A healthy, gluten-free and vegan recipe for no bake magic bars that is full of nuts, coconut, cacao nibs and natural sweeteners.
Hello healthy, meet delicious. A deliciously healthy dessert that does not make you feel uber guilty about eating it when you’re done?! Sign me up!! Over a year ago I discovered the awesomeness of raw desserts.
These desserts are made with natural sugars and are not heated above ~110 degrees, hence preserving all of the nutritional benefits found in the ingredients. Besides the fact that they are jam-packed full of feel-good nutrients, but they’re also super easy to prepare.
Forget the messy cleanup of batters and icing splatters. You only need 1 piece of equipment–a food processor. If you don’t have one yet, you should check out this one here. It’s the one I use and it has been tested to the max and still keeps on ah-processing.
Ingredients:
Peanut Butter Crust:
- 1 ½ c almond flour
- ½ c peanut butter smooth or crunchy
- 2 T coconut oil melted
- 1/3 c maple syrup
- ¾ c coconut shredded, unsweetened
Caramel Glaze:
- 1 T coconut oil melted
- ¾ c dates pits removed, coarsely chopped
- ¼ c water
- 1 T . maple syrup
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 T cacao nibs
- 3 T coconut shredded, unsweetened
Instructions :
For the Peanut Butter Crust:
For the Caramel Glaze:
- In the bowl of a food processor combine all of the peanut butter crust ingredients. Process for 1-2 minutes, or until mixture begins to hold together and form a ball.
- Press peanut butter crust into a parchment paper-lined 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Refrigerate while preparing the caramel glaze.
For the Caramel Glaze:
- Place oil, dates, water, syrup and salt into the bowl of a food processor. Process for 2 minutes, stopping every 20-30 seconds to scrape the sides. You want the dates to be completely smooth and the glaze to have a caramel consistency.
- (Optional) Place glaze into a ziptop bag and cut one of the corners. Squeeze glaze out of the bag over the peanut butter crust layer in a criss-cross pattern.
- If you don’t want to do the above, you can simply spread the glaze over the peanut butter bars.
- Sprinkle the remaining 2-3 T. cacao nibs and coconut over the caramel glaze.
- Refrigerate bars for at least 1 hour before serving and keep refrigerated between servings. Enjoy!
source recipes : evolvingtable.com
