Homemade Snickers (vegan and gluten free)
This is a recipe I’ve been wanting to try and post for a long time: Homemade Snickers (vegan and gluten free). Not only are these snickers delicious but they are super super healthy because they are made with dates and oats.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 17 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 125 g oats
- 125 g ground almonds
- 100 ml of plant milk (e. g. oat milk)
- 25 g coconut oil
- 30 ml agave syrup
- 5 Sukari Soft dates (pitted)
- 2 handfuls of peanuts (unsalted)
- 300 g Sukari Soft dates (pitted)
- 100 ml of plant milk (e. g. oat milk)
- 4 tablespoons of almond butter
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
Instructions
- 1
Start by soaking the dates (300 g + 5) in hot water. If using unpitted dates, remove the pits.
- 2
In a bowl, mix the oats, ground almonds, plant milk, coconut oil, agave syrup and Sukari dates. Blend everything together in a blender. Form a homogeneous paste.
- 3
Line a 25 x 25 cm glass pan with baking paper. Spread the cookie base on the bottom of the pan. Spread the whole peanuts over the cookie base.
- 4
Drain the Sukari dates. Then pour them into a bowl, add the vegetable milk and almond butter. Mix to obtain a vegan caramel.
- 5
Spread the caramel on the cookie base. Place in the freezer for 2 hours.
- 6
After two hours, melt the chocolate and coconut oil in a double boiler. Then take the glass mould out of the freezer. Cut out 16 bars of equal size.
- 7
Dip the bars in the chocolate, draining well to remove excess chocolate. Place another 30 minutes in the freezer or 2 hours in the refrigerator before serving.
- 8
These homemade snicker will keep for 1 week in the refrigerator.