Chocolate Chip Sourdough Bagels

Chocolate Chip Sourdough Bagels

These chocolate chip sourdough bagels are soft on the inside, a little chewy, and have bits of sweet chocolate chips in every bite. All you need is your favorite chocolate chips or chocolate bar to make these delicious chocolate chip sourdough bagels! I actually made mine into a “chocolate chunk” bagel by breaking up my favorite Eating Evolved Sweet and Salty Bar (I also love their no-sugar added Midnight bar too!)

If you watched my tiktok video, you know I made this chocolate chip sourdough bagel for Valentine’s Day with a peanut butter and strawberry jam cream cheese! I shaped them into a heart (you can see how in the video) but you can easily make these into a standard round bagel shape too!

For the strawberry peanut butter cream cheese, I just used organic strawberry jam, peanut butter, and Nancy’s cream cheese. The sweet & salty flavor complimented the chocolate chips perfectly. You can watch how I mixed the cream cheese here.

These homemade sourdough chocolate chip bagels are so easy to make, delicious and make the perfect treat for breakfast or as a snack! They were light and fluffy on the inside and the chocolate chips got all melty and gooey. So delicious!!

If you need a full step-by-step tutorial on how to make homemade sourdough bagels check out this blog post.

✨Health Benefits of Sourdough Bagels✨

Sourdough bagels are unlike all other types of bagels because they go through a long and slow natural fermentation with wild yeasts and lactic acid bacteria (LAB). This ancient, 6,000-year-old tradition has remarkable health benefits.  A long and slow sourdough fermentation transforms wheat and other grains easy to digest because it degrades gluten, removes anti-nutrients, and breaks down FODMAPs and starches. Sourdough foods are also chock full of fiber, prebiotics, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, making it an all-around microbiome superfood.

What Makes These Chocolate Chip Sourdough Bagels Healthy?

I believe all of our favorite foods including chocolate chip bagels can be made nourishing through a few simple tweaks! My recipe calls for clean ingredients, just a touch of honey to sweeten the dough, and a natural fermentation with sourdough. These chocolate chip sourdough bagels are the perfect nourishing treat, snack, or breakfast. For breakfast, I would probably use unsweetened chocolate chips or an unsweetened chocolate bar like this one because I’m not crazy about sweets in the morning!

LET’S GET SPECIFIC:

Sourdough Fermentation. These bagels are naturally fermented with sourdough starter instead of a rapid fermentation with yeast. Unlike commercial fermentation, a long and slow sourdough fermentation with sourdough starter makes wheat and other grains easy to digest because it degrades gluten, removes anti-nutrients, and breaks down FODMAPs and starches. Sourdough is also chock full of fiber, prebiotics, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, making it an all-around microbiome superfood.

Organic, High-Quality Flour: I use a blend of organic (stone ground) whole wheat and white bread flour because it is richer in macronutrients like protein and fiber and micronutrients like vitamins and minerals.

Organic Chocolate Chips or Chocolate Chunks: For my chocolate chip bagel, I used chunks of my favorite Eating Evolved Sweet & Salty chocolate bar. It’s organic and lightly sweetened with coconut sugar.

an organic strawberry jam and peanut butter to Nancy’s cream cheese

Clean, Simple Ingredients. Nothing artificial to make these chocolate chip sourdough bagels!

Nutrition Breakdown of One Chocolate Chip Sourdough Bagel

Macro-Nutrients

• 239 Calories
• 7.6g Protein (15%)
• 5.7g Fiber (20%)
• 3.7g Sugar (7%)

Micro-Nutrients

• 2.2mg Iron (12%)
• 2.7mg Vitamin B3 (17%)
• 0.1mg Vitamin B2 (9%)

Sourdough Bagel Baking Schedule

This is what a typical bagel-making schedule looks like for me.

P.S. Temperature is one of the single most important factors that affect fermentation. The warmer your place, the faster your dough will ferment. So please use my schedule as simply a jumping-off point for your own.

Prepare sourdough starter

Either feed your sourdough starter the night before to prepare or if your sourdough starter is in the fridge be sure to feed it every 12 hours, 3 days before you plan to bake.

Day One

• 10 AM – Mix bagel dough, cover and let sit at room temp until it doubles in size (6-8 hours)
• 6 PM – Place dough covered in the fridge for an overnight fermentation (10+ hours). This step is to develop flavor and nutrition… it’s optional, but highly recommended.

day two

• 8 AM – Divide bagel dough, shape and cover with tea towel. Let it rise for 2 hours.
• 10 AM – Prepare boiling water and preheat oven.
• 10:15 AM – Boil bagels, add toppings and bake.

Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Sourdough Bagels

Here’s what you’ll need to make sourdough chocolate chip bagels at home.

5 CORE INGREDIENTS

• Bread Flour: A high-protein flour is needed for bagel making. You can use a white or whole wheat bread flour. King Arthur has a great bread flour that is usually widely available. I use this stone ground partially sifted whole wheat flour. I recommend using a blend of white bread flour and whole wheat flour.
• Water: Preferably warm water is best! Warmer water helps kickstart fermentation.
• Sourdough Starter: Be sure you are using active sourdough starter (not discard).
• Organic Chocolate Bar or Chocolate Chips: My favorite chocolate bar is Eating Evolved’s Sweet and Salty Bar or Midnight Bar. Some good brands of Chocolate Chips are Pascha, Equal Exchange, or Hu No Added Sugar Chocolate Chips.
• Sea Salt: Enhances flavor (and nutrition) by slowing fermentation.

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS

• Olive Oil: Used to grease the bowl or plate where are bagel dough will rise.
• Eggs: You’ll brush your bagels with an egg wash prior to adding everything bagel seasoning.
• Cream cheese: I used my favorite probiotic cream cheese from Nancy’s. And for the Strawberry + Peanut Butter Cream Cheese, I used organic strawberry jam and organic peanut butter. You can see how I mixed the ingredients in this video.

Equipment Needed for Sourdough Bagels

• Dough Mixer or Mixing Bowl (by hand): You can prepare the bagel dough with either a mixer or by hand. Kneading the dough by hand is essential to the bagel making process (and my favorite part).
• Dough Scraper: Used for dividing our dough.
• Baking Pan
• Baking Scale: ideal for accurate measuring of ingredients and to weigh dough balls after dividing to ensure they are similar in size.

Tips for Making Sourdough Bagels

What flour is best for this recipe?

A high-protein flour is needed for bagel making. You can use a white or whole wheat bread flour. King Arthur has a great bread flour that is usually widely available. I use this stone ground partially sifted whole wheat flour. I recommend using a blend of white bread flour and whole wheat flour.

How do I make just one Sourdough Bagel?

Ingredients for One Chocolate Chip Sourdough Bagel:

• 100 g Bread Flour
• 25 g Water
• 25g Sourdough Starter
• 2g Sea Salt
• 1/8 – 1/4 Chocolate Bar Chunks or 1-2 TBSP Chocolate Chips

Looking for other sourdough bagel recipes? Here are a few ideas:

Everything Sourdough Bagel

Step-by-Step Sourdough Bagel Recipe

French Toast Sourdough Bagel Recipe

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