Vegan Peanut Caramel Chocolate Bars

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup fine oats

  gluten-free, if desired
• ½ cup shredded coconut

  not coconut flour!
• 1 tbsp coconut oil

  melted
• 2 tbsp agave syrup

  *see notes
• ½ cup non-dairy milk

  *see notes
• 1 cup soft dates

  pitted (*see notes)
• 3 tbsp creamy peanut butter
• ¼ cup maple syrup

  *see notes
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

  optional
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 7 oz dark chocolate
• 1 ½ tsp coconut oil

Instructions

• 1 Place the oats in a blender [https://amzn.to/2uZcqSw] (or food processor) and
  process them into flour.
• 2 Transfer the oat flour to a bowl, add the shredded coconut, liquid coconut oil,
  agave syrup, and non-dairy milk and stir with a spatula until combined. Set
  aside for 2-3 minutes until the mixture gets firmer.
• 3 In the meantime, lightly grease an 8x8-inch baking pan and line it with
  parchment paper, leaving an overhang on the sides.
• 4 Once the oat dough is firm enough to work with, press it evenly into the
  prepared baking pan.
• 5 Place the soft pitted dates to the blender. Add the peanut butter, maple syrup,
  and vanilla extract and blend until smooth. Add a little bit of water or
  non-dairy milk if needed. (I highly recommend using a high-speed blender
  [https://amzn.to/2uZcqSw]).
• 6 Add the sticky date caramel into a bowl and fold in the peanuts. Spread the
  peanut caramel evenly on top of the oat base, then place in the freezer for
  about 2-3 hours (or in the refrigerator overnight) until the bars are firm.
• 7 Roughly chop the chocolate and place in a heatproof bowl with the coconut oil.
  Melt it over a hot water bath, stirring occasionally.
• 8 Remove the baking pan from the freezer (or refrigerator) and carefully lift the
  whole snickers block out of the pan using the parchment overhang. Cut into bars
  with a sharp knife and coat each bar with the melted chocolate (*see tips/photos
  above).
• 9 Sprinkle the bars with coarse sea salt and peanuts as desired and allow the
  chocolate to harden.
• 10 Serve the bars immediately or keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or
  freeze for longer storage.
• 11 Enjoy!

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