Sweet, salty, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious, these no bake salted caramel pretzel bars are made with out flour, butter, or refined sugar, nonetheless you’d by no means have the flexibility to tell! Merely custom-made to be gluten-free, vegan, and/or nut-free, they make the right healthful snack!
I’m really undecided whether or not or not or not or to not say “you’re welcome” or “I’m sorry.”
You’re welcome on account of in the intervening time’s recipe is every type of implausible. I’m sorry on account of in the intervening time’s recipe moreover happens to be every type of addicting. I really “solely a sliver”-d my approach by way of half the pan, however as quickly as I’ve to wrestle with my newly developed dependency, then I’m taking you down with me.
I’m sorry.
And…. you’re welcome.
So bear in mind these sweet & salty path mix granola bars that I posted a while as quickly as additional? I’ll or couldn’t have unintentionally, on purpose dipped some pretzels into [almond] butter whereas I was making these… and I’ll or couldn’t have rekindled an prolonged forgotten conduct all by the course of. Can we’re saying pretzels and AB for lunch? And sometimes dinner?
The conduct is actual, my mates. And it.is.GOOD.
Nonetheless you already know what’s even elevated? Together with a contact of sweetness… and a whoooole lot of chocolate…
It’s no secret that I’ve an infinite sweet tooth, and whereas I’ll normally get hit with a anticipating one concern salty/savoury to snack on between meals, I’m likely not one to understand for elements like chips, crackers, or pretzels usually. Aside from we’re talking tortilla chips and salsa, all by which case… don’t even get me started on what variety of of those I can put away in a single sitting.
Nonetheless for likely primarily basically essentially the most half? My snacks of assorted are generally elements like chocolate, bars, cookies, fruit, jelly beans, and utterly one thing with some type of sugar in it… which is why I do my most interesting to function to choose additional pure/unrefined types of sugar.
These bars are sweetened with dates and a contact of brown rice syrup (or honey). This not solely eliminates the need for processed sugar, nonetheless affords them a barely caramel-ly model that pairs utterly with the saltiness of the pretzels.
The pretzels are what make up practically all the backside, along with a cup of oats for some additional fibre and textural perfection. Severely. Perfection. The underside of these bars really strikes a chord in my memory of a [sweet and salty] shortbread cookie within the easiest method whereby it crumbles and melts in your mouth… together with that it’s made with out flour or butter and doesn’t must be baked.
You merely toss the local weather into your meals processor, change the dough appropriate correct proper right into a pan, toss the pan all by the fridge, [wait]and voila! It is attainable you may need your self a batch of delicious salted caramel pretzel bars…
So once you’re all by the mood for a sweet and salty snack bar that’s ridiculously simple to whip up and equally as simple to make vegan, gluten-free, and/or nut-free, do your self a favour by making these bars. After which proceed to “solely a sliver” your approach by way of half the pan.
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No Bake Salted Caramel Pretzel Bars
Full Time:
10 minutes
Yield:
16 bars 1x
Instructions
- Line an 8×8 (20×20 cm) baking pan with a sheet of aluminum foil or parchment paper, leaving only a few inches of overhang on the perimeters to allow for straightforward eradicating. Put apart.
- Add pretzels and oats to the bowl of a meals processor and course of until the pretzels have broken down into small gadgets and the oats resemble a flour. Add dates, nut/seed butter, and liquid sweetener, and proceed processing until a dough begins to type and stick collectively. If it seems too crumbly or dry, add non-dairy milk, one tablespoon at a time until the dough sticks collectively when you pinch it between your fingers.
- Swap dough to your prepared baking pan and use a spatula or your arms to unfold it evenly all by the pan, guaranteeing to press down firmly. Put apart.
- Place chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl and heat on extreme in 30 second increments until melted and straightforward, guaranteeing to stir between each. Pour chocolate over bars and use a spatula to unfold it out evenly. Excessive with crushed pretzels, if desired, and alter pan to fridge for not lower than an hour to allow the bars to set.
- When bars have set, take away from fridge and allow to thaw for a few minutes sooner than using a sharp knife to cut into bars. Retailer in an airtight container, each all by the fridge or at room temperature, counting on how warmth it is and the best manner the bars behave.
Notes
* Use gluten-free pretzels once you need these to be gluten-free. ** I wish to counsel using a no-stir nut/seed butter or the texture is additional liable to be solely a bit off. Be glad to benefit from whichever type is your favourite. I used every a soy nut and almond butter and every labored unimaginable. *** Might be subbed with honey if not strictly vegan.
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