Cookie Dough Hummus
No-bake, no-egg cookie dough built from chickpeas and peanut butter, mixed cold in the bag.
- calories
- 330
- weight
- 3.2 oz
- cal / oz
- 103
- protein
- 9 g
- serves
- 4, scales
- prep
- 10 min
- cook
- 0 min
- total time
- 10 min
- water
- 30 ml cold
- cost
- $
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Dessert
- Snack
- No cook
- Car camping
- Backpacking
- Basecamp
- Day hike
- Vegetarian
- Eat in the bag
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Basic
Ingredients
| Canned chickpeas | 1 can (15 oz) | drained; save a little liquid |
|---|---|---|
| Peanut butter | 1/2 cup | the drier natural kind works too |
| Brown sugar | 1/3 cup | packed |
| Powdered milk | 2 tbsp | replaces the splash of fresh milk |
| Vanilla extract | 2 tsp | or 1 tsp vanilla powder |
| Salt | 1/2 tsp | |
| Peanut butter cups | 6, chopped | chop at home in cool weather |
| Peanut butter candies | 2 oz | the small coated ones hold shape |
Method
- Drain the chickpeas. Rinse them if you have water to spare, otherwise just tip the liquid out.
- Put the chickpeas in a heavy freezer bag with the peanut butter, brown sugar, powdered milk, vanilla, and salt.
- Press the air out, seal, and work the bag with your hands until the chickpea skins break down and it goes smooth. Five minutes of steady squeezing.
- Add cold water a tablespoon at a time, up to about 30 ml, until it moves like thick dough rather than paste.
- Fold in the chopped peanut butter cups and the candies at the end so they stay whole.
- Eat with a spoon straight from the bag, or scoop it with pretzels or graham crackers.
The original is butter, white flour, and sugar eaten raw, which is fine at a kitchen counter and useless in a pack. Chickpeas do the same job here: mashed fine they give the dough body and a neutral base, and they bring protein instead of raw flour and its bacteria problem. Peanut butter replaces the softened butter, so nothing has to stay cold to stay workable.
Powdered milk stands in for the four tablespoons of fresh milk and thickens rather than thins, so you add water yourself and control the texture. Mixing inside the bag means no bowl, no mixer, and nothing to wash. Chop the candy at home; on a warm afternoon it will not chop, it will smear.
Packing
Sugar, powdered milk, salt, and vanilla powder premix into one small bag at home. Candy rides in a separate bag; it welds into a block if it sits against the peanut butter in the sun.
Variations
- Swap the peanut butter cups for chocolate chips and skip the candy for a plainer version.
- Sunflower seed butter and sunflower butter cups make it work for a nut-free group.
- Freeze-dried chickpeas rehydrated in cold water cut nearly a pound of can weight for a backpacking trip.
https://www.thisisnotdietfood.com/edible-cookie-dough-peanut-butter-cups