TWIX BARS - GLUTEN FREE

TWIX BARS - GLUTEN FREE

By tinasrawalkalinediet.com

Ingredients for 10 to 12 bars,

for the bottom layer,

112g/1/2 cup cashew butter, almond will also do, cashew has a milder flavour

2 Tbsp. buckwheat

1 Tbsp. Raw honey

2 Tbsp. almond- or coconut flour

1/2 tsp. vanilla powder or essence

tiny pinch of pink salt

Add the buckwheat to a food processor and grind it until fine.  I usually don’t make a flour out of it, prefer to keep it a bit rougher for a some texture but both options are fine. Add the remaining ingredients and let it run until incorporated. The dough is not so sweet because the caramel is.  Press it in a with parchment paper lined baking dish and set it in the freezer to firm up.  I made my caramel with dried apricots instead of dates for the apricots are much lower in fructose. 

  

200g/1 cup dried apricots, soaked if needed and cut in quarters, dates can also be used

1 to 2 Tbsp. lucuma powder to add a nice caramel-ish flavour, optional but good!

1 Tbsp. almond- or any other nut butter

tiny pinch of pink salt

Add ingredients to a blender or a small food processor and blend until it gets gooey and sticky. You could add some water but as little as possible to keep the caramel thick. If it turned out too runny you can always add some extra dried fruit.  Spread on top of the cold bottom layer and place it back in the freezer.  As soon as these layers are cold and hard enough to cut, you can divide them into 10 to 12 bars. I made 12 out of mine.

And now for the chocolate,

30g/1/4  cup of raw cacao powder

2 Tbsp. Raw honey, you can add a few drops of stevia for a sweeter chocolate

57g/1/4 cup of coconut oil

57g/1/4 cup of cacao butter

tniy pinch of pink salt

½ tsp. vanilla powder

Melt the cacao butter au-bain-marie, add the coconut oil, take off the heat and incorporate the remaining ingredients. You can also make it with only coconut oil but these will melt easier.  The easy option is to take your favorite ( raw)  pure chocolate bar with a high cacao content and let it melt au-bain-marie and use this as a coating.