Paleo Twix
on Oct 31, 2017, Updated Nov 04, 2020
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! I thought it would be appropriate to share a candy recipe today because…. PALEO TWIX!! I shared that I was recipe testing these last week on instagram and you guys FREAKED. Seriously don’t think I have ever had that many likes on a photo. So I knew I had to get it to you soon and there couldn’t be a better time to do so. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hold myself back from enjoying the real deal mini candy bars before passing them out to kiddos, but I love having a healthy option in my repertoire for year round desserting! After eating clean for a couple years now I don’t crave packaged candy much at all but always let myself have some around halloween because it’s sitting in my house and let’s be real – it’s delicious. In the “healthy living” realm there are tons of very knowledgeable people that can tell you why corn syrup, canola oil and soy lecithin are terrible for you, which I totally agree with! That’s why I keep them out of my usual routine and go with foods that fuel me and taste delicious. But to NEVER have a butterfinger again also kinda sounds like it’s own kind of death sentence… am I right?!
Butterfingers and twix might be at the top of my candy list so a healthy butterfinger will have to come soon too! Get ready for all the healthy candy too because I am going to share a whole week of them in December! But for now, I think it’s time for you to try out this paleo twix recipe. The big difference between these and regular twix is the caramel. In my recipe I make a date caramel with a little honey added, but there isn’t going to be the long stringy pull of a regular twix caramel. It has the flavor and the cookie part is on point though! I think this is such a fun recipe to make and keep them in a bag or tupperware in the fridge to impress your friends or even kiddos because you made candy!! It is a 3 part process but each part is so incredibly easy. The cookies come together in a one bowl then you just roll them out, cut and bake. For the date caramel it is just combining stuff in a food processor then squeezing it onto the cookies! A little chocolate dip and you are donezo! You can really make these into whatever shape you like but I went for the classic bars. Okay why are you still reading this?? Get your PALEO TWIX ON!
These are the perfect little bite of goodness!!
We all need a few candy and chocolate recipes, look no further.
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PrintPaleo Twix
Ingredients
Cookie:
- 2 ¼ cups almond flour
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoons coconut oil* (at room temp)
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Caramel:
- 2 cups pitted medjool dates soaked in hot water for 5 minutes & drained
- 1 teaspoon raw honey
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate Coating:
- 10 oz bag dark chocolate chips**
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl combine almond flour, egg, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla and ¼ teaspoon of salt.
- Stir until combined and you can form it into a ball.  Place the ball of dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper and roll into â…›- ¼ inch thick. Â
- Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut out the cookies into little rectangles about 4 inches x ¾ inch and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Â
- Bake for about 14 minutes until lightly browned on the bottom. Â Watch close around 12 minutes as it will depend on how thin you end up making them! Let the cookies cool.
- In a food processor or high powered blender, Combine drained pitted dates, honey, salt and vanilla and blend on high until smooth, about 1-2 minutes.
- Once the cookies are cooled, place all of the date caramel into a pastry bag or  large ziploc bag and cut a bit of the corner off.  Pipe the caramel into strips on the cookies and then place them all in the freezer to harden and cool for about 10 minutes
- Place the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 1 minutes, stir then another 30 seconds until melted through.
- Take each cookie separately and place it caramel side down in the chocolate then turn it over with a fork and pick it up and let the excess chocolate fall from the fork, hitting the side of the bowl a bit to help it along. Place the twix on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and make a few marks on the top with your fork for a fun design. Repeat with all of the cookies.
- Place them in the fridge or freezer to harden the chocolate (about 30 minutes in the freezer and an hour or two in the fridge).
Notes
*If you use unrefined coconut oil they will have a bit of a coconut taste, if you don’t want that, used refined coconut oil!
** I used dark chocolate chips but you can use milk if you like!
how many would you say this makes?
About 20 – 24!
I just love this! THANK YOU! Twix is my favorite. Is it possible to use coconut oil in this recipe?
Yes!