Paleo Chocolate Salted Cookie Bars

Name: Paleo Chocolate Salted Cookie Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1 cup almond flour; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 1/4 cup Hershey's dark chocolate cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup coconut oil (melted); 1/4 cup almond butter; 1/2 cup coconut sugar; 1/4 cup maple syrup; 2 large egg (at room temperature); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup paleo chocolate chips; sprinkle of sea salt

November 23, 2016 By Molly

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PALEO chocolate cookie bars, with sea salt. Thick and chew and everything. Are you even ready for this?

Here I am one day before Thanksgiving and instead of sharing all of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes (though you should definitely make this Apple Cider Sangria and these Paleo Pumpkin Bars) I thought it only appropriate to share a post-Thanksgiving recipe that’s guilt free.

I don’t know about you but the dessert I have the more dessert I crave. And after all the pies happening tomorrow I’m going to be craving a sweet treat, but my body surely won’t need sweets, hence the paleo salted chocolate cookie bar. And because they’re so darn good.

And honestly I think I should started last week because by the time tomorrow rolls around it will be my FIFTH Thanksgiving. This year. Does that mean I have a problem? Quite possibly. But here I am with four Thanksgivings dinners under my belt and somehow I feel no shame.

They started at a Friendsgiving last weekend, then we had another one at work and then another one at our church on Sunday. Then I hosted another Friendsgiving last night. And somehow we got to 4 real quick.

But tomorrow is the big one. My mom is hosting 20 family members and close friends and we’re going to watch the parade and relax all day and it’s going to be really great. I made my paleo pumpkin bars, apple crisp and I am making cranberry apple sangria. I also made a paleo chocolate caramel tart (coming to the blog soon!).

All I have to say is thank the lord above that chocolate is paleo. I’m not sure what I would even do if it weren’t. Because that tart is phenom.

Just like these cookie bars! There’s so much luscious, dark, chocolate happening and they’re so chewy and moist and I think the giant flakes of sea salt on the top are just right. Seriously, the texture of these cookie bars is ?. That’s my emoji for on point.

I made this recipe the first time and thought I would make them extra chewy by only using egg yolks like I’ve done for non-paleo desserts and well, it didn’t work. I cut them and picked up a piece and they crumbled in my hand and by the time I got it up to my mouth I had one measly crumb to munch on. ‘

So, round two happened. I added the full egg back in and that did the trick. Chewy, chocolatey bars of heaven. I would keep going but I can’t think of any more adjectives to describe how wonderful these paleo cookie bars are.

I’m thinking you should test it out for yourself! And if you love them as much as I do please share your adjectives below?.

And one last Thanksgiving note: I am so so grateful for you. Every single person who stops by here for one recipe or if you come back to check in and follow along. You make blogging and sharing my recipes so worth while. Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving!