Algae Peppermint Holiday Bars

This Holiday Season, treat your loved ones (and yourself!) with these decadent Chocolate Peppermint Holiday Bars! 

Ingredients

BASE

  • 8-9 Large Medjool Dates & ¼ cup Water
  • 2 cups Almond Flour
  • 1 cup Hazelnut Flour
  • 1 cup finely shredded Coconut (pulse shredded coconut in Food processor for a sec)
  • 1/3 cups Cacao Powder
  • 1/8 tsp Pink Salt
  • ½ tsp Vanilla

FILLING

Layer 1:

  • 2 cups young Coconut meat (or soak shredded coconut for a few hours and drain)
  • 1/3 cup Coconut Oil
  • 1/3 cup Honey
  • Pinch of Pink Salt
  • Peppermint essential Oil to taste (about 10-12 drops)
  • 1/4 cup Water

Layer 2:

  • 2 tsp Abundance Algae powder
  • 1/4 cup Butter
  • 1/4 cup Coconut Oil
  • 1/8 cup Honey
  • Peppermint essential Oil to taste (about 8-10 drops)
  •  TOPPING
  • 1/3 cup Raw Cacao Powder
  • 1/3 cup Maple Syrup
  • ¼ cup Coconut Oil
  • SPRINKLES
  • ¼ cup Raw Cacao Nibs

Directions

In your Vitamix/Food processor blend up your Medjool dates and water till it’s a paste, then toss it into a big bowl & add in all of the other Base ingredients and mix well. Dump the mixture into a pan (a spring form pan will work best it you want a nice presentation) and press it down firmly, then put it in the freezer to firm up while you whip up the other layers. 

Layer 1: 

Blend all ingredients together in your Vitamix/Food processor till creamy and smooth, then take your Base out of the freezer and spread Layer1 on. Don’t worry about washing your Vitamix between Layers...all the flavours and colors go together if you follow the steps so just keep on keepin on. 

*Note: It takes at least 45min for this layer to firm up before you prep Layer 2. 

Layer 2: 

Again blend all ingredients in your Vitamix/Food Processor till creamy and smooth and pour this bright green Abundance Algae and Peppermint Layer on top of Layer 1 and smooth it out carefully and evenly. Put this back in the freezer while you work on the topping. 

*Note: Because this layer is thinner it will take about 15min for it to firm up

Topping: 

Again no need to clean the Vitamix, just toss these ingredients in, blend them up, and pour the topping onto the rest of your Layers, and spread it out evenly. 

Sprinkles: 

Sprinkle on the Raw Cacao Nibs and place the whole pan back into the freezer for a 2hours to set. 

Once bars are set take out of the freezer and cut into squares for serving. Place all squares into and air tight container and store in freezer. They will last as long as no one knows they are in there.

*This concoction is Organic, Gluten Free, Non-GMO & of course hand-made with love. 

Share your Holiday Bars!

We would love to see how you are using Abundance Algae! Take a pic of your creations, post it to instagram, and tag @copia_world.

Created by Amanda Stepenko, Former Canadian Bobsledder, Nutritionist, and one of our Ambassadors for Health!