Sugar Roasted Chickpeas

Ingredients:

1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

2 tbsp. pure maple syrup

½ tsp. pure vanilla extract

¼ tsp. cinnamon

2 tbsp. sugar

Directions:

Place chickpeas in an even layer on a clean kitchen towel and allow to air dry, about 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease cookie sheet with a little olive oil and transfer chickpeas, keeping them in a single layer. Roll around to coat lightly in oil. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until crunchy. Whisk all remaining ingredients except raw sugar together in a medium mixing bowl and set aside. Transfer sugar to a small food processor or grinder (or grind manually with a mortar and pestle) process until smooth, fine and powdery. Dump the chickpeas into the syrup mixture and stir to coat. Once evenly coated, sprinkle sugar over chickpeas, stirring gently, until all chickpeas have a nice sugar coating. Return to baking tray and bake for another 10 minutes or until there is a crystallized glaze and the chickpeas are completely crunchy, be careful not to burn.