Chocolate Almond Coconut Bars

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Cookies, Other Desserts, Vegetarian, Healthy
Keywords:	coconut, gluten-free, No bake, raw, Paleo, gfcf, casein-free
Serves:	24 bars

Ingredients

2 c	raw almonds
1	3 oz bar dark chocolate
1 tsp	sea salt
4 c	medjool dates
1 c	shredded coconut
4 Tbsp	almond butter (heaping tablespoons)

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Victoria Meyers

Cooked to Perfection

Malvern, AR (pop. 10,318)

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Member Since Dec 2011

Victoria's Notes:

Found this on Tropical Traditions.com www.freecoconutrecipes.com/...

It reminds me of the old Magic Cookie Bars Recipe combined with Lara Bars, only I don't think the recipe calls for enough chocolate, I think I'll probably use a whole bag of Bakers chocolate chunks.

Directions

First grind up the almonds and chocolate together until fine– but not too fine.

Leave half of the almond-chocolate mixture in the food processor and set the other half aside.

Add half a teaspoon of sea salt, 2 cups of dates,1/2 cup shredded coconut and 2 heaping tablespoons of almond butter and process until combined. Transfer into a large bowl.

Now process the remaining chocolate-almond mixture, sea salt, dates, coconut and almond butter. Add to the large bowl.

Wet your hands, further combine the mixture, and press firmly into a parchment lined 13×9 pan. Let the parchment hang over the ends so that you can lift the bars out.

Cover and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight. Lift the bars out of the pan and slice into desired size.