Comments on: Chocolate Chip Chickpea Cookies

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:47:50 +0000

Hi Julie-It is very good and the best part is that no-one can tell!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:42:16 +0000

Wow - that is so different but so cool. I LOVE chickpeas!

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:38:01 +0000

Hi Maria-yeah they’re definitely not low fat or sugar cookie, they’re like regular cookies which just happen to have added fibre and other things via the chickpeas. But I wouldn’t say approaching healthy status at all though!

Interesting about the history of chickpeas, I knew they were good for you but didn’t realise they were associated with so many things!

I am a big fan of chunky cookies too-Mrs Fields white chocolate macadamia chunk-yummm…

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:29:10 +0000

I decided to look these legumes up in Wikipedia and wanted to quote that:

“Ancient people also associated chickpeas with Venus because they were said to offer medical uses such as increasing sperm and milk, provoking menstruation and urine and helping to treat kidney stones”.

I’ve been off chickpeas for a while you know.. I just don’t know why really. I have a standby chickpea spinach curry recipe in my head that my husband loves but I haven’t made it for ages. I used to make little ‘patties’ out of them for a while.

Oh…I love a good hommus too.

But when I read how much butter, sugar and chocolate chips were in these.. gosh..I was thinking ‘what’s the point of the chickpea nutrition when you’re killing your kids with sugar and fat? Seriously.. the recipe screams “American” to me. But yeah.. if you’re gonna make cookies with this much sugar and fat I guess you may aswell use chickpeas and get some added fibre and protein.. better than nothing. They do look very chunky and delicious I have to say. My American brother in law especially would love them. He is into cookies with oats, especially chunky ones.

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:29:05 +0000

Hi stephchows-Yeah I think you could definitely tone down the butter, there’s so much in there! I’d love to hear how it goes

By: stephchows

stephchows — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:30:20 +0000

Very interesting! I’ll have to make these and tweak the butter out and some of the sugar… I’ll let you know how it goes! I’m very interested to see how they taste

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:50:05 +0000

Hi grace-That should really be at the front of every cookbook. Just in case things don’t work out! I’ve never had black beans in brownies-but have had sweet black bean soup which is really nice so I can see it working. Thanks!

Hi Patricia-Thankyou so much! They were rather good (if not that healthy)

Hi Anastasia-Definitely do, they’re rewardingly good. I’d love to hear what you think of them

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:12:12 +0000

im definetely trying these!! yum!
i love chickpeas too but never thought of adding them to sweet food!

By: Patricia Scarpin

Patricia Scarpin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:04:47 +0000

What an unusual cookie recipe, Lorraine! They look super yummy.

By: grace

grace — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:15:15 +0000

“i’m sure there’s a rule in baking: just add 2 cups of chocolate, 1 cup of brown sugar and 3/4 cup of butter to anything and it will be fine.”

if it’s not a rule, it should be! heck, if black beans can go undetected in brownies, i don’t see why this wouldn’t work just as well. they look great!