Peanut Butter Dessert Hummus

We’re just back from holiday and the kids are back into the swing of having friends over and intensive early morning nippers training for my son. So they need snacks, regular snacks and it’s way to humid for me to put the oven on. Enter this Peanut Butter Dessert ‘Hummus’…

It’s one of over a 1,000 awesome recipes in this years brilliant Healthy Meal Planning Bundle – thanks so much to Cheapskate Cooks for the recipe inspo! To be honest, I wasn’t so sure they’d like it. But surprise me as they do, they absolutely love it (they say it tastes like a cookie dough) and I’m thrilled because it is one of the easiest things I’ve ever made.

Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit many dietary requirements.

Peanut Butter Dessert Hummus

Prep 5 minutes

Serves: 8

 

A quick, delicious and nutritious snack - my kids think it tastes like a peanut butter cookie dough!

Ingredients

• 400 grams can white (cannellini) beans or chick peas, drained
• 85 grams (¼ cup) sweetener (maple syrup, rice malt syrup or honey), see variations below
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch sea salt
• 190 grams (¾ cup) peanut butter
• 2-4 tablespoons milk of your choice or coconut water
• 30 grams (¼ cup) approx. chocolate chips or cacao nibs, to taste (optional)

Dippers

• Fruit - strawberries, slice apple or stone fruit
• Crackers (plain sweet or savoury)
• My kids even love this with carrot sticks and I'm not arguing!

Method

1. Combine all ingredients except milk and chocolate chips in a food processor and puree until very smooth (2­-3 minutes, depending on how powerful your machine is). Thin with milk or coconut water if necessary to reach desired consistency.

2. Stir in chocolate chips and eat with a spoon (mmmmm...), or serve with a 'dipper'.

Thermomix

1. Add the white beans/ chick peas to the bowl and process for 5 seconds, speed 5.

2. Add the sweetener, vanilla, sea salt, peanut butter and blend 30 seconds, speed 5 (scraping down the sides every 10 seconds).

3. Add the milk or coconut water and blend 5 seconds at a time until you have the consistency you're after. 

4. Mix through the choc chips or cacao nibs, reverse 10 seconds speed 5. Serve as above.

Variations

Peanut-free­

Substitute peanut butter for another nut butter, like cashew or almond.

Nut-free

Use sun butter or desired substitute.

Vegan and dairy-free

If you’re dairy­-free, choose a dairy-free chocolate or cacao nibs. For vegan choose rice malt or maple syrup as your sweetener.

Fructose friendly

Choose rice malt syrup as your sweetener and cacao nibs.

Chocoholic

Add a few tablespoons of cocoa powder to the mix, then blend in thoroughly.

Make it sweeter

The original recipe (via Cheapskate Cooks) has ⅓ cup of sweetener, but I find the ¼ enough. For sweet tooth, it would be best to add more though.

Course: Snack

Author: Georgia Harding