder altogether and increase the amount of baking soda to elicit a similar result.

Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.

Mix together with a spoon.

Fold in chocolate chips.

Use a cookie scoop or your hands to create dough balls.

Press down on each dough ball lightly with your fingers...

until you've done them all.

Bake for 11-15 minutes until edges are light golden brown.

At this point, you can top each cookie with sea salt right when they come out of the oven, if desired.

Tips

• I know it's fun to eat raw cookie dough, but a word of advice...don't eat cookie dough made with raw chickpea flour! It simply does not taste good when raw and is not an indicator of what the final product will taste like after baking.
• If the dough isn't firm enough to make the balls, refrigerate it for about 10 minutes to firm it up before scooping.

Storing

Store the cookies in a single layer in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. Note that they will soften up more when stored this way. You can also refrigerate them if preferred.

Related Recipes

• Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups
• Chickpea Flour Brownies
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
• Oat Flour Cookies
• Vegan Chocolate Cookies

©Watch Learn Eat. All content and images are copyright protected. Recipes and images are not to be used or republished without prior permission. If you adapt this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words, and link back to this post for the original recipe.