Description
These healthy walnut date bars are no bake, paleo and vegan friendly. They have a soft shortbread crust, crumbly walnut and date filling and a fudgy chocolate topping.
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 1/2 cup coconut flour (60g)
- 1/2 cup walnut halves (55g)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp coconut oil, room temp
- 1 Tbsp raw honey (maple syrup for vegan)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Filling
- 125g Medjool dates, pitted (8-10 dates)
- 1 cup walnut halves (110g)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (50g)
- pinch of salt
Topping
- 2 oz dark chocolate
- 1/3 cup drippy almond butter
Instructions
- For the crust: place all crust ingredients in food processor or high powdered blender. Blend, stopping to scrape the sides as necessary, until dough starts to clump.
- Remove crust mixture from food processor and firmly press into a lined 8" x 8" baking pan.
- For the filling: place all filling ingredients in food processor and blend until mixture starts to clump.
- Remove filling from food processor, scatter over crust and firmly press down with your hands.
- For the topping: place dark chocolate in a small sauce pan. Melt on the stove top, over low heat. Once fully melted, remove from heat and mix in nut butter.
- Pour topping over filling.
- Set bars in fridge for at least 30 minutes to set.
- Remove bars from baking pan, cut to desired size and eat!