The Amazing Chickpea

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BoxerBrawler
BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Yesterday at a Roche Bro's I found a jar of 'The Amazing Chickpea - Chickpea Butter' (vs. peanut butter) I love chickpeas but was skeptical. I am pretty picky about my nut and/or seed butters. It was relatively inexpensive compared to most so I bought it. What an excellent product and a nice surprise! It was delicious! If you happen to see it at your grocery store I'd say give it a try.

Serving size 2 TBSP
Calories per serving 170
Total fat 10g
Total Carbs 14g
Dietary Fiber 2g
Sugar 4g
Protein 5g

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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
    edited September 2019
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    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    Not being snarky here, just curious.
    How does chickpea butter differ from humus?

    Looking at the ingredients, it looks like they use sunflower seeds instead of sesame seeds (tahini), and sugar instead of savory seasonings.

    It's also probably a touch creamier, as it contains palm oil.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
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    Interesting but those calories are too high for me.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
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    RelCanonical wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    Not being snarky here, just curious.
    How does chickpea butter differ from humus?

    Looking at the ingredients, it looks like they use sunflower seeds instead of sesame seeds (tahini), and sugar instead of savory seasonings.

    It's also probably a touch creamier, as it contains palm oil.

    Darn, that's too bad.

    Yeah. I wish palm oil wasn't the hot thing right now. It really is so terrible for the environment and other oils work just fine.
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
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    Agree - Palm oil is terrible for the environment as far as the media is concerned. But I still had to at least try it.
  • Clairin
    Clairin Posts: 95 Member
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    Thanks for posting. This was interesting Ive never heard of such a thing as chickpea 'butter'
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
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    puffbrat wrote: »
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    Not being snarky here, just curious.
    How does chickpea butter differ from humus?

    Looking at the ingredients, it looks like they use sunflower seeds instead of sesame seeds (tahini), and sugar instead of savory seasonings.

    It's also probably a touch creamier, as it contains palm oil.

    Darn, that's too bad.

    Yeah. I wish palm oil wasn't the hot thing right now. It really is so terrible for the environment and other oils work just fine.

    I believe I will pass on that product. Good looking out for us @kimny72
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
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    BoxerBrawler wrote: »
    Agree - Palm oil is terrible for the environment as far as the media is concerned. But I still had to at least try it.

    I didn't realize there was a media conspiracy spin to this issue.

    Anyway this is not the debate forum...



  • tracybear86
    tracybear86 Posts: 163 Member
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    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    Not being snarky here, just curious.
    How does chickpea butter differ from humus?

    Tried this (snickerdoodle and red velvet flavors) at a party a few months ago. It was weird and good at the same time! ;)
    https://delightedbydesserts.com/
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
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    NovusDies wrote: »
    BoxerBrawler wrote: »
    Agree - Palm oil is terrible for the environment as far as the media is concerned. But I still had to at least try it.

    I didn't realize there was a media conspiracy spin to this issue.

    Anyway this is not the debate forum...



    You said the word "conspiracy"
    I didn't
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
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    Clairin wrote: »
    Thanks for posting. This was interesting Ive never heard of such a thing as chickpea 'butter'

    You are welcome :)
    Whole Foods has a 7-nut and seed butter. For me there were too many different things going on so it tasted sort of generic. They also have one that is just seeds only, that one is great!

  • Susieq_1994
    Susieq_1994 Posts: 5,361 Member
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    kimny72 wrote: »
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    Not being snarky here, just curious.
    How does chickpea butter differ from humus?

    Looking at the ingredients, it looks like they use sunflower seeds instead of sesame seeds (tahini), and sugar instead of savory seasonings.

    It's also probably a touch creamier, as it contains palm oil.

    I've tried it, it has the texture of natural peanut butter. The oil rises to the top and leaves a very solid paste at the bottom. It was surprisingly tasty, though! I'd buy it again if it weren't so expensive here.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,055 Member
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    tracybear86 wrote: »
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    Not being snarky here, just curious.
    How does chickpea butter differ from humus?

    Tried this (snickerdoodle and red velvet flavors) at a party a few months ago. It was weird and good at the same time! ;)
    https://delightedbydesserts.com/

    Yes, those are good. A little calorific, but tasty. I had a couple of flavors a while back, I think it was the brownie one and the vanilla one. Afraid to buy a whole carton, because I live alone. ;)

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