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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. 

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Chocolate Almond-Butter Squares

Prepare 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 squares 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

Instructions

    Tip / MIX IT UP
    Try swapping in other nuts and seeds to customize your squares!

    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.