Raw Cookie Dough Balls

I love making this dessert recipe for cooking demos around town. It is great because it is a dessert but has unusual, healthy ingredients and seriously tastes like cookie dough! I like encouraging participants to try new things because they never know what they might like! It always turns out amazing! Sometimes I make the recipe into balls and sometimes I make it into a dip with just a few small changes. I have been wanting to make this with raisins instead of chocolate chips and adding more oats because I love raw oatmeal cookie batter!

​Servings: 16
Prep/Total Time: 8 hours

Ingredients:

• 1 can chickpeas, drained
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1 T pure vanilla extract
• 3 Tbsp peanut butter
• 8 Medjool dates
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips or carob chips
• 4 T oats
• unsweetened vanilla pea milk (or your favorite milk) if making a dip

Directions:

1. In a bowl, cover the dates with 1/2 cup water. Let sit for at least 8 hours.
2. Add all ingredients (including the dates’ soaking liquid), except chocolate chips, and pea milk to a food processor and blend until very smooth.
3. Eat as a dip (by adding some pea milk) or form into balls and eat as "raw" cookies!