These taste like a raw vegan caramel chocolate orgy in your mouth. You might ask: but how would you know what that tastes like!? I know because I have experienced it. With these bars. Improve your day / life and make them now! They only take a few minutes to make, then you just gotta freeze 'em til they get nice gooey and sticky and cold... aaaaand the final step: annihilate with your mouth.

Gooey Chocolate Caramel Bars With Buckwheat [Vegan, Raw, Gluten-Free]

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Ingredients

Crust:
  • 1 cup buckwheat groats
  • 1 cup dates
  • 1/4 cup water
Caramel:
  • 1 1/2 cups dates
  • 1/4 cup almond butter
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate:
  • 1 1/2 cups dates
  • 1 heaping tablespoon cacao powder
  • 1 tablespoon almond butter
  • 1/4 cup water
Add ons:
  • Sea salt
  • Sesame seeds

Preparation

To make the crust:
  1. Soak the buckwheat groats in water for 30 minutes, then rinse and dehydrate until they are dry again. I threw mine in the oven at 150 degrees for 2 hours. Then grind the dried buckwheat into flour in a food processor or blender. Add the dates, then add water as needed until you get a dough mixture that holds its shape when you press it together (in other words: not too crumbly). Press into the bottom of a lined 9X9 baking pan and put in the fridge.
To make the caramel:
  1. Blend all the ingredients until smooth, adding water as needed until you get a very thick yogurt consistency that holds its shape. Spread evenly onto your crust and put in the freezer.
To make the chocolate layer:
  1. Follow the same instructions as for the caramel layer, and spread on top of the caramel. Sprinkle on a little sea salt if desired (do it.) then leave in the freezer for at least 4 hours or until they have hardened up. Gently slice and serve with some sesame seeds on top.

Notes

ADAPTIONS: use tahini instead of almond butter to make them nut-free, use vanilla powder instead of vanilla extract, use rolled oats instead of buckwheat groats, use carob or cocoa powder instead of cacao powder.



About The Author

Emily von Euw

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Emily von Euw is the creator of the award-winning recipe blog, This Rawsome Vegan Life, and the best-selling author of four cookbooks: Rawsome Vegan Baking; 100 Best Juices, Smoothies and Healthy Snacks; The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook; and Rawsome Superfoods. Em’s passion in life comes from friendships, food, wilderness, mindfulness, art, and lots of dark chocolate. They have presented at expos and festivals across Canada and the US, and their work has been featured in publications around the world. Em lives in the lower mainland of British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional and unceded territories of the First Nations.

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