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    Homemade Mars Bars

    Jul 1, 2019 · Updated: Oct 24, 2024 by Dee Dine · Affliate links disclosure.

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    Homemade Mars Bar are easy to make copycat chocolate bars with a 3 ingredient soft creamy center and a snappy chocolate coating. These healthy vegan chocolate Mars bars are ready in 30 minutes.

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    Homemade Mars Bars are a crispy chocolate shell with a fluffy fudge center, a healthy copycat of the childhood favorite commercial Mars bar and a Three Musketeers bar. And I put them on a lollipop stick, but it's easy to keep them as a bar.

    Like my homemade filled chocolates, my thin mints, my coffee chocolates and my chocolate caramel candy bar, these bars are easy to make and use healthier ingredients such as dates, a delicious refined sugar free sweetener.

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    Ingredients

    ingredients for mars bars, open bowl of dates and almond flour

    1. Almond Flour. So high in protein and other nutrients.

    2. Medjool dates. Full of fiber and iron.

    3. Cocoa powder. Unsweetened chocolate powder or cacao powder, both unprocessed and zippy high in mood-boosting magnesium.

    See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.

    Steps to Make

    For more detail, visit the complete recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.

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    Step 1. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper, allowing each end to fall over the sides. And soak dates in just-boiled water for 2 minutes to soften and pit.

    Step 2. Make date paste. I have a whole post on date paste, but in short you will blend up 10-12 pitted dates with ⅔ cup of water until you have a paste.

    Step 3. Add that paste to a blender along with almond flour, cocoa powder, and water and process into a smooth mixture.

    Step 4. Press the mixture into a mold or a parchment-lined loaf pan.

    mars bars on a tray with lollipop sticks.

    Step 5. Freeze for 30 minutes, then if you used a loaf pan, cut bars. Lay the bars on a parchment-paper lined cookie sheet, insert lollipop sticks, and freeze for a longer freeze. They won't get rock hard because the dates inhibit freezing.

    Step 6. Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave for 60 seconds, and dip each stick. Lay the stick on the parchment, and allow to solidify either at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

    overview of mars bars with golden stars

    Storage

    Store the sticks in a container in the refrigerator for 5 days, or freezer for 3 months.

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    Homemade Mars Bars

    Created by Dee Dine
    Homemade Mars Bar are easy to make with a 3 ingredient creamy center and a snappy chocolate coating. Ready in 30 minutes.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 2 hours hrs
    Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 177 kcal

    Equipment

    • bar mold

    Ingredients
      

    Homemade Mars Bar

    • 1 ⅓ cup date paste 12 dates + ⅔ cup water
    • 1 cup almond flour
    • ¼ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
    • ¾ cup water

    Chocolate Coating

    • 1 cup chocolate chips
    • 2 tablespoon coconut oil
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    Instructions
     

    Prep

    • Make date paste. Soften 12 dates by dropping them for 2 minutes in a just-boiled cup of water. Pit them and blend them with ⅔ cup of water.

    Make Mars Bar

    • Blend up the almond flour, cocoa powder and date paste until smooth.
      1 ⅓ cup date paste, 1 cup almond flour, ¼ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened, ¾ cup water
    • Spoon the mixture into molds.
    • Freeze for two hours, then remove from molds and insert sticks.
    • Lay the bars on a parchment-paper lined cookie sheet and return to the freezer for a longer freeze. At least four hours or overnight.

    Coat chocolate

    • Melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a shallow bowl in the microwave for 60 seconds.
      1 cup chocolate chips, 2 tablespoon coconut oil
    • Stir until all chips are melted, and then lower each bar into the chocolate, using a spoon to make sure all sides are covered.
    • Return the bars to the parchment paper, and sprinkle with your choice - salt flakes, festive stars or how about a little gold dust.

    Notes

    Store the sticks in a container in the refrigerator for 5 days, or freezer for 3 months.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 177kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 4gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 4mgPotassium: 226mgFiber: 5gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 2IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 40mgIron: 3mg
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    Comments

    1. Ela says

      July 02, 2019 at 10:37 am

      Pinned to my board "Best vegan desserts"

      Reply
      • Dee Dine says

        July 02, 2019 at 5:26 pm

        best news !!

        Reply
    2. Ela says

      July 02, 2019 at 10:36 am

      5 stars
      Such a lovely recipe! Awesome that it requires only a few ingredients, that's so convenient! And oh, the cinema memories, good times right... But glad we can now eat healthy candy thanks to your great recipe!

      Reply
      • Dee Dine says

        July 02, 2019 at 5:25 pm

        Glad you like the recipe!

        Reply
    5 from 3 votes (2 ratings without comment)

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