healthy snickers bars
I usually make snickers using dates the lazy way, but taking the time to make your own caramel and nougat is worth it EVERY TIME!!!!!
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snickers bars
Ingredients
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- 1 cup medjool dates, pitted
- 1 cup peanuts
- 2–3 tbsp nut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup almond flour
- 8 oz dark chocolate baking chips
- 1–2 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Soak pitted dates in hot, not boiling water for up to 10 minutes to soften.
- Reserve some of the date water and add drained dates to the food processor with nut butter, salt, and vanilla and blend to make caramel layer.
- As needed, drizzle in reserved date water and pulse food processor to thin caramel into the perfect consistency.
- Remove caramel and set aside.
- Add almond flour, 1-2 tbsp of the caramel and blend until it forms a crumbly dough.
- Press almond flour nougat into the bottom of a prepared loaf pan, add a layer of caramel, and press peanuts gently into the top of the caramel and place in the freezer at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Time for chocolate! Remove from the freezer and cut into strips. Melt chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until melted.
- Use a wire rack to cover snickers in chocolate. Top with crushed peanuts and/or flaky salt and place in freezer at least 1 hour.
store in the freezer, good up to a month.