Easy Almond Chocolate Coconut Bars
These delicious, NO BAKE, Easy Almond Chocolate Coconut Bars are perfect for breakfast or a snack or maybe even dessert! Go ahead – I dare you to try and not enjoy these dairy-free and gluten-free, 6 ingredient bars!
Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, once said that “Life overall should be more glamorous, thrill-packed, and filled with applause…“. And, this past weekend, mine was so incredibly thrill packed! You see, this past weekend, I took the money I have saved and went and bought me a glamorous blender/food processor!
When I brought it home and it made almond butter in 13 minutes, I couldn’t help applauding!
Of course, “glamorous”, “thrill packed”, and “filled-with-applause” are subjective…and, the root cause of these emotions tend to vary for each of us – but, Y’ALL, I got me a blender! FINALLY!
Of course, I ended up making so much almond butter that: I took some to work, used some to make these no bake, Almond Choconut Bars, and have some to take to my sister.
We are planning a trip to Dallas to see her soon and figured it would be more realistic for me to take her some almond butter, because, let’s be serious – these Almond Choconut Bars are not going anywhere! Yes, I have sharing issues – I was, after all, an only child for the first 5 years of my life.
These past few days, these bars have been my source of fuel as I’ve been staying up way beyond my bedtime, looking up travel deals.
Now onto these Easy Almond Chocolate Coconut Bars…
Ingredients needed to make these Almond Chocolate Coconut Bars:
- Raw almonds
- Quick oats
- Unsweetened coconut flakes
- Brown sugar
- Salt
- Coconut oil
- Chocolate chips
Instructions to make these Easy Almond Chocolate Coconut Bars
TO MAKE ALMOND BUTTER:
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Spread almonds out on a baking tray and bake them for 10 minutes
- Remove the almonds from the oven and place them in a blender/food processor and blend them till they turn into almond butter. It took me 13 minutes, but, depending on the blender, it could take longer. Make sure to scrape sides down between blending.
- 1 lb of almonds made about 2 cups of almond butter.
TO MAKE BARS
- Add 1 cup almond butter to a bowl, and add the ground up oats and coconut flour into the same bowl. Also add in the salt, sugar, 1/2 cup chocolate chips, and coconut oil and mix well
- Press into the bottom of a baking tray and chill for at least an hour
- Meanwhile, melt the 1/4 cup chocolate and drizzle it on top of the bars
- And – cut and enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 lb raw almonds which will be used to make almond butter for this recipe
- 1 cup quick oats – ground up in a blender certified Gluten Free
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes – also ground up in a blender a more budget friendly option than coconut flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/4 cup + 1/2 cup chocolate chips I used semi sweet
Instructions
TO MAKE ALMOND BUTTER
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Spread almonds out on a baking tray and bake them for 10 minutes
- Remove the almonds from the oven and place them in a blender/food processor and blend them till they turn into almond butter. It took me 13 minutes, but, depending on the blender, it could take longer. Make sure to scrape sides down between blending.
- 1 lb of almonds made about 2 cups of almond butter.
TO MAKE BARS
- Add 1 cup almond butter to a bowl, and add the ground up oats and coconut flour into the same bowl. Also add in the salt, sugar, 1/2 cup chocolate chips, and coconut oil and mix well
- Press into the bottom of a baking tray and chill for at least an hour
- Meanwhile, melt the 1/4 cup chocolate and drizzle it on top of the bars
- And – cut and enjoy!
Nutrition
I made the almond butter as you wrote, e.g., I baked for 350F for 10 mins (I used 8oz to make 1 cup), and then used food processor to chop the almond to be almond butter. I suspect I did not make the almond “liquid” enough? It is all chopped up, but I do not think I get to the point it has liquid or oil yet, is that the problem?
Hey Esther – yes – that is the problem – the new blender I have crushed the almonds into almond butter in about 13-15 minutes – but, my old blender used to take 40-50 minutes! The almond butter has to be almost liquid – very creamy and gooey – little more liquid-y than peanut butter…
Not sure what I did wrong, the ingredients when mixed together and chilled for 1 hour are all crumbles, they do not stick
Esther – was the mix wet before you chilled it? And -what kind of amond butter did you use?
These look amazing! I’ll have to whip up a batch this weekend.