This New Banza Pizza Crust Is Made From Chickpeas and Has the Perfect Chewy Texture

Yep, this Banza Plain Pizza Crust is not only vegan, but it's also grain-free and gluten-free! Since it's frozen, you can keep it on hand in your freezer, and a quick meal will be ready in 10 minutes.

Banza frozen pizza crust is made with chickpeas, water, tapioca, cocoa butter, olive oil, and less than two percent of: yeast, oregano, garlic powder, salt, date powder, sunflower lecithin, xanthan gum, and baking powder.

The nutritional info on the box is for one-quarter of the crust (it comes with two crusts), but let's be real here — you're more likely to eat half of this pizza! It's still really healthy so if you eat two of the suggested servings, it has 300 calories, 12 grams of fat, 46 grams of carbs, four grams of fiber, and eight grams of protein. Of course, the toppings you add will increase these numbers. I like that it's fairly low in sodium, too.

Cooking up your Banza frozen pizza crust is pretty straightforward. Take it out of the packaging, top with your favorite toppings, and bake for nine to 13 minutes. I like that you don't have to precook this crust before adding your toppings.

I topped this crust with tomato sauce and Trader Joe's Dairy-Free Mozzarella Style Shreds. I've tried many alternative nonflour pizza crusts, and after my first bite, this honestly has to be my favorite. I'm serious! I was floored by the mild flavor that was very much like wheat. I loved that the texture of the crust was slightly crispy on the outside, but when I bit into it, the inside was chewy. I immediately went in for my second and third bite!

I couldn't taste the chickpea flavor at all — it just tasted mildly sweet. The thickness of the crust was in between thin and thick, and for a frozen pizza crust, this was damn good!

Starting Oct. 19, Banza Pizza will be available nationwide at Target, Whole Foods, Wegmans, and Heinen's with a sale price of $9, as well as online at Amazon and EatBanza.com ($50 for eight crusts).