Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Chickpeas

How often do you cook or bake a snack? I have a folder in my bookmarks for baking, dinner, sweets, bread and breakfast, but its just not that common to have a recipe for a snack. Well I finally found one, and now I have a folder named 'snacks.' You go chickpeas! I've seen roasted chickpeas in the health food aisle at the market, but they seem to be plain roasted chickpeas for an obscene price. Not happening.

I'm a grazer, you know a seed munching, cracker snacking, peanut butter dipping, grape picking eater. Three meals a day just doesn't cut it for me.  I need to graze, and frankly I get a little bored with your typical 'healthy' snacks. These chickpeas are a great alternative, almost a breath of fresh air. They are packed with protein and have fewer calories than nuts. Plus, you can use a dozen different spices to roast these chickpeas and come up with dozens of flavor combinations. Personally cinnamon sugar is my favorite, but I also tried garam masala and it was pretty darn good. Let me know what flavor combinations you come up with!

Ingredients:
1 can of chickpeas
1 tbs. Cinnamon
2 tbs. Canola oil
2 tbs. Brown sugar

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees celsius.
2. Pour the chickpeas into a strainer and rinse the chickpeas.

3. In a large bowl measure out the cinnamon, brown sugar and oil. Mix thoroughly.

4.  Add the chickpeas to the bowl and coat evenly with the cinnamon oil mixture.

5. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat or baking paper.
6. Spread the chickpeas out onto the pan and place in the oven.

7. Bake for about 45 minutes, stir occasionally to ensure they roast evenly.