Gluten Free Almond Power Bars

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2 cups                   Raw Almonds

½ cup                    Unsweetened shredded coconut

½ cup                    Almond Butter

½ cup                    Coconut Oil

1 Tbsp                   Agave nectar

½ cup                    Flax meal (I sub this ingredient for chai seed) If you do flax meal make sure you grind it fresh yourself and use it right away.

½ tsp                     Sea salt

4 drops                 Stevia (you can also use the powdered variation or coconut sugar)

1 Tbsp                   Vanilla

1 cup                     Dark chocolate chips (70% or more)

Recipe note: Ground flax meal: I sub this ingredient for chai seed. If you do use flax meal make sure you grind it fresh yourself and use it right away. To grind flax meal I use my coffee grinder.

1. Place almonds, flax, coconut, almond butter, and salt in food processor
2. Pulse briefly, about 10 seconds
3. In a small sauce pan, melt coconut oil over very low heat
4. Remove oil from stove, stir in stevia, agave and vanilla into oil
5. Add coconut oil mixture into food processor and pulse ingredients to form course paste
6. Press mixture into 8×8 glass baking dish
7. Chill in fridge for 1 hour until hard
8. In saucepan melt chocolate over very low heat, stirring constantly
9. Spread melted chocolate over bars; return to fridge for 30 minutes until hard
10. Remove from fridge, cut into bars and serve – Makes 20 bars