Easy Chocolate No-Bake Caramel Slices (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)

Easy Chocolate No-Bake Caramel Slices (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)

No-bake chocolate slices are typically healthy but sometimes complicated to create, what with each layer having to be frozen.

Not so with this recipe. Everything can be completed in less than 30 minutes. Ready?

And in case you need convincing, the bottom layer has the consistency of a soft chocolate cookie, and the middle layer is pure cream, the next layer up is sweet date caramel, and the top is a melted chocolate bar.

The bottom layer can be made vanilla by leaving off the cacao.

This recipe is the single most requested recipe in my house. And even relatives from afar clamor for me to make and mail them.

The only make-ahead-prep requirement is to buy and soak dates and cashews and buckwheat groats the night before. And if buckwheat groats are hard to find or you don’t want to wait for Amazon, feel free to substitute rolled oats or even crushed walnuts or almonds. I’m easy, haha.

These three ingredients add a lot of nutrition. Dates contribute iron and fiber, cashews of course are high in protein and health fats, and buckwheat groats are a pseudocereal, high in both protein and fiber as well as manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, niacin, zinc, folate, and vitamin B6. The other ingredients are all wholesome too, with their own contributions, coconuts, dark chocolate and more.

Once you have those three ingredients soaked overnight, the next morning, rinse and pull the layers together. The slices are ready as soon as the chocolate top sets, in about 15 minutes. The whole recipe takes me about 20 minutes to prep, blitz, layer and set. We keep them in an airtight container in the freezer. To eat, remove one and thaw 10 minutes before serve.

We have had them a month in the freezer and they were still perfect. I hope you try my slice recipe this weekend!

If you like these kind of desserts, you will love my Fudge Brownie Walnut Buckwheat Bites recipe, a bit easier, shorter ingredient list, and so easy to make!

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Easy Chocolate No-Bake Caramel Slices (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)

Easiest slices to make that have huge nutritional powder and last a long time in the freezer.

Servings 16

Ingredients

Soft Cookie Base

• 3/4 cup almond flour
• 3/4 cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 3/4 cup buckwheat grouts soaked overnight
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 6 tbsp water
• 3 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 tbsp cacao powder leave this off for a blond base

Creamy White Layer

• 1 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1 cup raw cashews soaked overnight
• 4 tbsp coconut oil
• 2 tbsp maple syrup

Fudge Layer

• 17 dates soaked overnight
• 1/2 cup cashews soaked overnight
• 3 tbsp coconut oil
• 3 tbsp water
• pinch of pink salt
• 1 tbsp cacao powder

Raw Chocolate Top

• 1 3.17oz dark chocolate bar
• 2 tsp coconut oil

Useful Equipment

• 1 8 inch by 8 inch pan

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prep

1. Soak cashews, dates and buckwheat overnight submerged in water in separate containers and in the refrigerator. Drain and rinse the next day for use in this recipe.

   Line the pan with parchment paper.
   

Make the Base

1. Put all base ingredients into a food processor.

   Process until thoroughly mixed, and press the resulting sticky dough into a pan lined with parchment. I smooth the surface by putting another sheet of parchment on top and pressing with a spatula.

   Pop this pan into the freezer while you make the soft layer.

Make the Other Two Layers

1. Process those ingredients, and press this mixture onto the first base layer, and put back in freezer while you melt the chocolate bar in the microwave at 60 seconds.
   

   Once melted, pour onto the second layer and refrigerate the slices with a cover of foil or parchment. Once chocolate is solid - doesn't take long, uncover and slice. Enjoy!