Chocolate Chip Chickpea Muffins Recipe - No Flour! – Fit Mama Real Food (2024)

Chocolate chip chickpea muffins are the ultimate healthy snack! You’d never guess that garbanzo beans were the star in these fluffy and delicious muffins. They are made with 9 ingredients and the batter mixes in the blender!

Thank you toLarder & Vinefor sponsoring this post and providing the 8-Piece Ceramic Bakeware Set for the recipe.

Chocolate Chip Chickpea Muffins Recipe – No Flour!

Years ago before I started taking a can of chickpeas and transforming it into sweet treats, I would have never thought that you could turn beans into desserts.

After makingchickpea cookie dough,6-ingredient peanut butter chickpea cookies,black bean brownie recipe,black bean cake, and more, I’ve gotten hooked on adding more fiber, protein, and goodness using beans into desserts.

This chickpea muffin recipe is the perfect snack to pack in a lunchbox, to add to breakfast, or even to enjoy pre or post-workout.

The batter couldn’t be easier to make – simply add the wet and dry ingredients into a blender, and blend until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips and add to Larder & Vine’s ceramic-coatedBakeware Set, which includes a pair of 6-hole muffin tins.

Not only are they beautiful, they can go right into the dishwasher for easy cleanup! I have the French Grey set, but they come in many other fun colors!

The entire 8-piece set has a non-stick ceramic surface that is free of PFOA, PFAS, PTFE, & all heavy metals.

Why you’ll love this recipe

Quick to prep– These delicious chickpea muffins are so quick to make! I often blitz the batter while I’m making dinner, and then quickly add it to muffin molds. While we eat, the muffins bake and then they’re ready to be enjoyed for breakfast the next day!

Customizable– The main ingredients are chickpeas and cashew butter, but if you don’t have cashew butter on hand you can customize the recipe to use whatever nut or seed butter you have on hand. For a tasty peanut butter flavor, use natural peanut butter – we do that often and it works great!

More fiber– My kids aren’t particularly excited about beans, but they love them in this recipe! It’s an easy way to add more fiber to a muffin.

What you need for healthy chickpea muffins

Scroll down to view the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions.

• chickpeas
• eggs
• cashew butter
• pure maple syrup
• vanilla extract
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• sea salt
• dark chocolate chips

How to make chocolate chip muffins with beans

Step 1:Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2:To a blender or food processor, add the rinsed chickpeas, eggs, cashew butter, maple syrup, vanilla, baking powder, cinnamon, and sea salt. Blend until smooth and has the texture of pancake batter – about 30 seconds. Stir in the chocolate chips, reserving some to top the batter with.

Step 3:Line 9 holes of theLarder & Vine muffin tinwith paper orsilicone muffin liners.

Step 4:Scoop the muffin batter into the prepared muffin tray. Top with extra chocolate chips if you’d like.

Step 5:Bake for 23-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the muffins, and the muffins spring back when you press into the tops.

Watch me make flourless chickpea muffins

The full how to video can be watched below, or on my YouTube channel!

Serving suggestion

As I mentioned before, these muffins are fantastic in lunchboxes, as a breakfast spread, or as a standalone snack. Here are some favorite ways to pair up these muffins.

Lunchbox packing– Pair these muffins withcream cheese ham pinwheelsorsmoked salmon pinwheelsalongside fresh fruit and veggies pluskefir ranch dressing.

Breakfast ideas– When these muffins are prepped and waiting for you, adding in a side of scrambled eggs orhomemade breakfast sausageis quick and easy. It makes a filling, protein-packed breakfast!

Post-workout– After a lifting session I love aprotein shake, but I also love to eat something. These muffins are the perfect post-workout snack to add in!

Snack tray spread– Build the ultimate after-school snack tray with chickpea muffins, crackers, and veggies to go along withroasted red pepper pesto, freshly cut fruit, andno-bake coconut balls.

How to store

These cooled muffins keep well at room temperature in a sealed container on the counter or in the fridge. They also freeze well!

To store fresh, add to an airtight container or wrap in plastic wrap and keep on the counter or in the fridge for 5 days.

Freeze for up to 6 months!

Substitutions, optional variations & dietary adjustments

Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this healthy muffin recipe.

If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!

Chickpeas– Garbanzo beans work best here, but you can also swap in white beans (like navy or cannellini beans) or black beans. If you use black beans, I suggest adding some cocoa powder and turning them into chocolate muffins. I do not suggest making chickpea flour muffins as the chickpea flour or garbanzo bean flour will not have as much liquid as a can of beans.

Eggs– Unfortunately turning these into vegan chickpea muffins will not work well with flax eggs. The eggs help give the batter structure since it is flourless. For best results, make it with eggs.

Cashew butter– Cashew butter gives a neutral flavor to these muffins, but you can absolutely swap in peanut butter, almond butter, hazelnut butter, or sunflower seed butter for a nut-free option.

Maple syrup– Another liquid sweetener like honey or agave nectar works great to replace the maple syrup. I don’t suggest using brown sugar, coconut sugar, or another granulated cane sugar in place of the liquid sweetener.

Chocolate chips– Use your favorite type of chocolate chip here – dark chocolate, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate all work well! For a non-chocolate option, try add-ins like pumpkin seeds, raisins, or dried blueberries.

More healthy sweet recipes you’ll love

• Funfetti chickpea cookie dough
• Chickpea protein cookie dough
• Peanut butter chickpea cookies

If you try this chocolate chip chickpea muffin recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!

XO

Heather