Cashew chocolate bars
 
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This recipe is adapted from Gwyneth Paltrow's candy bar recipe.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Sweets
Ingredienten
  • - 200 gr raw cashew nuts
  • - 250 gr dates, pitted and chopped
  • - 100 ml maple syrup
  • - 140 gr almond butter
  • - 50 gr coconut flour
  • - 50 shredded coconut
  • - 100 gr very dark chocolate (70% cacao) – chopped
  • - 1 ½ tbsp. coconut oil
Werkwijze
  1. Grind the cashews to a fine meal in a food processor but make sure to leave some little chunks here and there, put them aside. Chop the dates with the food processor and then add the cashews, almond butter, maple syrup, coconut flour and shredded coconut and pulse until you have a sticky ball of dough.
  2. I’d really advise you to use a food processor and not a blender because otherwise you need to start scraping the sticky dough all the time (which I did).
  3. Line a small sheet pan (24 x 34 cm - by Ikea) with parchment paper and press the cashew mixture out onto the paper, making a rectangle of 2 cm deep. It helps if you put a drop of water on your hands before doing this. Refrigerate the mixture for 6 to 8 hours, until it's firm. I have put my bar in the freezer for 4 hours before pouring the chocolate over.
  4. When your mixture is firm, combine the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a small pan and let this melt by stirring continuously. You can always do this ‘au bain marie’ like in the original recipe but since I am kind of lazy and hate dish washing... I just did it my way (don't you just love Frank?).
  5. Pour the chocolate mixture over the cold cashew mixture.
  6. Return the bar to the fridge and let it cool until the chocolate coating is set, at least 1 hour. Using the parchment, lift the bar out of the sheet pan and cut it into rectangles. I cut them into 2 by 3 cm but you can choose what size you like.
  7. Serve at once, freeze or store in an airtight container in the fridge. I don’t recommend keeping them at room temperature because they will get sticky. We prefer to eat them frozen! Yummie!
Recipe by Must Be Yummie at https://mustbeyummie.com/frozen-cashew-chocolate-bars/