Dark Chocolate Cranberry Magic Cookie Bars that are vegan, gluten-free and lightly sweetened!Dark Chocolate Cranberry Magic Cookie Bars that are vegan, gluten-free and lightly sweetened

These Dark Chocolate Cranberry Magic Cookie Bars know holidays are coming. Let me tell you.

These magic cookie bars are here just in time for the holiday season and all the delicious dessert parties. They are vegan and gluten-free and lightly sweetened with coconut sugar and include fresh cranberries!

They give magic cookie bars a little spin from the traditional caramel-like cookie and instead we have made them a bit healthier and easier to make.

These bars have a dreamy crust made with almond flour, coconut flour and a few other simple ingredients and are topped off with a blended cranberry magical creation using Wisconsin Cranberries.

I had no idea that Wisconsin represents more than 60% of the nation’s crop and they are the number 1 cranberry producer in the U.S., like what?! 

Fall is the harvest season for cranberries so we are making these bars just in time! Cranberries reach their peak of color starting in mid-September through October. Only 5% of the cranberry crop in Wisconsin is sold as fresh berries though! The other 95% are made into sauces, juices, dried fruits, etc. My Mom always had dried cranberries in the house for us to add onto salads when I was living at home.

Since we are using cranberries in this recipe, we are also adding some extra antioxidants to these magic cookie bars.  Topped off with crushed pecans, coconut flakes and dark chocolate chips. You can also sprinkle some dried cranberries on top too for an extra flavor boost.

I brought these bars to Thanksgiving dinner and my family loved! Especially my grandparents. It is such a delicious lightly-sweetened dessert to add to the mix.

WHAT YOU NEED

Almond flour

Coconut flour

Coconut sugar

Coconut oil

Fresh cranberries (mine were from Wisconsin Cranberries)

Water

Flaxseed meal (flaxseeds blended into pieces)

Pecans

Dark chocolate chips

Coconut flakes

Dark Chocolate Cranberry Magic Cookie Bars that are vegan, gluten-free and lightly sweetenedDark Chocolate Cranberry Magic Cookie Bars that are vegan, gluten-free and lightly sweetenedDark Chocolate Cranberry Magic Cookie Bars that are vegan, gluten-free and lightly sweetened

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Yield: 9 bars 1x

Ingredients

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  • Base layer:
  • 1 and 1/3 cup almond flour
  • 1 tablespoon coconut flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
  • 1/3 cup liquid coconut oil
  • Top layer:
  • 3 cups fresh cranberries
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal (ground up flaxseeds, chia seeds will work too)
  • 1/4 cup pecans
  • 1/4 dark chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line an 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper
  2. In a large bowl, combine the base ingredients and mix well
  3. Pour into baking dish and bake in oven for 10 minutes
  4. While the base layer bakes, blend together the cranberries, water and flaxseed meal
  5. Add the cranberry mixture onto the crust and spread evenly
  6. Top with dark chocolate chips, pecans and coconut flakes
  7. Bake for another 40 minutes
  8. Remove from oven and cool then place in fridge to set overnight
  9. Enjoy within 5-7 days and store in fridge
  10. *These bars do NOT freeze well so please don’t make ahead, they will collapse
  • Author: rachel mansfield
  • Category: vegan, grain-free, gluten-free, paleo
  • Cuisine: snacks, dessert

xx, Rach

Thank you Wisconsin Cranberries for sponsoring this post. It means so much to me to work with brands I love and believe in to support my own brand!

 

 

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