Healthy Pecan Pie Chocolate Bars

These Healty Pecan Pie Chocolate Bars are all you wish for as a dessert: sweet, gooey, savoury and rich! BONUS: They’re made with wholesome ingredients, which makes them healthier than the traditional Pecan Pie you normally have.

Layers of Happiness:

4 layers which give them good texture:

1. A soft crust
2. Homemade caramel
3. Roasted pecans
4. Melted chocolate

These Healthier Pecan Pie Chocolate Bars are:

• Sweet
• Gluten-free 
• Refined sugar-free
• Easy to make
• Freezer-friendly

Wholesome Ingredients

• Almond flour: we use it as the base of our bars with coconut oil and maple syrup. Please use almond flour (made with blanched almonds) and not almond meal.
• Coconut oil: it’s the oil we’re using in the different layers of our bars. For the crust, use the homemade caramel.
• Maple syrup: that’s the sweetener we’ll be using for the crust and our homemade caramel sauce.
• Almond butter: use creamy almond butter to make our creamy caramel.
• Vanilla: use vanilla extract.
• Pecans: we roast and chop them.
• Melted chocolate: this will be the final layer of our bars. We’re using semi-sweet chocolate chips, but you can also use dark chocolate instead.

Tips to Perfect This Recipe

• Use a banana bread pan/loaf pan (9 × 5) for these bars and place parchment paper at the bottom.
• Make sure the crust is cooled down completely before adding the caramel sauce.
• Follow the estimated time for the freezer to make sure the bars are completely set.
• Roast the pecans for more flavours, this will make a big difference on the taste. You can cook them at 350 degrees C. for 10 minutes or slowly roast them in a pan.

Keep Them in the Fridge

Bars should be kept covered in the fridge until ready to serve.

Freezer-Friendly

You can easily freeze the bars in a Ziploc bag or airtight container for up to 2 months.

Other Dessert Recipes to Try :

• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (Only 6 Ingredients)
• Gluten-Free Brownie Cookies With Macadamia Nuts

Healthy Pecan Pie Chocolate Bars

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Resting time

40

minutes

Total time

1h15

 These healthy Pecan Pie Chocolate Bars are all you wish for as a dessert: sweet, gooey, savoury and rich! BONUS: They’re made with wholesome ingredients, which makes them healthier than the traditional Pecan Pie you normally have.

Ingredients

• Crust

• 1 ¼ cup of almond flour

• 2 tbsp of melted coconut oil

• 2 tbsp of maple syrup

• Pinch of salt

• Caramel sauce

• ¼ cup of coconut oil

• ¼ cup of maple syrup

• 3 tbsp of creamy almond butter

• 1 tsp of vanilla extract

• Pecans

• 1 cup of natural pecans

• Chocolate layer

• ¾ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips

• 1 ½ tbsp of coconut oil

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Roast the pecans for about 10 minutes, turning half way. Let it cool and chopped roughly.
• Make the crust. In a loaf pan (9×5), add parchment paper to the bottom with a little bit of coconut oil to stick it to the pan. In a bowl, combine all ingredients for the crust and mix well. Transfer the mixture into the pan and firmly press with your fingers. Cook for 10 minutes. Let it cool down for 10 minutes.
• Make the caramel sauce. In a small saucepan, add all the ingredients and cook on low heat for 3 minutes, until it’s well combined. Pour the caramel sauce on to the crust.
• Add the chopped pecans and spread evenly. Freeze it for 20 minutes.
• Microwave the chocolate and coconut oil in a small bowl for about 30 seconds- 1 minute. Add the chocolate sauce over the pecans. Freeze for another 20 minutes.
• Remove from the freezer and let it sit for 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and cut it into 8 bars. Keep it in the fridge.