Okay...calm down. They really are good! And hey, they have lots and lots of protein! :) Everyone who has tried them so far has asked for the recipe. So they must be good. So there. I got the original recipe from here, but changed it up a bit, so that you can use an entire 15.5 oz. can of chick peas, instead of just 1 1/4 cups of that can.
Here goes:
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups (one 15.5 oz. can) chick peas, drained, rinsed and patted dry.
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cups peanut butter
1/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon honey
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Blend the chick peas by themselves in a food processor until completely smooth. (give the boys absolutely NO reasons to complain! :)) Add all of the rest of the ingredients except for the chocolate chips, and blend till smooth. (Note: don't blend for too long, or else the dough will get too hot! I guess you can use it as an opportunity to teach kids about friction and heat and stuff...but if you try to stir in the chocolate chips to dough that's too hot, it looks funny. I should know...:)) Take the sharp blade out of the processor and stir in the chocolate chips. Wet your hands a bit, then begin the cookie ball-making process! :) (Alyson the Great Sister-in-Law did that job for this batch...I think she did a pretty fantastic job, don't you?) Roll the dough into about 1-inch balls, and place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. (You can put the cookies pretty close together--they don't rise too much!) Then pop them into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes.
I'm guessing that you could do a lot of fun things to make them look even more fantastic--roll them in powdered sugar, drizzle them with chocolate...or cover them with chocolate...or roll in nuts or mini chocolate chips...whatever you can think up!
Enjoy, and happy white rabbit day! :)
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