Chocolate Hummus

May 22, 2017 Jordan Recipe, Snacks & Appetizers 36

“Can I have more hummus, please?”

That is an actual quote from my four year old this week and it makes my heart sing. I feel like a victor, and all-star, a supermom when I hear those words. Maybe your kids operate on a higher food plane than most of the kids I know, but in my world hummus is not on the average pre-schooler’s radar. That makes sneaking in veggies in the form of beans disguised as a chocolate treat is a huge win. And did you notice there is no refined sugar?

“Of course you may have more hummus, my darling.”

I’ll raise my hand to accept virtual high fives from the mamas now.

I’ll also note that prior to the introduction of chocolate hummus Four Year Old wouldn’t eat strawberries either. Today she cried when I said they were gone. Life is looking good.

Garbanzo beans, rinsed and sans skins. The skins are very easy to remove – you just pinch the beans and it will peel right off. It takes me about 10 minutes to do a whole can, so it’s not as tedious as you might imagine. But if you really just don’t want to peel individual garbanzo beans you can leave the skins on. The only thing that will happen is that your hummus might be a little less smooth.

Add ingredients to a blender or food processor and grind it into smoothness.

Exhibit A: Smoothness.

Chill and serve with pretzels, crackers, cookies, or fruit.

Chocolate Hummus
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Makes about 1 1/2 cups

1 15 oz can garbanzo beans
3 tbsp cocoa
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup water
1/4 tsp salt

Drain and thoroughly rinse the garbanzo beans. Remove skins if desired and discard. Place the garbanzo beans in a blender or food processor and add the remaining ingredients.

Process until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl a couple times, then remove to an airtight container and chill for 1 hour. Serve cold and store in the refrigerator.

36 Comments

  2. This is such a cool idea! I would have never thought to do a chocolate hummus! Thanks for sharing!

    Lauren

  6. Chocolate Hummus?! OMG my world is forever changed!! I have to try this for our next gathering, we are always the ones to bring something new and different.

  7. For real? Chocolate hummus is a thing!!!!!!!! I´m doing backflips, loop jumps and layback spins from so much excitement!!! (in my head, of course, cuz in real life I can´t even do a proper forward roll, but you can imagine my level of excitement, lol)This recipe is fantastic! And healthy! I can´t believe how easy is this!!! This might just become my favorite binge snacking recipe! Thanks so much for sharing it! 🙂

  10. This is so simple! I’ve made regular hummus before…looks like I am just missing the cocoa. The strawberries look delicious with it!

  12. I NEEEED to make this for my next book club get together! It looks fantastic! I pinned it and can’t want to try it out!

    – Kaitlin
    kedgotwed.com

  16. You’re a genius! Two things that I love, brought together as one?! I’ve never heard of chocolate hummus, but it looks delicious! I’m going to try this 😀
    Xoxo,
    Mom Insane Fit

  17. Yum yum yum! After I saw this recipe I happen to have all ingredients…..so got to work and with in minutes, pure delight! Thanks for sharing!

  19. I really wanted to make this but I didn’t have the right ingredients so I improvised. I subbed black beans for garbanzo, sorghum syrup for honey, cacao for cocoa, and coconut milk for water (because I had some already open in the fridge). It was awesome. I liked it so much I went out and got the correct ingredients the next day. I gotta tell ya, I prefer the black beans! Both are good of course.

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