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Salted Caramel Dessert Hummus

Salty-Sweet dip or spread for fruit or crackers
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Vegan

Equipment

  • Vitamix or other high powered blender

Ingredients
  

  • 1 15.5 oz can Garbanzos (Chick Peas) Rinsed and drained
  • 1/4 Cup Almond butter or Mixed Seed Butter. *See notes, below
  • 1 Tbsp Pure Vanilla
  • 1 Cup Dates, Medjool, all or mixed with other chopped dates. (I used 3/4 c chopped, and 4 large Madjool dates). The Madjool are very caramely!
  • 1/2 Tsp Sea Salt or other pure salt I used Himalayan Pink
  • 1 Cup water hot, for soaking dates
  • 1/8-1/2 Tsp Powdered Stevia, adjust to taste. *See notes, below Sweetness will depend on your brand.
  • Coarse salt for sprinkling on top, if desired.

Instructions
 

  • Assemble all ingredients and take a picture! 😉
  • Soak dates for 15 mins in hot water.
  • Combine all ingredients into high-powered blender, using as much of the date water as needed to blend well. (I used it all, but it will depend on how dry your dates and nut butters are). Blend until smooth.
  • Serve with fruit slices, crackers, pretzels, or as desired!
    A sprinkle of coarse sea salt on top adds to the flavor combo!
    Salted Caramel dessert hummus

Notes

  • Stevia powder varies immensely in strength. I use the CC Nature brand, available in bulk on Amazon.com. It is super concentrated, so I used a heaping scoop (approx 1/16th of a tsp or less) for this recipe. 
  • You may substitute 1/4 cup maple syrup for the stevia. It is a delicious way to add flavor. I left it out since I was making this with no additional sweeteners since my body rebels against them sometimes. If you use the maple syrup, decrease liquid by 1/4 of a cup. 
  • I used the Mixed Nut Butter from Costco. It’s almond butter based, with the addition of chia, flax, cashew, and pumpkin seeds. It’s yummy! 
  • For the dates—Medjool are delicious. They taste like caramel all by themselves!  But they are more pricey than regular chopped dates. So I used mostly chopped and added in a few (4) of the others. If I wanted to make this special, like for a holiday treat, I might use all Medjool. Also—the Medjool are a treat that were given to my husband as a gift. So I only used a few. 
Keyword cracker spread, dip, fruit dip, low glycemic index, plant based, vegan, whole foods