{"id":1866,"date":"2017-11-05T19:52:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T00:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2017-11-11T20:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T01:09:49","slug":"coconut-almond-chocolate-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=1866","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Almond Chocolate Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made a homemade dessert inspired by Almond Joy bars. It&#8217;s got three layers &#8211; coconut, sliced almonds, and either chocolate or carob.<\/p>\n<p>For the coconut layer, combine the following in a food processor and pulse until you&#8217;ve got a somewhat creamy well blended mix.<\/p>\n<p>3 cups unsweetened coconut flakes<br \/>\n1\/4 cup coconut oil<br \/>\n1\/2 cup coconut cream<br \/>\n1\/4 cup maple syrup<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/?attachment_id=1868\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1868\" src=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103041-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103041-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Line a pie pan with clingfilm and press coconut mixture into pan. Top with sliced almonds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/?attachment_id=1869\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1869\" src=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103455-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103455-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103455-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then made both carob and chocolate sauce to spread on top. Melt 1\/4 cup of coconut oil. Add 2 tablespoons of maple syrup. Then stir in either cocoa powder or carob powder until the mixture has the consistency of melted chocolate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/?attachment_id=1870\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1870\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1870\" src=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103027-933x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103027.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103027-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_103027-768x843.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spread chocolate or carob (I made it with half chocolate and half carob). Refrigerate for an hour so the chocolate sets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/?attachment_id=1867\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1867\" src=\"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_104007-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_104007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_104007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171105_104007-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a homemade dessert inspired by Almond Joy bars. It&#8217;s got three layers &#8211; coconut, sliced almonds, and either chocolate or carob. For the coconut layer, combine the following in a food processor and pulse until you&#8217;ve got a somewhat creamy well blended mix. 3 cups unsweetened coconut flakes 1\/4 cup coconut oil 1\/2 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[432,21,431],"class_list":["post-1866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-candy","tag-cooking-2","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1871,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}