Guys, I'm pretty excited to share this recipe with you all! I'm still amazed at how well these Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls turned out. Their texture perfectly mimics raw cookie dough and they only require 4 ingredients! YES PLEASE! I've served them a couple of different times to my friends and they go quick. I also know my friends appreciate that they're healthy and won't weigh you down or give you a sugar rush.
Peanut butter flavored recipes will be popping up a lot this month. One of the main reasons peanut butter is the flavor of the month is because I recently ordered some more peanut flour. While I have nothing against full fat, natural peanut butter (in fact, I strongly promote eating food in their natural form), I've found that peanut flour allows me to create baked goods that have a rich, peanut butter flavor without all the density. I've tried in the past to make peanut butter banana bread and it was a dense mess that didn't even taste strongly of peanut butter. Womp womp.
Peanut flour to the rescue!
The other special ingredient in these Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls are chickpeas! Yeah, I know that's no surprise for most of you. The chickpeas make these balls perfectly moist and doughy and provide lots of plant-based protein! Sweetened with maple syrup and rich in peanut flavor from peanut flour, these Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls are perfect for a snack or to tame a sweet tooth. Personally, I love to make mine with cacao nibs, but when I'm serving these to others I often use dairy-free chocolate chips.
Another way I've eaten these Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls is in my Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Banana Ice Cream Blizzards. Oh. Yeah. I'll let you all know how I make these on Monday.
Get excited.
I hope you all give these Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls a try! If you do, let me know what you think!
📖 Recipe
High-Protein Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas drained and rinsed
- ¾ cup peanut flour*
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- ⅓ cup dairy-free chocolate chips or cacao nibs
Instructions
- In a food processor, process the drained and rinsed chickpeas until mostly smooth, scraping down the sides of your processor when necessary.
- Add in the peanut flour and maple syrup and process until smooth, again scraping down the sides of your processor if necessary.
- Stir in the chocolate chips or cacao nibs and chill the dough in the fridge for about 15-30 minutes. Roll the dough into balls and place in the freezer for about 20 minutes to set. Store in the fridge for up to a week.
Karli says
Hi there! I know this post is from a while ago, but hope you will still see this! I couldn't find peanut flour in my local health food store but I have some PB2, which is basically ground peanuts with the oils removed, do you think that would work the same way?
Thanks!
Faith says
Hey Karli! I'm glad you're thinking about trying this recipe out! PB2 would definitely work. I believe there is sugar added to PB2 so you may not want to add as much maple syrup...or keep the maple syrup amount the same and they'll just be extra sweet and delicious! I hope it works out for you!
Karli says
Hi Faith! Made them this morning and they turned out great! Just used 1/4 cup maple syrup without the extra two tablespoons and I think it worked out perfectly with the PB2. Very happy camper! Thanks for the recipe!
shawnette says
Faith, I stumbled across your site while cross referencing oat milk recipes. Gurl, the more I read the more I'm in love! As a fellow creative foodie with a passion for all things healthy, I am impressed and inspired by your creations. You rock. Thank you for sharing your love with us 🙂
Faith says
Hey hey Shawnette!! Yay! This makes me so happy. Thanks for saying hi! Let me know if you try out any recipes or have any requests!!
Alyssa @ Renaissancerunnergirl says
I really like using peanut flour for the exact same reason - when it comes to baked treats, it makes them taste way more of peanut butter than the real deal (which is the only acceptable way to eat plain old PB&J!)
Faith says
Ah peanut flour is the bomb! And I don't think pb&j will ever get boring. Such a delicious classic!