Healthier Vegan 100 Grand Bars (gluten-free)

Healthier Vegan 100 Grand Bars made with all gluten-free, nut-free and dairy-free ingredients. A dreamy crunchy dark chocolate filled with homemade caramel sauce in-between.

You guys know how much I love you all, but this recipe is dedicated to my mama. The real queen of 100 Grand Bars.

When we were younger and would trick-or-treat for hours. Literally 4-5 hours every Halloween, my mom would always ask us to get her the 100 Grand Candy Bars. They are one of those candies that kind of fly under the radar a bit, but if you know – you know.

Incase you haven’t had a 100 Grand Bar, they are crunchy chocolate bars filled with caramel in the center. The traditional one is creamy milk chocolate mixed with some crisps kind of like a Crunch bar type vibe. But when you take a bit, the inside oozes with caramel and it is a damn dream.

I made these healthier ones for us to enjoy really all year around. But especially for Halloween!

These vegan 100 Grand Bars are super simple and easy to make. And they just so happen to be nut-free, vegan and gluten-free. Making them very allergy-friendly as well for all my candy lovers. And they are school-friendly if you can’t bring nuts into you child’s school. Which I know has become super common with allergies.

What ingredients you need to make gluten-free 100 Grand Bars:

• Dark chocolate chips
• Organic brown rice crisps cereal – this acts as the “crunchy” in the chocolate!
• Coconut sugar – you will need this as the main sugar for the caramel
• Full-fat coconut milk – needed for the caramel as well!
• Vanilla extract and sea salt

How to whip up healthier vegan 100 Grand Bars

1. Begin by making the caramel sauce by combining the water and coconut sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a light boil, stirring mixture constantly over medium heat
2. Add in the coconut milk, vanilla extract, sea salt and cook for about 15 minutes over medium heat, stirring every minute or so so it doesn’t burn
3. Remove from heat and add the caramel to the fridge to thicken a bit
4. Melt half the chocolate chips in a microwave save bowl and fold 1/2 the cereal
5. Pour into a lined bread dish and spread evenly across then add to freezer to set for 5-10 minutes
6. Remove chocolate base from freezer and pour caramel on top of chocolate then melt remaining chocolate again and fold in cereal and pour on top of caramel and evenly spread across with spatula
7. Add back into freezer to set for at least 30 minutes then slice into pieces and enjoy

A few of my other homemade healthier candy recipes:

Paleo Peppermint Patties

5-ingredient Copycat Peanut Butter M&Ms (gluten-free)

Grain-free Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookie Bars

Healthy Homemade Kit Kat Bars

For all of my favorite healthy candy recipes head on over to this blog post!