Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Lay them out on a towel to dry.
1 15.5 oz can of chickpeas
Put the chickpeas and the rest of the ingredients except the chocolate chips in a food processor.
1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 160 g 10 tablespoon ~⅔ cup almond butter, ¼ cup 80g maple syrup, ½ tablespoon 10g molasses, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ⅛ teaspoon salt
Process until smooth. This was as smooth as my small processor could get it.
The "dough" will be very sticky. Remove from the processor and fold in the chocolate chips. (Note: depending on how long you pressed, the dough may be warm, some mini chips may melt as a result. That's OK, or you can wait for it to cool slightly.)
½ cup 90g mini-chocolate chips
Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
With wet hands (we kept a small bowl of water near by), take 20g of the dough and form a small ball.
Then place on the cookie sheet and flatten to form a cookie shape. These will not spread like traditional cookies so you can put them fairly close.
Bake for 10 minutes. They will rise just slightly and still be soft. That's OK!