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Test Kitchen: Chocolate Almond-Butter Squares
Last year we served up some nutritious Newfoundland dishes from Jessica Mitton’s first cookbook and we’ve been ready for dessert ever since. In her latest Some Good: Sweet Treats (Breakwater Books), Jessica offers up chocolate treats, muffins, cakes, cookies, and more that are not only tasty but also healthier and more nutritious. Read on for a chocolate recipe that’s so tasty you’ll like it a choco-lot and will excuse our pun usage.Â
Chocolate Almond-Butter SquaresPrepare the chocolate chips! These chocolate squares are a sweet combo of soft and crunchy, and all kinds of melt-in-your-mouth-y. And like all the recipes in Some Good: Sweet Treats, these are gluten- and dairy-free and healthier than other desserts—excuse us? They’re also super simple to make: no oven necessary, just a stove top! We suggest pairing it with a glass of coconut milk!
Makes 36 squaresÂ
Prep time 15 minutes + 1 hour cooling time
Ingredients- 1 cup almond butter
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1 1/2 cup dairy-free chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1 cup raw walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup quick rolled oats
- Place a piece of parchment paper in an 8×8-inch baking dish.
- Add almond butter, maple syrup, and coconut oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly, careful not to burn.
- Remove from heat and add chocolate chips and vanilla. Stir until thoroughly combined and chocolate chips have melted.
- Next, stir in coconut, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and oats until thoroughly combined.
- Transfer mixture to the parchment paper-lined baking dish. Refrigerate or freeze until mixture is firm.
- Remove chilled mixture from baking dish by lifting the parchment paper. Place on cutting board and cut into squares.
Tip / MIX IT UP
Try swapping in other nuts and seeds to customize your squares!
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One more for the road!
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Thanks to Samantha at Breakwater Books for sharing Jessica Mitton’s new cookbook with us! Keep the sweet times rolling and purchase a copy of Some Good: Sweet Treats from All Lit Up. And for more Test Kitchen, click here.