These Chickpea Flour Brownies are super fudgy, super chocolatey and gluten free. They have ZERO All Purpose Flour and are a really healthy alternative for when your sweet tooth demands attention!
Just between you and me, baking isn’t my strong suite. I actually don’t enjoy it much because it’s too much precision and too much science and I’m more a dump-into-the-pot and let’s see what happens kind of person!
Because you know that is more fun. You get to experiment a lot more with cooking and just create. Baking is more re-invent and build on something.
When KitchenAid India asked us to create recipes with chickpeas, I was like game on. I have no idea why I said I’d do brownies and then basically hit myself on the head five times after I sent that mail. Coming from someone who only does the basic eggless brownie best and has been a brownie failure many times except with oreo stuffed chocolate brownies; chickpea brownies? Really Richa what were you thinking! But boy am I glad I took the challenge! These are fudgiest, chocolatey brownies you are ever going to bite into. And they are completely gluten free for all my friends who need to avoid gluten. The chickpea flour or besan makes them waaaay healthier than regular maida or all purpose flour would, and you can’t even tell.
When I developed this recipe, Denver wasn’t around but I tested this on a gazillion friends and there was a thumbs up. We played the whats-in-this-brownie game over and over again. Ha. Too much fun I tell ya!
But seriously who is in for these crackly crust, fudgy inside, super chocolatey chickpea flour brownies?
Guys I really don’t think I’m ever going back to making brownies with regular APF again, because chickpea flour or besan is a heavier flour in general, which is why it works beautifully with these brownies! Brownies need to be fudgy instead of cakey and you get that so naturally here.
Also don’t forget to top these with some sea salt. They really take these to another level!
Now give me a high five for chickpea flour brownies and let’s get baking because we need these in our lyyyfeeeeee so bad!
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Chickpea Flour Brownies (Besan Brownies - naturally gluten free)
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup Butter 120 grams
- 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate
- 3 Eggs
- 3/4 cup Sugar 175 grams
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 4 tablespoons Cocoa Powder 25 grams
- 3/4 cup Chickpea Flour (Besan)
- 1 teaspoon Instant Coffee Powder
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F/ 175 C.
- Grease a 8X8 inch square tin with butter.
- In a microwave safe bowl, add butter and dark chocolate and microwave for 30 seconds to a minute till the chocolate starts melting. Whisk together till smooth and set aside to cool.
- Beat together eggs and sugar for 2-3 minutes till creamy.
- Add the chocolate mixture and vanilla extract and whisk again.
- Sift in salt, cocoa powder, besan, and coffee powder and fold into the wet mixture. Mix in chocolate chips.
- Pour the brownie batter into the greased tin and bake for 35-40 minutes minutes. Let them cool completely before slicing and serving.
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Husband was super skeptical about the chickpeas batter, but he is a convert now! Best fudgey-but-not-heavy brownies I’ve had.
Yay! Thanks for leaving a comment! Soooo glad you liked it Haliee
Hello! I was excited to find this intriguing recipe ! However I wanted to make this for my son and he is a vegetarian. So, that being said, do you think I can substitute the eggs with apple sauce and butter with maybe coconut oil? Thanks, Lisa
Yep, that should work!
Can you use cooking chocolate instead of chocolate chips for this recipe?
Sure!
Just follow the instructions and this is the best brownie recipe. Besan is used in most Indian sweets and why not brownies! They turned out so good that I had to double the quantity the next time I baked.
Yay! Thanks for trying out this recipe and leaving a comment Andrea. Soooo glad you liked it!
Truly speaking i was sceptical at first coz besan..? ! Really?? But decided to give it a try and everybody was drooling over this one! They were surprised/shocked to know that it’s besan and nt apf!😊
Thankyou for the delicious recipe.
Thank you for leaving a comment! Sooo glad you liked it Indu
My first ever brownie baking experience… And it turned out perfect… You will not realize it not flour… One of my best baking experience in this lockdown…!!
So happy you liked the recipe Sushree! Thank you for leaving a comment
Follow the recipe to the T and you wont regret..its exactly as described …gooey and fudgy best..
Soooo happy you liked the recipe Juhi! Thank you for leaving a comment
I must say the brownies turned out to be super fudgy and yummy!! Couldn’t believe that besan could do the wonder. Please please each one of u reading this do give it a shot and like Richa said we would never want our brownies any other way😘
Oh man! You are sooo sweet. Thank you so much for leaving a comment Sagarika! So happy you enjoyed it!
This is an amazing recipe. The use of chickpea flour is so brilliant. And one can’t make out the taste at all. This is going to be a repeat recipe at my house for sure
Thank you so much for leaving a comment Shruti! So happy you enjoyed it!
Hey, I don’t want to add the eggs. Is there anything else to supplement that?
And if i want to make these in a microwave, how long should I leave it in?
Hey Foram, I’m sorry but I haven’t tested this without eggs or in a microwave.
Hello can we use coconut oil instead of butter for vegan option ?
Super delicious. And my 6yo loves them!
Yay! Thanks for your feedback Kay
Was looking for ways to use up chick pea flour. This is really tasty! And handy for the two coeliacs in my household – thank you.
Awesome!! Thanks for your feedback Kathryn!
Can you use xanthan gum instead of eggs and if so how much ?
I’m sorry I don’t know the answer to that because I’ve never tried it with xantham gum
Can we use coconut oil instead of butter for vegan recipe
Sure it should work, although I’ve never tried substituting with coconut oil
Flax egg worked great for me. 1tbs ground flax (brown or gold doesn’t matter) to 3 TBS hot water and stir – leave for at least 3 mins!
Thanks for sharing! I’m sure this will help others too
I don’t like coffee, can I leave it out? Is there something else I could add?
Yes you can leave out the coffee, though you really can’t taste it in the recipe. The coffee is just there to enhance the chocolate flavour.
These came out really good! I put them in 12 muffin tins and baked for ~21 minutes. They came out slightly dry, so maybe I overbaked or wasn’t careful enough measuring my chickpea flour, but they’re still delicious and perfect with some ice cream. I’ll definitely make them again!
So glad you liked them Luna. They should actually be quite moist, so try baking them a little less next time.
What does the instant coffee do? Flavor or texture? I am tempted to skip this part but need to know if it is critical
Hey Amy! The instant coffee enhances the chocolate flavour. But feel free to leave it out if you want.
I had a large batch of strawberry’s left over and was anxious to try out an idea as a yummy desert. I followed your recipe and it was so easy to make (https://myfoodstory.com/easy-gluten-free-chickpea-flour-brownies-recipe/).
The result was more of a cake than a brownie; but result was yummy. I used a round 8×8 cake pan rather than the sheet. I sliced into 8 wedges, then each wedge sliced down the middle. Bottom half covered with strawberries and then topped with the top half. Brushed lightly the top with Baileys Chocolate Cherry Liquor and dusted with powdered sugar. Just a spoon of whipped cream and garnished with a strawberry. Very nice desert. Thank you for the idea! Had to take a picture to show my friends. Impressed.
That sounds even better! Thanks for leaving a comment Brian
Richa Gupta your creative brownie is so nice. Keep blogging more creative dishes.
Thank you!
I am so excited to try these! One problem, you lost me at “coffee” – I HATE the taste of coffee/mocha and I can pick it out of anything! 🙁 LOL – will it matter? is there a substitution?
Hey Christine – honestly you won’t even notice the flavour of coffee. Its there because it enhances the chocolate flavour in the recipe, but if you absolutely hate it – you can leave it out.
I made substitutions based on what I had. Used Hershey’s chocolate syrup instead of dark chocolate and used Truvia baking blend instead of regular sugar. Truly delicious brownies
So glad you liked them Janet. Thanks for letting me know!
Hello there.
I’m keen to try this recipe. It looks so good!
I just need clarification on the dark chocolate. Did you use chocolate chips? I use bar chocolate for cooking and it’s hard to measure in volumes like 1/2 cup. A weight would be so helpful. How many ounces or grams did you use? Can’t wait to taste these!
Hey Barbara, chocolate chips will work well in this recipe! I’ll add a weight as soon as I can
Ok dumb questions, 1/2 cup dark chocolate is that unsweetened like bakers chocolate or sweetened? Do you measure it melted?
Hey Shawn, not dumb at all! I used sweetened dark chocolate and measured it unmelted. I hope you try this recipe!
And there’s no baking powder or baking soda?
No, the eggs help the brownies rise a little bit.
I don’t have an oven. Do you think these can be made by steaming?
Shari I’ve never tried steaming brownies. But if you’ve made brownies by steaming them before, then I don’t see why not!
Hi Richa!!!
Cant stop myself from trying these lovely brownies:-)
A little confusion is chickpea flour n besan same…
lots of love n best wishes
Hey Anjli, yes chickpea flour and besan are the same thing. I hope you try these out!
Richa, I can not wait to give these a try. I love using chickpea flour and these look out of this world.
This is so amazing Richa..
Thanks Heather, I hope you give it a try!
your brownies look picture perfect! and I’d love to play whats in this brownie with the kids…
Can I do this recipe in the microwave? If yes, then for how long should I keep it in the microwave?
Hi Priyanka. I’ve never tried an eggless version but you could try substituting curds for egg. Let me know if you succeed 🙂
Can I do dis for eggless
Wow, brownies with chickpea flour sounds very very interesting. Love the texture you git there. Will have to try these for my kids.
That was indeed a bold attempt, Richa.. you have turned out such beautiful brownies without the use of the conventional flour… I definitely must try this
im not a huge baker either..i cant wait to try these..sounds so fudgy and delicious!