Yep. That just happened.
I LOVE these bars. Pure joy in a bit. Or 18. Whichever route your mouth takes you. These would be perfect for a Saint Patty’s Day celebration! Why? Because I said so. And I was too lazy to create a paleo corned beef and cabbage recipe. Mainly because I didn’t want to eat it. I’m sure it’s delicious, but I’d rather eat caramel bars all day, every day. And I can do all that because it’s my blog. Winning!
I saw a full camouflage truck today. Complete camo. Yeah. That was a good idea.
The other day, my friend Missy gave me the idea of making vanilla chai almond butter. And I did it. And ate it all in one day. I wish I were lying. Thankfully I didn’t make a ton of it because I knew I would be alone in the house with it later that night, but it still stared at me for a good 30 minutes, until I consumed all of it.
I totes have a new crush. Not a man, sadly. I have come to terms with the fact that I will never meet the man of my dreams in Colorado. It’s just fact. I will have to go somewhere far from here to find a normal, attractive, incredibly fantastic man. Who is single. That’s a must…as you’ve heard from my past rants.
Holy balls, tangent, my new crush. Back on it. Her name is Joy, Joy the Baker. My other friend Joy introduced me to Joy the Baker’s blog and I was instantly hooked. All because she’s hilarious, and has some awesome photography. How are all these blog people so good at photography and I suck ass? Probably because I don’t have a crazy amazing camera. Yeah, that’s it, it’s the cameras fault.
Sometimes, when I cook a lot of food, I can smell myself when I workout. Then I want to throw up, mid workout. Like today, while I am doing the Open wod 12.4. 150 wall balls smelling like bacon is sure to make anyone uncomfortable. So excited.
Oh and btw, I will be putting together a post of everything I eat in a day to post on Saturday. Had a few questions about what my daily food intake looks like. It really is different every day so hopefully this helps. You can also look back at my first post about what my day usually looks like! It’s pretty boring. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Caramel Pecan Bars
- Yield: 5-6 1x
Ingredients
For the crust
- 1.5 cups pecans
- 3/4 cup almond flour/meal
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 tablespoon raw honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
For the caramel
- 12–14 medjool dates, pitted and soaked in water for an hour
- 5–6 tablespoons canned coconut milk
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Add your pecans to a food processor and blend until you get more of a meal or flour, then add your melted coconut oil, raw honey and vanilla until you get a very delicious pecan butter.
- Add that pecan butter to a large bowl then add your almond flour/meal, baking soda and powder and salt, then add your egg and whisk all ingredients together.
- Grease a bread loaf pan with coconut oil and then add your crust ingredients to the pan and use a spoon to spread out evenly.
- Put in oven and bake for around 25-30 minutes or until middle is cooked completely through. Use the toothpick method to test it.
- While the crust bakes, lightly clean out your food processor (I licked it clean so I didn’t have an issue having to use any dish soap. wow.) then add your dates.
- Turn on until dates have broken down (less than a minute) then add your coconut milk tablespoon by tablespoon to the dates while the food processor is still running. Then add your water as well.
- And add your vanilla extract and pinch of salt.
- Process until you get a caramel. BOOM.
- Once your crust is done baking, let cool for about 10-15 minutes.
- Top caramel over crust using a spoon to smooth out.
- Put in fridge for 30 minutes to an hour to set. Or consume right then really.
- Keep in fridge if you have leftovers!
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More Layered Caramel:
Salted Caramel Cookie Ice Cream Cups
Holiday Raspberry Caramel Tart
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Hi Juli….new to your website….just found it yesterday…..YOU ARE THE BEST! I found you via PinInterest….I made this yesterday for me and my Primal friends….perfect dessert along with your Fudgy Brownies…..they enjoyed both.. it satiated (is that a word) their baked goods sweet tooth ….you are genius for making “caramel” out of dates. I didn’t use the Medjool dates….had the “other dates” onhand….based on other comments I added a few more…used 20 instead of 12-14. I liked it….will try the Medjool dates next time to compare.
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Keep up the creative cooking ideas!!
Good Lord…! When I first saw these my first thoughts were …
get.in.me 🙂
lol! a question I have though, have you ever thought about roasting your almonds first in the oven? I’m wondering if they would have more of a nuttier flavor? hmm, something to ponder. Ok… back to your blog. I think I’m gonna park myself here for awhile and drool!! You Rock! 🙂
I have roasted my almonds in the oven Michelle and i definitely love that flavor even more!
Wow! Just made these today and had a little sample… They are AWESOME! I think I may need to adjust time or temp next time due to my oven’s issues, but they still came out tasting pretty darn good! Sharing a few with friends to spread the love!
Thanks for sharing this one! Now, what should I try next…hmmmm:-)
AWESOME! I made these as is and I’ve also made the “caramel” with coconut concentrate (blitz coconut with a tablespoon of coconut oil until it turns to butter) instead of the coconut milk and it’s so delicious!!! I’ve just topped your delicious banana bread with it!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOUR RECIPES!!!!!!!!!
Tried these for the first time yesterday and they are AWESOME. Have a work morning tea tomorrow that I will be taking them to and won’t tell anyone they are paleo and see what happens. Love your recipes and blog, keep it up.
Ohh, that looks so good! Ive enjoyed making several of your recipes! I love your vulgar language, BTW! LOL I’ve got a potty mouth too. That’s just who I am also! Keep making up more recipes, please!
I came home tonight all geared up to make these — husband just left town for two days and I was super psyched to sit down and eat the whole thing by myself — out in the open, without hiding behind the mask of shame. Finally got the baby to sleep, ran down to the kitchen, only to discover some ingredients were missing. I cried big, big tears. Then I decided I wasn’t punished enough, and looked, in detail, through your other dessert recipes. I cried even more. Then I decided to watch an episode of “Breaking Bad.” Holy balls. Appetite gone. Problem solved. Off to the store tomorrow to retrieve the missing ingredients.
And no more “Breaking Bad” before making Caramel Pecan Bars….
Thinking about using this crust to hold the blueberry honey coconut cups…..which are the most decadent thing I’ve ever had btw….I need them to hold up for a party…thoughts? Any other “crust” you would use?
you should use the cheesecake crust because it’s a no bake crust!
I just made the caramel (with deglet dates BTW and it worked just fine.) Then I put a HUGE dollop on a baked sweet potato — along with some butter and raw cream. PaleOMG, for realz. Keep the recipes coming!
These will be my first attempt at Paleo dessert! Mr. Fantastic and I are new to Paleo as of a month ago… doing awesome. Trying to find Crossfit in the area…..
Excited to bring these to Fathers’ Day, so the nephews with Celiac can try them.
Thanks for the awesome site!!