How about something sweet, but no added sugar, gluten free and delicious? Yupp... its possible. As I have cut out all processed food and sugar from my diet the benefits are huge, my skin is clear, my blood sugar is stable and my weight is dropping and becoming manageable.
However, my weakness is sugar, my sweet tooth and I have had a relationship since I was a child. That relationship is over now. Dead never coming back. But like all exes it creeps up on me once in a while and professes how much it misses me and I start thinking "yeah I miss you too..." So I dive in and eat a piece of candy and feel immediate regret. Why... ?? My stomach starts to protest and my head aches with remorse. It doesn't taste as good as I remembered it would. So I run hysterically for 2 days and do 10 Sun salutations just to balance the regret. Not worth it!
Thats why I decided to try and find something that I could snack on in my moments of weakness. These have no added sugar, are gluten free and use high cocoa chocolate. Yes please. So try these and enjoy!
Guilt Free Candy Bars
1 1/2 Cups Raw Cashews
1 1/2 Cups Chopped Dates
1/2 Cup Almond Butter
1/2 Cup Coconut Flour
1/2 Cup Maple Syrup
1/2 Cup Desiccated coconut
300 g Chocolate (Dark 70 - 100% cocoa)
1 1/2 Tsp Coconut Oil
Its so simple, just grind the cashews in a blender/ Vitamix till fine milled. Then add the maple syrup, dates, almond butter, coconut and coconut flour. Pulse in the blender until it is a dough. I mixed it but I wanted some pieces in it, but blend till you are happy. Place parchment paper in a tray and press the mixture into the tray.
Place in the fridge for 6 - 8 hours or overnight.
Once the mixture is set, melt the chocolate over a bain marie together with the coconut oil. Once it is all melted pour on top of the doughy mixture and place it all in the fridge to set for 1 hour.
Then cut into shapes (using a cookie cutter) or into bars or like I did, small squares. Just a bite size of pleasure... ;)
The doughy mixture after it has set overnight.
Cut into bars
The final Product! Bite size heaven!
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