bars - Chocolate Fudge Strawberry Cookie Bars

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• Cookie:
• 1/3 cup raw pecans
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 4 tbs raw cacao powder
• 5 pitted medjool dates
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tbs coconut oil
• Chocolate Fudge:
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips (Enjoy Life)
• 2 tablespoons raw cacao powder
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 to 2 tablespoons raw honey
• 1/2 cup almond butter
• pinch of salt
• Strawberry Jam

Details

Adapted from livinghealthywithchocolate.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cookie:
remove pits from dates and process into a paste using a food processor
add the pecans and grind into course meal
mix the pecan meal with the almond flour, cacao powder, date paste, vanilla extract and coconut oil
line a 7×5 glass baking dish with parchment paper and pat the mixture on the bottom until evenly distributed
Chocolate Fudge:
bring the almond milk to a light boil and pour over the chocolate chips and stir until chocolate is melted
whisk the raw cacao powder, coconut oil, vanilla, honey and salt
add the almond butter last and mix just until all ingredients are combined. If you over mix at this stage, the oils from the almond butter will release and make it for an oily fudge!
pour the chocolate fudge over the cookie and refrigerate
go onto making the strawberry jam (recipe here) and once cooled spread over the fudge
refrigerate for a couple of hours, cut into squares and serve