{cinnamon sugar roasted chickpeas}

I found so many recipes for roasted chickpeas on Pinterest, this site offering up 15. I chose the honey cinnamon seeing as it was my first time roasting and I wasn't sure what to expect. And hey, you can never go wrong with cinnamon sugar! I mean, buttered toast with cinnamon sugar, get out. Childhood memories right there.

Here's what you'll need:

•  1 can of garbanzo beans
• Honey to drizzle near the end
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil
• 1 tablespoon of sugar.

• While you're preparing the chickpeas, preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Mix in the sugar, cinnamon and oil then stir to coat evenly. Spread the beans onto a cookie sheet and bake for an hour and a half, stirring occasionally. I stirred every 20 minutes and at about the hour mark, I noticed some slight burning so I bumped the oven down to 275 degrees for the last 30 minutes. I also used this time to drizzle on some honey. I'm not sure if this was necessary, but I like to get in a little local honey wherever I can- I hear it helps with hay fever!

And what would a post be without an instagram photo of the final product? So, so good. Suuuper crunchy, too! They shrink up considerably, so bake at least 2 cans if you're baking for a party or for snacks for the week. The hubs and I snacked on these on a dreary Saturday afternoon and we have a small container left. Which now that I'm thinking about it, I might just have to bring these to work! I chew on gum often to curb cravings, but I think these will work even better.

If you've never roasted chickpeas, I highly recommend it. Our house smelled so yummy, too.. But that could have been the pumpkin roll scentsy I had on adding to the aroma!