I’ve shared two indulgent holiday cookies this week, Chocolate Chip Peppermint Crunch Cookies and Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies. I figured it was time to share a healthier holiday treat-Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas. If you haven’t tried roasted chickpeas, you are missing out. They are easy to make and one of my favorite snacks. You can season them in a variety of ways, but these Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas are perfect for the holiday season.
If you are a fan of the cinnamon roasted almonds that are commonly served in shopping malls, you will love these roasted chickpeas. They have the same flavor. I’ve made Cinnamon Roasted Almonds before, but since Josh is allergic to nuts, he couldn’t taste them. These Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas are a great alternative for those who are allergic to nuts.
I love that this recipe only has five ingredients. I bet you have everything in your pantry to make them right now. They are simple to make and will make your house smell amazing! The chickpeas are crunchy, sweet, and highly addictive. Make a double or triple batch if you plan on sharing:)
Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas are a great healthy snack-perfect for munching on while you watch your favorite Christmas movies. They also make a great gift. Place them in a mason jar, festive box or bag and give them out to your family and friends this year. Everyone will appreciate a healthier treat during this sugar overloaded month.
Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
Ingredients
- 1 15 ounce can chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- 2. Drain chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and rinse them under cold water until starch is removed. Place chickpeas on a paper towel to dry. You can peel of the skins if you wish.
- 3. In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, cinnamon, and sugar. Place chickpeas in bowl and stir until all of the chickpeas are evenly coated. Spread out the chickpeas on a large baking sheet and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until chickpeas are crunchy and no longer soft in the middle.
- 4. Place hot, roasted chickpeas in a small bowl and coat evenly with honey. Spread chickpeas back out on baking sheet and allow to dry. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Note: This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
Have you tried this recipe?
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If you like these Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas, you might also like:
- Chili-Lime Roasted Chickpeas from Willow Bird Baking
- Spicy Roasted Chickpeas with Rosemary and Brown Sugar from Cookin’ Canuck
- Rosemary Roasted Almonds from Two Peas and Their Pod
Thanks so much for the link love 🙂 These look AMAZING and festive! Must try them soon!
I love the savory roasted chickpeas. It’s funny because I would have never thought of them as a sweet treat, but these sound great.
I love roasted chickpeas! This sweet flavor would make the perfect snack.
What a great idea and gift! I love this unusual version.
Cheers,
Rosa
I made roasted chickpeas a while back and LOVED them! They’re so awesome on top of salads. These look good and I actually think they’d be awesome on ice cream!
love, love, love roasted chickpeas! so good.
i adore roasted chickpeas but have never tried a sweet version…they’re my favorite thing to sneak into the movie theater!
Mmm what a delicious snack! Love this!
I bet these are so tasty! Love the photos—perfect for this time of year.
I heart roasted chickpeas!
I have never roasted chickpeas, but now I cannot wait to try it. Happy Friday!
woah, never would I thought to roast chickpeas! these sound delicious with the honey cinnamon!
What a great idea. I love this!!!
these look awesome! I roast chickpeas, too, and use brown sugar in them and it turns to caramel and they get so…good.
And sometimes I roll them in peanut flour and they turn into little “peanuts”, crunchy and crispy.
Love your photo staging, too!
These look awesome. I love sweet snacks like this. Perfect for sharing. Beautiful photos!
Yes! Thank you Maria for reminding me to sneak in a healthy snack in between all of the cookies and cakes! I love the sweet version of this great snack- they look delicious and easy to make!
This is my FAAAVORITE way to eat a chickpea! Let’s eat like, a billion of ’em, shall we?
Love a tasty and healthy snack!! These look perfect!
I’ve always done savory roasted chickpeas—I need to try this sweet version! Much healthier than what I’ve been snacking on lately 🙂
Love how simple and creative these are, Maria. Happy Holidays!
fabulous idea Maria! love love!
Simple yet amazing! Love this recipe!!!
These look fantastic! I have several roasted chickpea recipes saved, and I’m nervous about making them… I’m going to have to take the plunge!
Great idea – i am going to try this!
Wow! That is so clever!
oh my heck what a great idea!! and how cute is your packaging Maria!!
I would really like to try this. I love roasted chickpeas and this is a nice touch for the holidays.
What a great idea, I have always made them spicy, but it never occurred to me of making it sweet and with cinnamon. Fantastic idea, thanks 🙂
These really look tasty! And with all the candy floating around between Halloween and Christmas it is nice to have something all natural like to appease the sweet tooth!
Oh, I LOVE roasted chickpeas. The honey cinnamon flavor sounds completely delightful!
When I saw this recipe I had to rush off to try it – it looked so tasty! They didn’t come out very crunchy, though. Did I just need to bake them longer? I did them for 40 minutes as my oven is always on the longer side of cooking things, but like I said, they weren’t crunchy like a nut would be. I tried putting them back in, but I’d already coated them with honey, and they just got kind of tough and chewy… I’d love your advice!
They were crunchy for me. Maybe bake them a little longer. The inside is a little softer, but they should still be crunchy:)
MMMMMMM now THAT is SO creative! Honey cinnamon roasted chickpeas! I’m having a Christmas party next week and I think I’m gong to put this on the menu! So perfect!
I didn’t even know such a thing was possible! Now I need ti try these out if complete and utter curiosity! So intrigued!
Great little delicious gift, that is pretty healthy, too!
Yum! My favorite is roasted chickpeas with cajun seasoning. I’d love to do both recipes for a sweet and spicy combo!
I am all about these with my nut allergy! Thank you.
super fun idea!! have a great weekend!
sucha great gift idea!
I’ve made savory roasted chickpeas but not sweet ones – these sound amazing!
These look GORGEOUS, Maria! Yum!
i’ve heard a lot of great things about roasted chickpeas but haven’t tried them yet. yours sound like the perfect ones to try! love the color too 🙂
Those sounds great, I love chickpeas!
Love, love this recipe. So simple and so few ingredients. A must make for the holidays. Thanks for sharing.
I’m totally making these for Christmas and not telling anyone that they’re chickpeas. We’ll just see if anyone realizes they’re eating somethign GOOD for them!
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Valérie
Yum! I bet these would be delicious as a salad topper, too!
Totally my kind of treat….love it!
This is a great recipe! We are going to try it this week! Do you have an idea of how long they will stay good in a container? We give our sweets as gifts and this one would be perfect!!!
We ate them pretty quickly, but I would guess a week. Enjoy!
I had no idea these were so quick to make! I’m dying for them now, especially since you compared them to the nuts at the mall. Oh my… At least I won’t hate myself *quite* so much for eating them all XD
Fun recipe Maria. I need to try these!
Yum!! I was just thinking “I wonder what healthier homemade food I could make as a holiday gift?” and then saw this. Meant to be 🙂
I’ve done spicy savory chickpeas before, but never sweet. These look delicious!
We adore roasted chickpeas – they make such wonderful snacks, with very little guilt.
I looooooooove roasted chickpeas so will definitely try these! I’ve only tried savoury roasted chickpeas so far though.
These sound so yummy!! I’m definitely going to have to try them!
Thanks! I am making them right now!!!! The house smells SO good!
I have made roasted chickpeas before, but never with a sweet twist like this. I’ve got to try these out!
I love the idea of a sweet version of roasted chickpeas. A perfect Christmas snack or gift!
I have a load of dry chickpeas. Do you think this would work if they were soaked overnight and then follow the rest of the recipe?
Yes, soaked chickpeas will work. Enjoy!
these sound delicious, I must try them!
A nice sweet twist on a great savory snack!
Sounds like a winner – beautiful, delicious…and healthy!
What a great idea! I love chickpeas and am always looking for new ways of using them!
In the oven right now~ YUMMY smelling~
This is my project for the day. I’ve been baking all week and need a healthier treat option in my house! Thanks!
I’ve made spicy roasted chickpeas, but never honey roasted. I bet these would disappear in five minutes!
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Yummy. These look really addictive!
These look really yummy. I am going to try today. How long do they last. I’ve read they get soggy after storing. Is this true?
Ours only lasted 2 days and they were fine:)
I made these last night…….how long do they have to dry after the honey before putting them in air tight container…..they were still pretty sticky in the morning??
I let them sit out for about 4-5 hours and then put them in a container and they were fine. They were a little sticky, but not too bad.
They’re in the oven now! Jamie’s sister just had a baby so I subbed corn syrup instead of honey (gasp! corn! bad!). Wonder if they’ll turn out, but figured it was worth a shot because your photos look so yummy.
Hello! I made these over Christmas, but they came out pretty soft and didn’t have that crunch I was looking for. I pulled them from the oven when they were browned (and some starting to burn). After coating with honey, I let them sit. What I ended up doing was putting them back in the oven (with the honey on them) for about 10 minutes at 300. This added some more crunch, but I fear dried them out a bit – any advice for next time? I love the flavor!!
I made these and they needed a significant amount of more time in the oven. Also, they needed more honey for our tastes. Otherwise, a nice change from the normal sweets.
would love an alternative flavoring to this, as im allerigic to real cinnamon…..but they sound great.
Thank you so much for this idea! I’ve been looking for the perfect recipe to try and this was it! Thank you!
I used an additional 1.5 teaspoons of olive oil (the mixture was too dry without it) and substituted Splenda Blend for the sugar (1 T instead of 2). They are fantastic! My only problem is limiting how many I eat! Thanks for this fantastic recipe.
Can I use this recipe even though the chickpeas are already dried?
You can use dried chickpeas instead of canned. Just follow the instructions for cooking the dried chickpeas.
These are by far my favorite way to eat roast chickpeas. I wrote about them on my blog here. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!
Im almost drooling at the thought of these. I started out with a search for sweet chickpeas and have hit the jackpot with this. I might even make a double batch and process 1/2 into a sweet tasty chickpea butter. Thanks
I wouldn’t leave these out at room temperature very long. Chickpeas are beans after all, and can go bad. They aren’t like nuts in that way. You don’t want to give the gift of food poisoning! So just remember to refrigerate this sweet treat. 🙂
I made these last night — couple comments:
1. house smelled GREAT
2. I think I didn’t cook mine long enough. I baked them at 375 for 45 mins, and gave them a stir every 15 mins. I’d made a savory roasted chickpea recipe before that said to bake at 400, so next time I make these I’ll try that temp. I stirred every 15 mins for that recipe too, but I can’t remember if I baked them for 45 mins or a full hour. (Oh well. This is why I’m not a scientist.) In any case, they turned out with about half the batch crunchy, and half the batch aaaallmost crunchy — like stale cereal. So I think I needed to leave them in a little longer.
3. The honey didn’t dry completely, so they were still a little bit tacky to the touch. None of this stopped me from gobbling them down 5 or 6 at a time.
4. The honey-cinnamon taste reminded me of a cinnamon breakfast cereal, but the crunch was a snackfood all its own.
The nice thing about these is that they’re gluten-free — so they’d make a nice gift for people who can’t tolerate wheat.
Someone else mentioned cajun seasoning… I bet Old Bay would be good too…
Lastly, I read on the Oprah blog that an easy way to dry them is to put a kitchen towel down on top of your cookie sheet, and put the rinsed chickpeas onto the towel, and shake the cookie sheet so they roll around and dry themselves. Then pull out the towel so the peas fall onto the cookie sheet. Easy PEASY! (hehehe)
And if it weren’t for all the caramelizing sugar in this recipe, I’d have been able to just give the cookie sheet a shake to stir them during baking. But for this recipe I did have to take the pan out of the oven and stir them up with a spatula. Still no big hassle.
These look great, but actually aren’t vegan. Honey is an animal product! Do you think maple syrup or agave would work?
Dear heavens, I’ve started the new year off with a new addiction. These are so so good. I’ve eaten about half of them already and they’ve only been out of the oven an hour.
Glad you like them! Happy New Year!
honey is not a vegan food because it is made from animals. Agave nectar might be a better substitute
Thanks for catching that! I updated the category!
These look so simple and delicious. Did you peel the skins off the chic peas?
I made these today and love them! I’ll be posting it on my blog tomorrow. Thanks again for a great recipe!
Glad you liked them!
I love it when I Google something and up pops a friend. This happens with you a lot. I’ve seen these when you first posted but somehow they slipped my mind. Cannot wait to try these as a healthier substitute to churros! Thanks!
of all the people who posted a comment, it looks like one or two THAT TRIED THE RECIPE. Who cares that you are planning to try the recipe. That’s not very helpful. How about saving us the trouble of having to read your plans, and only post if you trie the recipe. That would be helpful.
I did, in fact, try the recipe and found it delicious and simple.
Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Hello!
The garbanzos are previous cooked, like when you buy the can of garbanzos? or are they un-cooked?
Thanks!!
I use canned.
I just made a variation of these from a friend’s recipe and they are do delicious! A year-round snack and sweet treat. In the recipe I followed, I used olive oil(only 1 tbs), an extra .25 tbs nutmeg and .25 cinnamon. Also I love my chick peas soon after finished cooking as well as the center slightly soft, outside hard.
These are delicious! Can’t wait to try more.
I just found out that I am insulin resistant and was looking for a sweet snack food that would be acceptable for my diet. I used coconut oil, agave nectar, and coconut palm sugar and it was so good! I also roasted it at 400 because a few people had commented them not being cooked enough and they turned out great! Cant wait to make more!
These were good however mine cooked very unevenly. Some burnt and some were a little chewy. I did put a little sea salt with the honey. That was a great addition! In my very humble opinion.
I made roasted chickpeas a while back and LOVED them! They’re so awesome on top of salads. These look good and I actually think they’d be awesome on ice cream!
These are wonderful!!!! I just made them. Kids love them. Thank you for posting!
Just wanted to offer a tip for separating the peas from their skins. If you dump the can into a colander and rub the chickpeas, the skins come off. Dump them into a bowl of water and the skins (mostly) float up. They look like little jellyfish swimming in the water! You can then skim them off the surface, leaving the chickpeas at the bottom. You can also “pre-dry” the skinned chickpeas in the oven before coating with the oil/sugar/cinnamon. I love this recipe – I love that something so healthy can be such a tasty snack!
Looks yum! How long are they good for at room temp? How long to they keep? Thanks!
I’m jyst wondering if you have ever used dried chickpeas fir this recipe.
I haven’t!
Can you use agave in place of honey?
I’m making a batch of these as I type this…can’t wait for them to come out of the oven:) I’ve never heard of sweet, roasted chickpeas before but I’m sure they are going to be delicious!
Christina
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Enjoy!
Hi. Thank you for sharing the recipe. However, my chick peas didn’t turn out crunchy either which was disappointing. Sorry but this one was a no no for me
how long do they keep in a jar or other packaging for gifting?
The cinnamon honey chickpeas are really good. I added a little red pepper to give them a little bite.
Glad you liked them!
Am I reading this correctly? After you put the chick peas in the cinnamon honey mixture, then roast. When they’re done are you pouring more honey over them???? Please let me know recipe looks yummy and I can’t wait to try it. Thank you.
I don’t add more honey after I roast them.
At the end you say to put them in a bowl and coat with honey and return to oven
What is the secret to equally roasting chickpeas. I’ve tried this recipe twice an the flavor was good but I cannot get the beans right…some are burnt, some perfect, others chewy. I thought I left them out long enough to dry but now I’m contemplating letting them sit out overnight to dry. Help
Hi
These are so delicious!!! I have really been trying to get my daughter to eat healthy snacks and more protein.
This is a keeper.
Only question is do you have the nutritional facts on this recipe?