Chocolate Hazelnut Bars (no bake)

5 from 1 vote

These chocolate hazelnut bars are no bake, creamy, and taste like Ferrero Rocher copycat chocolates. These healthy nutella bars are soft, topped with a creamy chocolate ganache and hazelnuts, and made with just 5 wholesome ingredients in 15 minutes.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 423kcal

Author: Dee Dine

Equipment

Loaf Pan

Ingredients

Hazelnut bars

⅓ cup cocoa powder
1 cup dates soaked, pitted
1 ¼ cup almond flour
½ cup milk
¼ cup peanut butter
1 cup hazelnuts, crushed

Chocolate topping

1 cup chocolate chips
⅓ cup milk

Instructions

Prep

Spread the whole hazelnuts on a pan and roast for 10 minutes at 400 F.
Wrap the hot hazelnuts in a clean cloth for 15 minutes. Then rub the nuts together to remove skins. Crumble the nuts by running them through a food processor or blender.
Soak dates in just-boiled water for 10 minutes, pit.

Make the bars

To a bowl add the ingredients for the bars, all except the hazelnuts.
⅓ cup cocoa powder, 1 cup dates, 1 ¼ cup almond flour, ½ cup milk, ¼ cup peanut butter
Fold in the crushed hazelnuts.
1 cup hazelnuts, crushed
Spoon the mixture into a parchment-lined loaf pan. Use the back of a spoon to smooth it out.
Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave for one minutes, stir in warm milk, and dollop the topping on the bars.
1 cup chocolate chips, ⅓ cup milk
Sprinkle crushed hazelnuts on top of chocolate topping. Freeze the bars for about 20 minutes, slice then refrigerate and enjoy.

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Notes

Whole hazelnuts with skins are the most commonly found, however if you can buy skinless or chopped, you can cut some corners on this recipe. If you buy them skinless, you can skip the roasting to remove the skins. Just crush the skinless nuts with a food processor, blender, coffee grinder or mortar and pestle.

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