I didn’t even think twice about pinning this lovely, luscious-looking “cookie” when I saw it on Pinterest last week.

Photo & Recipe – Texanerin Bakery

Peanut butter + chocolate? My two favorite things. Then I noticed the little “no sugar, no flour, no oil” tag and I thought – “Wow! Kinda healthy, too? TRIPLE bonus!” Of course I never even gave a thought to what it actually did have in it to replace all the good stuff.

We have been trying to eat “good for us” stuff around here lately – trying to be cognizant of our homemade ice cream sugar and processed food consumption. We haven’t been perfect, but all dinners this week have featured veggies from our CSA box and own garden and have been healthy and tasty. No Subway (eek!) or any other fast food, and minimal ice cream from that darn ice cream machine. (Ok, not really minimal, but in my defense…I do know that every ingredient in my ice cream is organic and I can pronounce it!!)

So when I started feeling a little chocolate urge last night, I pulled up this recipe and set to work. Garbanzo beans and honey. THAT is what replaces all the sugar, flour and oil? Um….ok. I had the beans and the honey and, of course, the Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips!

They are super quick, super easy and I pulled them out of the oven right as the girls were sitting down to dinner. I let them have one after dinner and they both were totally into them. Addie said hers was a little too “smushy” but Erin said that they “must be warm.” (I think her exact words were “But cold? Yuck. These need to be warm!”)

I actually really, really like chick peas. I eat them cold – so to me the cookies were good cold, but yes – they are delicious hot! It is that gooey chocolate and peanut butter and the chick peas just give it a little texture, but you definitely can’t taste them!

The cookie connoisseur of the house was not so convinced, however. I had showed him the pic after I pinned it last week and he commented on how good they looked. But when I said “there is no oil, sugar or flour in them,” and after swallowing his first bite, he asked, “Um…what is in it then?”

I told him and I’m not altogether sure he approved. I notice he did not take a plateful in to cozy up to and watch TV with like he usually does with my cookies.

But three out of four thumbs up in the house. That isn’t too bad a rating, I’d say.