I have been feeling insanely snacky lately. For example, I am not one to buy potato chips while grocery shopping. I am just not tempted. But the other day, I actually bought a bag of chips and ate it that very same day.
I just chalk it up to finishing a week of substituting a calculus class for 8 hours a day.
But after that potato chip binge, I knew I needed to find a healthier option for when my snacking self makes its appearance again. Enter these honey roasted chickpeas!!
They are crunchy to satisfy your urge to bite into something, and are sweet without being overly sweet, if you know what I mean.
And while my favorite roasted chickpea recipe is still the salt and vinegar roasted chickpeas that I made a while ago, but if I’m looking for a healthy sweet snack, I will look no further than these chickpeas.
I prefer my chickpeas a little on the crunchy side, but you can adjust the cooking time according to your preference.
Happy snacking!
Honey-Roasted Cinnamon Chickpeas
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked chickpeas (or 2 15-oz cans chickpeas, grained and rinsed)
- 2 Tbsp honey, melted
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Spread the chickpeas on a baking sheet in one even layer.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix together the honey, olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Remove the chickpeas from the oven, and dump into the honey mixture. Mix to coat evenly, then pour onto the baking sheet again in one even layer.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
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I baked some crisp chickpeas before, so I know how delicious and addictive these can be.
I always see savory chickpeas, love the idea of sweet ones!
OMG this is one idea we have to try ! Amazing snack and so healthy too!
Yesss! Tried to make roasted chickpeas once, but failed – boo! Gotta try your version instead 🙂 x
I love your sweet twist on roasted chickpeas! I've made spicy, savory, and sour versions many times in the past, but never sweet. I'd love to try this out with maple syrup instead of honey.
Geez, Cathleen! I'm feeling so guilty snacking on bags of potato chips. Got to make healthy like yours :p
Zoe
I don't think it would be healthier option for me.. I would finish them all at once, they look very addictive 😀
Oh? The cooked chickpeas will become crunchy? I must try it!
i'm not sure what it says about me, but i LOVED calculus! i had a marvelous teacher, so that probably had something to do with it. these are perfect–i could munch on them all day.
I love roasted chickpeas! The flavours you've used sound amazing 🙂