Description
A delicious and healthy cookie dough that is vegan, gluten-free, naturally sweetened, safe to eat raw, and made from chickpeas! This Pumpkin Caramel Pecan flavor is perfect as we head into Fall! And the Pumpkin Caramel sauce is to die for!
Ingredients
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Pumpkin Pecan Cookie Dough
- 1 can garbanzo beans/chickpeas, (skins removed)
- 1/4 cup pecan butter, (alternatively you can use tahini, peanut butter, almond butter- but taste may vary)
- 1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp gluten-free flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup pecans/pecan pieces
- 1/4 cup dairy-free mini chocolate chips (affiliate link)
Vegan Pumpkin Caramel
- 1/4 cup unrefined coconut oil, (very important to use unrefined, quality coconut oil)
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp almond butter
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
Pumpkin Pecan Cookie Dough
- First, drain your chickpeas and lay them out on a paper towel and pat dry. Then remove all the skins from each chickpea and set aside
- Add the maple syrup to your Vitamix blender, followed by the de-skinned chickpeas, pecan butter, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, salt, and flour
- Blend until smooth and a dough forms (adding more flour if needed so it’s not super sticky)
- Scoop all of the cookie dough into a medium bowl and fold in the pecan pieces and chocolate chips. Cover and place in your fridge while you make your Vegan Pumpkin Caramel
- After you make your caramel, drizzle cookie dough with Vegan Pumpkin Caramel and enjoy right away. Store leftover cookie dough in the refrigerator
Vegan Pumpkin Caramel
- Melt the coconut oil and maple syrup together in a small saucepan over medium heat, then whisk in the almond butter and pumpkin pie spice. Whisk constantly until it starts to thicken, then remove from heat
Notes
** Vegan Pumpkin Caramel is adapted from Pinch of Yum
** Keep the caramel and the cookie dough seperate when storing
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Servings
- Calories: 1279
- Sugar: 72
- Sodium: 668
- Fat: 74
- Saturated Fat: 33
- Unsaturated Fat: 34
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 140
- Fiber: 21
- Protein: 25
- Cholesterol: 15