Naked Snickie Bars
SERVES: 18 BARS
GLUTEN FREE, DAIRY FREE, LOW FODMAP, MODERN PALEO, VEGAN, VEGETARIAN
INGREDIENTS
BASE
- 2 cups almond meal
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp almond butter (or peanut butter)
- 3 Tbsp coconut oil
- 2 Tbsp organic maple syrup
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
CARAMEL
- 8 medjool dates (pitted & soaked in hot water for 10 mins)
- 3 Tbsp peanut butter
- 1 Tbsp water (use the water you’ve soaked the dates in)
- 1 Tbsp organic maple syrup
- ½ tsp pink salt
TOPPINGS
- 1 cup roasted mixed nuts (crushed in a mortar & pestle or roughly chopped with a knife)
- 50g dairy-free dark chocolate
Low FODMAP Note: enjoy 1 bar per serve and use low FODMAP nuts like brazil nuts, pecans, macadamias and walnuts.
Paleo Note: peanuts are not strictly paleo. Choose paleo friendly chocolate and be sure to check the label to ensure that all ingredients match your dietary preferences!
METHOD:
- Line a square tin with baking paper and set aside
- Combine all base ingredients in a bowl and mix together well until you’ve formed a dough-like consistency
- Transfer the dough to your prepared tin and press it down into a firm even layer to form the base, set the tin aside in the freezer
- Combine all caramel ingredients in a food processor and blitz until smooth
- Remove the tin from the freezer and transfer the caramel mixture on top of the base. Smooth the caramel out into an even layer using a cake spatula or the back of a spoon
- Roughly crush your roasted nuts using a mortar and pestle then sprinkle on top of the caramel layer. Set aside in the freezer for 3-4 hours
- Remove from the freezer and gently pop the entire slab of naked snickies out of the tin. Using a large sharp knife slice the slab into 18 even bars
- Melt chocolate using the double boiler method and drizzle chocolate over each bar
- Place bars back in the tin or a glass container and set them aside in the freezer for another hour to allow the chocolate to harden
- Keep stored in the freezer in a glass container and enjoy these creamy, crunchy, caramel treats!