Peanut Butter Dessert Hummus
Servings: 8
A quick, delicious and nutritious snack - my kids think it tastes like a peanut butter cookie dough!
Ingredients
- 400 g can cannellini beans -or chick peas, drained and rinsed
- 85 g rice malt syrup, honey or maple syrup (¼ cup)
- 1 tsp vanilla powder, extract or essence
- Pinch sea salt
- 190 g peanut butter (¾ cup)
- 2-4 tbsp milk (of choice) - or coconut water
- 30 g chocolate chips (¼ cup) 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!
Instructions
- 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.
- Stir in chocolate chips and eat with a spoon (mmmmm...), or serve with a 'dipper'.
Thermomix
- Add the white beans/ chick peas to the bowl and process for 5 seconds, speed 5.
- Add the sweetener, vanilla, sea salt, peanut butter and blend 30 seconds, speed 5 (scraping down the sides every 10 seconds).
- Add the milk or coconut water and blend 5 seconds at a time until you have the consistency you're after.
- Mix through the choc chips or cacao nibs, reverse 10 seconds speed 5. Serve as above.
Store
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.