Chickpea and Black Bean Snack Mix

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Chickpea and Black Bean Snack Mix | DizzyBusyandHungry.com - Crunchy, delicious, addictive, AND healthy!Here is a delicious, guilt-free, crunchy, healthy, inexpensive, and easy snack. Do I have your attention?  😀

Where has this snack been all my life? I have no idea. All these years I could have been munching on healthy legumes instead of junky carbs!

Are you worried about the upcoming big game munchfest derailing your New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds? Then this snack is for you! You can munch on this during all four quarters and even if your team doesn’t win, you will still feel good knowing you avoided all those calories from pizza and wings and chips!

Chickpea and Black Bean Snack Mix | DizzyBusyandHungry.com - Crunchy, delicious, addictive, AND healthy!

I am the type of person who snacks to relieve stress. Even though I feel weirdly better while in the process of devouring a sleeve of crackers or a bag of chips, I feel even worse later. (One would think that I would have learned not to do this by now – but that is a discussion for another day!)

However with this snack, I can munch my stress away without the awful consequences later on. This snack is my hero!

I am excited to explore different spice combinations and see what other flavors I can create. Chipotle, garlic salt, rosemary – the possibilities are endless. If you like crunchy snacks, you should definitely give this a try!

Chickpea and Black Bean Snack Mix | DizzyBusyandHungry.com - Crunchy, delicious, addictive, AND healthy!

Chickpea and Black Bean Snack Mix

Crunchy, delicious, addictive, AND healthy!
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Course Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 328 kcal
Author Kristin

Ingredients

  • 15.5 ounces chickpeas (1 can, drained and rinsed)
  • 15.5 ounces black beans (1 can, drained and rinsed)
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander (divided)
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (divided)
  • 1 teaspoon cumin (divided)
  • 1 teaspoon salt (divided)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Place the chickpeas in one bowl, and the black beans in a second bowl.
  3. Place 1/2 teaspoon of each spice in each bowl. Toss to coat.
  4. Spread the chickpeas on one baking sheet and the black beans on a second baking sheet.
  5. Bake for about 25-30 minutes. Remove the black beans and continue to bake the chickpeas for another 15-20 minutes.
  6. Cool the beans and combine them for serving.
Nutrition Facts
Chickpea and Black Bean Snack Mix
Amount Per Serving
Calories 328 Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g 5%
Sodium 591mg 25%
Potassium 730mg 21%
Total Carbohydrates 56g 19%
Dietary Fiber 18g 72%
Sugars 5g
Protein 19g 38%
Vitamin A 5.5%
Vitamin C 1.7%
Calcium 8.8%
Iron 32.9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Comments

  1. I had made toasted chickpeas before but was curious to see if you could do the same with black beans, I looked and found your site, very excited to find other goodies! Thanks!!

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  2. This is so interesting. I would never have thought to do this, but it sounds yummy! Thanks for sharin with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  5. Wow, that’s a lot of salt! Over 580mg of sodium per serving. I’d have to cut that in half – or more – before I could really call it healthy. Maybe toss the roasted beans with 1/4 tsp of salt after they’re done? They’ll taste saltier with less salt if it’s all on the outside.

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  7. I love chick peas and black beans, so this sounds wonderful. It is different than any way that I had ever thought of having these together. Thank you for sharing at Over the Moon link party.

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  9. Was really excited about this recipe! Checked on my pans after 20 minutes. Black beans were exploded and burning while the chickpeas were perfectly cooked and crunchy. I’ll make some oven and time adjustments and try again.

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    • Sorry to hear about the black beans, but glad the chickpeas turned out! It definitely seems like a difference in our ovens. I hope the next batch is better! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

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  10. Love this idea! I recently joined weight watchers and this comes to zero points with their new freestyle system. However, I found the cook time to be way too long! Maybe my oven runs hot. I would probably suggest 20 min max for the black beans and another 10 for the chick peas. My first batch the black beans were smoking after 25 min and I had to throw away about 95% of the chick peas. I probably should have been keeping an eye on them but I was way too comfy on my couch 🙂 I’m looking forward to trying again with the shorter time!

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    • Oh no! I am so sorry to hear that your beans burned! It sounds like our ovens are definitely not calibrated the same. I actually have never checked mine to see how accurate it it – I probably should do that! I hope your next batch turns out perfect! 🙂

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  11. I live black beans, but don’t care for chic peas, is there another alternative? Thank you! Sounds yummy otherwise!

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    • I think you could try this with some other canned bean and see how it turns out. Or just skip the chick peas and make it with all black beans. I would be interested to hear what you try and how you like it! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

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  12. I love that spice combination. I’m always looking for a healthy snack recipe to try.
    Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday!

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  17. Hi. Thank you for the reminder on this healthy snacking alternative. I’ve recently started preparing beans from their dry, bulk form. Do you know if they will still work in this recipe? Their consistency seems different than canned beans. And, any idea if this recipe works with sprouted beans?? If not, I can try it and report back to you 🙂

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    • I think the dry beans might work if you soak them overnight and cook them first by boiling them. Once they are cooked, you are at the same starting point as the canned beans, so I think you can just follow the recipe from there. I have never tried this, but if you give it a shot, I would be interested to hear how it turns out! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

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  19. Love this recipe! Great idea! Thank you very much for joining in the celebration of #purebloglove, we enjoy having you each week. I hope to see you on Thursday at 8PM, EST through Sunday night. ~Cydnee

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  20. I love using both chickpeas and black beans in recipes, but I never would have thought to make a snack with them. This looks super tasty, so I’m pinning to try. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle! 🙂

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  22. Super yummy recipe! This looks so amazing. Pinned and tweeted. We love to party with you, so I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm.. Have an amazing day! Lou Lou Girls

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  23. I’ve seen a lot of chickpea recipes but this is the first I’ve found that incorporated black beans. I love black beans! I cannot wait to give your recipe a try. Thank you for linking it up at This Is How We Roll Thursday!

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  29. Turmeric is the new “super healthy spice” so you might want to add some of that too! This sounds so good that it will be Number One snack during Super Bowl. Now I have something to look forward too other than the comercials. (I’m not really fond of football but I enjoy the party!)

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