Chickpea candies with nuts and cinnamon

20 servings

80 minutes

Recipe taken from the magazine "1000 tips for the cook.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 45.1
• Proteins: 1.7g
• Fats: 1.8g
• Carbohydrates: 5.8g

Ingredients

• Chickpeas: 0.5 glass
• Nuts: 0.3 glass
• Honey: 1.5 tbsp
• Cinnamon: 0.5 tsp
• Cocoa powder: 2 tbsp
• Powdered sugar: 1 tbsp

Cooking steps

1. Rinse the chickpeas, cover with cold water, and leave for 12 hours in a cool place.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chickpeas: 0.5 glass

2. Then drain the water, fill with fresh water, and cook the chickpeas until tender for about 1 hour. The cooked chickpeas should be soft and easily mashable with fingers.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chickpeas: 0.5 glass

3. Drain the water, dry the chickpeas, and cool them down.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chickpeas: 0.5 glass

4. Put chickpeas, nuts, cinnamon, and honey in the blender bowl.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chickpeas: 0.5 glass
   • Nuts: 0.3 glass
   • Honey: 1.5 tablespoon
   • Cinnamon: 0.5 teaspoon

5. Grind everything together to a uniform mass resembling sand dough.

6. Roll 20 identical balls from this mass.

7. Sift cocoa and powdered sugar into a plate and mix.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cocoa powder: 2 tablespoons
   • Powdered sugar: 1 tablespoon

8. Coat the candies in this mixture, place them in a container with a lid or a box, and refrigerate for 1 hour.