bars - chocolate-date squares

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 1 cup Medjool Dates (about 9-10 large dates), pitted
• 1/2 cup Unsalted Cashews
• 1/4 cup Raw Walnuts
• 1/4 cup Raw Pepitas (Shelled Pumpkin Seeds)
• 1/4 cup Cacao Powder

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from thepaleomom.com

Preparation

Step 1

This is enough to press into half of a 9”x9” pan (you can double this recipe if you have a large food processor, mine can only handle this much at a time).  You could also use a standard loaf pan, press it together on plastic wrap, or roll into balls.  If you want to boost the chocolate flavor, you could add ¼ cup chocolate chips at the same time as the dates.

Place nuts and pepitas in a food processor and pulse a few times to grind fairly fine.

Add dates and cocoa powder to food processor and process until finely ground and starting to clump together.  If it doesn’t clump together a little bit or the dough feels a little dry to the touch, add one more date and process again.

I have two idea. First, you might just need to process a bit longer. It can seem to stay crumbly and then all of a sudden the date pieces are small enough that it holds together. Second, you could try adding 1 or 2 more dates. I hope this helps!

Add more dates mine turned out perfect they were delicious