📋 Dark Chocolate Hummus Recipe (with dates)

This Dark Chocolate Hummus with dates is healthy, easy to make, and tastes like chocolate frosting, but it's actually good for you! This dessert hummus is also the perfect dip for fruit, crackers and makes a great spread for rice cakes, toast, bagels and English muffins!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, Canadian, North American

Keyword dark chocolate, hummus, chocolate

Special Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 114kcal

Ingredients

½ cup dates
4 tablespoon warm water
3 oz dark chocolate baking bar melted
19 oz can chickpeas
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon agave syrup
2 tablespoon brown sugar
4 tablespoon tahini
¼ teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup semi-sweet mini dark chocolate chips

Garnish (optional)

½ tablespoon semi-sweet mini dark chocolate chips

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Add dates and water to food processor and turn on high
*Don't worry if it's not a smooth date paste, as it will be once it's mixed with all the other ingredients
Melt chocolate baking bar in microwave on HALF power (50%) for 1- 2 minutes, taking out to stir after 1 minute, then at 15 second intervals
Add melted chocolate and remaining ingredients (EXCEPT mini chocolate chips) to food processor and process until smooth.
Turn the food processor on to high and blend until completely incorporated, turning off (and unplugging) to scrape down the sides periodically).
Add mini chocolate chips and turn on high for 10 seconds

Garnish

Garnish with additional mini chocolate chips, if desired and serve with fresh fruit and graham crackers.

Notes

Top tips

*If your dates have gone hard (as they will after being in the fridge for a while), soak them in boiling water for 10 minutes to soften them before pureeing

*If the hummus is too thick to dip, add a tablespoon of water. Add water in 1 tablespoon increments until you reach the desired consistency.

📖Variations & Substitutions

Tahini- you could use almond butter or cashew butter instead
Olive oil - you can use another type of oil, such as canola oil or sesame
Agave - you can use honey instead, but you'll need to double the amount of honey
Dark Chocolate – you can substitute a semi-sweet baking bar, but reduce the agave and brown sugar to 1 tablespoon each
WW friendlier - see WW Points (below)
Dairy-free- use dairy-free chocolate chips

🔢WW Points

This dessert hummus recipe is 4 WW points per serving but the points can be reduced. I made it pretty sweet so my kids would eat it (and they LOVE it!) My teenage son said it was 'amazing!' However, you can reduce the sweetness and make it more WW friendly with the following changes and substitutions:

cut agave and brown sugar to 1 tablespoon each (or use a sugar substitute if you prefer)
replace olive oil with additional water
reduce mini chocolate chips to 2 tbsp

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