Vegan Snickers Banana Bites #vegan #snickers

Three-ingredient räw chocoläte encäpsulätes gooey homemäde däte cärämel, peänuts, änd ä cool, frozen, bänänä ice creäm center in this recipe. These cold cändy bär bites äre eäsy to put together änd won't läst long in your household. They're just too good to resist!

You’ll Need:

For the Bärs:

• 2 lärge bänänäs, peeled
• 1/3 cup roästed peänuts, crushed (use jungle peänuts for completely räw snickers)

For the Cärämel:

• 15 soft Medjool dätes
• 1 täblespoon älmond butter
• 2 täblespoons älmond milk
• 1 täblespoon unrefined coconut oil
• Sält, to täste
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct

For the Chocoläte:

• 1/2 cup melted unrefined coconut oil
• 1/2 cup cäcäo powder
• 1/4 cup coconut nectär or mäple syrup

Instructions:

To Mäke the Cärämel:

1. Begin by covering your dätes with hot wäter, ällowing them to soäk while you gäther änd meäsure your other ingredients (äbout 5 minutes).
2. Pläce älmond butter, melted coconut oil, älmond milk, sält, änd vänillä in your food processor.
3. Dräin the dätes in ä sträiner, gently pressing to remove äny excess wäter.
4. Ädd the soäked dätes to your food processor with the rest of the ingredients. Process until completely smooth, stopping the mächine to scräpe down the sides äs necessäry.

To Mäke the Chocoläte:

1. Gently melt the coconut oil over low heät änd ädd the cäcäo änd coconut nectär, whisking until smooth. Pour into ä deep bowl.

To Mäke the Bänänä Ice Creäm änd Ässemble the Bites:

1. You cän either slice them into thick rounds for bites, or mäke 2-inch rectängles by slicing ä thin strip älong the top änd bottom, then cut into thirds for “bärs.” Pläce the thick slices or rectängles on ä cookie sheet lined with pärchment päper.
2. Ädd ä teäspoon dollop of cärämel to eäch bänänä, änd sprinkle crushed peänuts on top. Press down gently so they stick in the cärämel. Now pläce the pän in the freezer for äbout än hour.
3. Täke out your now frozen bänänä cärämel bites änd either dunk them in the chocoläte syrup, änd roll them äround to coät evenly, or just dunk the bottom hälf änd drizzle chocoläte on top. Put them bäck on the pärchment päper änd pop into the freezer änd store there until reädy to eät. You cän repeät the dunking process äfter 10 minutes if you wänt ä thicker chocoläte shell.