I’m not a person who cares about presents or gifts or jewelry or any of that. The only thing I hope to receive when my birthday or a special holiday rolls around is simply chocolate. Don’t give me the latest electronic or a robot that is bad at googling. No thank you. I want a cake or brownies or ice cream. If you buy me a treat, it feels like you truly care about me. If you make me a treat, now I know you REALLY love me.
Diamond necklace? No thank you. Chocolate necklace? Yes please!
That’s how obsessed I am with chocolate.
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Chocolate Chip Raspberry Shortbread Cookie Bars
- Yield: 16 bars 1x
Ingredients
For the crust
- 1½ cup almond flour
- ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon tapioca flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 4 tablespoons ghee
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
For the chocolate layer
- 1 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
- cream from 1 (14 ounce) can of full-fat coconut milk*
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the toppings
- 2/3 cup fresh raspberries
- 1/3 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
To make the crust
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish and line with parchment paper. Add all ingredients for the crust into a food processor and pulse until completely combine. The dough should mix into a slight ball once combined. Put dough in a pan and use your fingers to press dough around evenly throughout the pan. Poke holes with a fork in the dough to keep it from rising in the oven. Bake crust for 18-20 minutes, until golden brown. Remove then let crust cool for about 10-15 minutes.
For the chocolate layer
- Place 1 cup of chocolate chips in a double boiler over low heat and melt chocolate. Stir until chocolate has melted and becomes shiny. Remove from heat and let cool for about 5 minutes then add in vanilla and mix.
- Scoop coconut cream from the can and place in the bowl with the melted chocolate. Fold coconut cream into chocolate and continue to fold until no white coconut cream remains.
- Pour chocolate layer onto crust and smooth out throughout the baking dish. Press raspberries throughout the dish and top with the last 1/3 of mini chocolate chips.
- Place cookie bars in the fridge to set for 1 or more hours before serving. Slice into 16 bars and eat up!
Notes
*remove the cream layer from the can of coconut milk and use the water in shakes or just drink!
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Juli- I cannot wait to make these! Your recipes are so inspiring. Thank you for all the effort you put in for your readers. It does not go unnoticed!
Would the Bob’s Red Mill Paleo Baking Flour sub 1 for 1 to the flour ratios in this recipe? I just bought some and would love to try this recipe!
haven’t tried it that way
Is there coconut flour in the Bobs? If not, I would sub the BOB’S in for the almond but still add the coconut.
I just made these last night and they are amazing!!! Did you store leftovers in the fridge?
yes, they just don’t hold up exactly the same over time
Juli can i just buy coconut cream and use that verses using the top layer of the coconut milk?
sure!!
Am I supposed to use the whole can of coconut Cream?? Or an I supposed to use coconut milk and how much the whole can?
if you have a can of coconut milk, you’re using the cream that separated from the milk, so it’s usually about 1/2 the can.
Wow, those bars looks so delicious n those beautiful pictures!!!! Love the end presentation. Very very nice blog. Keep sharing:)
These were an amazing treat! Easy to make and so yummy. Thank you for sharing.
My younger sister came home from college this weekend with the sole intent of making these with me! We were not disappointed and had to put the bars in the garage fridge to keep from eating the whole pan ????
yay!! glad you both liked them!
These are great! Very easy and quick to make, which is perfect for the summertime. I brought them to a party, and they were a huge hit even among people with and without dietary restrictions! I will definitely make them again!
glad you liked them, lisa!
Hi Julie! Can I substitute the almond flour with something else? I have a nut allergy and would love to try these! Any suggestions?
Hi Emily! Juli hasn’t tried the recipe any other way. You could try googling a substitute for almond flour and experiment! -Stacy, paleOMG assistant
I made these last night – they were delicious but I couldn’t find where to put in the vanilla extract in the chocolate layer??
Hi Sheryl! Put the vanilla in Step 2! Thank you, we’ll get that fixed. Stacy – paleOMG assistant