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Crunchy Cinnamon “Sugar” Chickpeas

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The sweetness of cinnamon sugar, without the sugar! The perfect crunchy snack to satisfy your sweet craving in a healthy way! Gluten-free, vegan, and sugar-free, these chickpeas are roasted with cinnamon and stevia for a well balanced snack any time of day!

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Chickpeas are the king of the bean and legume kingdom in my opinion. They’re just so versatile and so perfectly crafted by Mother Nature. I’ve used them for snacks, pancakes, omelets, scrambles, casseroles, and of course Indian. They’re full of fiber, protein, magnesium, iron, and they help stabilize blood sugar. There’s no reason not to include chickpeas in you diet! They may just be the perfect food! (If you don’t almost die from them like me and my bean-poisoning incident, haha! I still get nightmares…)

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So while I adore this bean, I’ve had a bumpy relationship with it. But with every relationship, we must forgive and forget, learn and grow. They will always be my favorite bean since they are essential to my all-time favorite recipe, but they will also always be the bean that gives me the most “tales to tell”! Which is a good thing for you…maybe…but it gives me a funny story to tell right now!

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I guess this story is a bit embarrassing for me, but I’ve been dying to tell it ever since this recipe was made way back when. Well…the first time this recipe was made. It’s also a great lesson in patience…something I have zero of. So, after falling in love with homemade roasted chickpeas, I wanted to make another flavor combo. Something sweet this time, but of course including cinnamon. To get the sweet, I’d use the only “sugar” I ever use when cooking, stevia! Perfect! Now it was time to get baking.

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I followed the same protocol as my other recipe, just with different flavorings this time. Except, this time, I was super hungry and these chickpeas smelled so good in the oven. I didn’t allow them to cook all the way to “crunchy” before digging in. Then, I didn’t even wait for the rest to cool before I went and stored them in a mason jar. Not totally baked, still hot, sealed, and moisture. Then pushed to the back of the pantry and forgotten about for a few days. (Hello, recipe for disaster!) When I go to take them out for a snack those few days later, what I find is not pretty. No chickpeas could be seen through the fuzzy white coated glass jar. Mold encompassed the entire inside. It was like a jar full of cotton balls! That poor jar and those abused chickpeas went straight into the trash, leaving me sad, mad, snackless, and defeated.

Crunchy Cinnamon “Sugar” Chickpeas

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Ingredients: (makes 2 cups)

+ 2 Cups Cooked and Cooled Chickpeas

+ 1 Tsp Cinnamon

+ 2 Packets (2g) of Stevia (or 4 Tsp Sugar)

Directions:

+ Preheat oven to 400ºF.

+ In a mixing bowl, combine the chickpeas, cinnamon, and stevia. Mix them all together and then spread them on a lined baking sheet with parchment paper.

+ Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes, tossing them around every to minutes. Make sure they don’t burn, but make sure they are completely baked as well.

+ Turn the oven off, crack the door, and allow them to cool slowly with the oven. Remove, make sure they are completely cooled before storing in a air-tight jar.

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So what did we learn today? Have patience and never try to cheat the King of the Beans! If you use them correctly, they will be kind and love you back, if not, they will try to kill you! Respect the bean and it will respect you…and produce some delicious yummy results! See, you can never leave my blog without learning a valuable lesson in food!

So tell me:

+ Let’s hear those embarrassing stories that came out of not having patience! (I know I’m not alone!)

+ Do you respect the bean?

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Comments

  1. Jody @easypeasymom says

    Yum, these look so good! I roasted some chickpeas last week and burnt my tongue trying to pop them into my mouth before even getting them totally out of the oven. I’ve never made sweet ones, these will definitely go on my list to try soon. Thanks for sharing!

    Visiting from the Clever Chicks blog hop

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Haha! O the virtue of patience 😉
      I hope you do make these! They are awesome sweet! Thank you dear!

      Reply

  4. Cydnee/Tampa Cake Girl says

    I love this recipe and I pinned it for me. Thank you very much for joining in the celebration of #purebloglove, we enjoy having you each week.

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  5. Deborah Davis says

    Hi Rebecca,
    What a great way to soothe my snack cravings in a healthy manner! I am so delighted that you shared your healthy and delectable Crunchy Cinnamon “Sugar” Chickpeas with us on the Plant-based Potluck Party. I appreciate it. I’m pinning and sharing.

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  6. kimmythevegan says

    Chickpeas for dessert? AWESOME! I’m so sad you didn’t get to finish them 🙁 Chickpeas shouldn’t keep trying to kill you since you love them so much. Geez.
    Thank you for sharing at Healthy Vegan Fridays! These are being featured this week and I’m sharing this on Pinterest.
    Thanks Rebecca!
    ps. Still learning the art of patience… I think it’s a lifetime practice

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Dessert? No, it’s a snack. And I made another batch which was much better!

      Reply

  8. Miz Helen says

    What a great snack, I will love this recipe. Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  9. Chaitali says

    These look great! I tried roasting chickpeas for the first time last night and it was so much easier that I thought it would be, and delicious. I wouldn’t have thought to try a sweet version, so I’ll definitely have to remember this.

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  11. akansasfarmmom says

    Those look great and are a more healthy snack than what my boys would normally ask for. I am pinning to try this summer! Thanks for linking up to the Country Fair Blog Party!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I bet there will! I love savory ones too, but sweet it such a fun option!

      Reply

  19. Linda@MixedKreations says

    I don’t like chickpeas, at least not in my soup, I will sit there and pick everyone out. But these sound good and if their crunchy maybe they will taste different. I know they suppose to be good for you, so they would be a good snack. Will have to try. Thanjs for sharing! Pinning!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Of course they are different. A completely different texture obviously!

      Reply

  22. Nikki Frank-Hamilton says

    Love this idea! Being gluten free I like to carry snacks, it can be hard to find something when I am out and get hungry. I love to pack something that I don’t have to worry about spoiling. These are perfect. I will make sure that I bake them long enough, I don’t want an experience like you had! LOL! Thanks for sharing. Pinning!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Haha for sure! And yes! It’s so important to keep safe snacks on hands! Crunchy chickpeas and nuts are always my go to!

      Reply

  25. Liv @ Healthy Liv says

    I’ve been wanting to try roasted chickpeas and this looks like the perfect recipe to start with! Yum! I actually kind of even like them plain, so I’m sure they’re amazing roasted with some seasonings.

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  28. Anna International says

    Oh wow! Totally love roasted chickpeas but never made them myself – I’m worried I wouldn’t know when they’re done! When you say completely cooked but not burned – how do I know?! I am so going to try this though – can you use canned chickpeas if you rinse and drain them? I have some in now, I could go try this today!!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      When they are hard and crunchy, but not black! Haha! Browned, yes, but don’t burn them, ick!
      And yes, any cooked chickpeas are fine. Canned is fine!

      Reply

  29. Sarah says

    These loo so good! I have grabbed them as a snack but never made them. Just because I guess I never really got a craving for them at home and it was usually just easier to get them when out and I saw them and they sounded good. I’m going to have to make them now!
    I’m sure I have crazy food gone wrong stories but can’t think of any off the top of my head.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      They’re so easy to make and cheaper! They’re lovely to have on hand!

      Reply

  44. Linda @ Veganosity says

    I just so happen to have two cans of rinsed chickpeas in my refrigerator. I used the brine to make vegan meringue, which is awesome! Thanks for the timely recipe, I’m going to make these today. 🙂

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  45. Harriet Emily says

    These look so tasty!! What a perfect, healthy snack. I love roasted chickpeas, but I’ve never tried making them with sweet flavours, what a great idea! I will have to try these out, the cinnamon sounds so delicious!

    Reply

  54. Amanda Paa says

    i love your creative chickpea recipes! what a handy snack, and something the kids would love too. seems like these would be just as good as cinnamon toast crunch but healthy!

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      You’ll love them 😉 I was like you! I loved plain chickpeas as a kid, hated hummus, but then loved hummus later on!

      Reply

  57. GiselleR @ Diary of an ExSloth says

    lol this made me actually laugh out loud! Also, I wrote an entire post on beans last year after my friend got poisoned by kidney beans. And I stayed away from beans for a while in support of here lol
    That didn’t last very long tho since beans are in some of my favourite foods haha

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I know! I mean…I went on a bean hiatus for a few weeks, but then I started craving them again!

      Reply

  60. Alanna says

    I love my beans…but they don’t always love me back 🙂 These really are the perfect crunchy snack. Have yet to try the sweet version – YUM.

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  61. Grace says

    I totally love this recipe, for the singular fact that I so love cinnamon. But I’m not much of a bean fan. Each time I eat it (cooked or baked) all I get is this frustrating bloat… swelling of the stomach, gas, and all sort of inconvenience. Usually when I think of all that, I just avoid any recipe that includes beans of any kind.
    But I would share this with my sister….she is a bean lover.

    Your Blog is awesome.
    Thank you for partying with us at Wednesday Up Linky party, I hope you join us next week.
    Grace.

    Reply

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