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Snickers with a hidden veggie

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Ingredients

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  • 250g / 25 pitted dates
  • 1,5 dl / 2/3 cup water
  • Approximately 1,5 dl / 2/3 cup / 100g roasted peanuts or other nuts of choice or buckwheat or other crunchy toppings
  • Approximately 100-200g dark choclate chocolate

Bottom biscuit layer

  • 3,5 dl / 1 1/2 cups oat flour*
  • A small pinch of salt
  • 1,5 tsp baking powder
  • 2 dl / 3/4 cup date purée

Caramel layer

  • 200g / 7 ounces / one medium cooked and peeled sweet potato
  • The rest of the date purée
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1/2–1 tsp cinnamon, depending on preference
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or essence
  • 3 tbsp roasted nut butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 175ºC / 350ºF.
  2. Mix the dates and water smooth in a mixer or food processor.
  3. In a mixing bowl combine 2 dl / 3/4 cup+1 tbsp of the date paste and all the ingredients for the biscuit layer.
  4. Line a 20 x 20 cm / 8 x 8 inch tin with baking parchment. Push and spread out the dough in the tin. Pierce with a fork and then bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Let cool in the freezer.**
  5. As the base is baking, start to prepare the caramel layer. Mix all of the ingredients in the same mixer/food processor as before.
  6. Evenly spread the caramel paste on the biscuit layer, once cool. Evenly divide the peanuts all of the “cake”, slightly push them down. Cut into 30, or as many as you wish, bars.
  7. Melt the chocolate in the microwave or over a water bath. Dip and coat the bars in the chocolate. Let the chocolate harden and serve.

 

 

Notes

*or any other flavour wise suitable flour for example any nut flour of choice, almond, coconut, etc.

**You could also skip the baking powder and baking, and just let it stiffen in the freezer.

Keywords: Vegan, whole food, gluten-, oil-free, fruit sweetened, hidden vegetable, snickers

Find it online: https://hannaekelund.com/healthy-snickers/


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