Salted Peanut Butter Caramel Bars

 

Our sweet friend and date lover Samah Dada @dadaeats on IG just released her first cookbook LOVE TO COOK IT full of yummy plant-based recipes (many sweetened with Joolies dates) that everyone will love! We're giving you a sneak peak at one of the many decadent date-sweetened desserts Samah has included exclusively in her cookbook.

 

 

These Salted Peanut Butter Caramel Bars are the dessert of your dreams😍Layered with a shortbread crust, silky peanut butter date caramel and a thick top layer of dark chocolate🍫This sweet treat is gluten-free, plant-based, and refined sugar-free. For the luscious caramel layer, all you need are a few simple ingredients: medjool dates, peanut butter, nut milk, and coconut oil! You can also check out a step-by-step tutorial from the date queen herself here.

 

Out of dark chocolate for this date recipe? No problem!  Just combine 1/4 cup melted coconut oil + 1/4 cup cocoa powder + 3 tbsp Joolies Date syrup + 1/2 cup vanilla extract and voila you've got yourself some date-sweetened chocolate!

 

  

Here are the main ingredients you need: 

1. 1. Joolies Dates
      • AKA nature's candy! The natural sweetness and super caramel-y characteristic of medjool dates creates a silky smooth caramel filling for the bars.
   2. Almond and Coconut Flour
      • Using both these flours keeps this sweet treat gluten-free and creates the desired consistency for the shortbread crust.
   3. Peanut Butter
      
      • What's a peanut butter bar without the pb?! We recommend using a PB that has no added oils or sugars in it. 
   4. Coconut Oil
      • Being such a versatile ingredient, coconut oil is essential here to creating the perfect texture and flavor.  
   5. Dark Chocolate Chips
      • We recommend using a dark chocolate without fillers like Enjoy Life, Hu Kitchen, or Eating Evolved.

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