Chocolate Mint Bars

Chocolate Mint Bars

Christine Waltermyer (fron Dr. Fuhrman’s web site)

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked white beans or canned no-salt-added or low sodium white beans

10 medjool dates, pitted

2 Tablespoons raw almond butter

1 teaspoon alcohol-free vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

2 Tablespoons shredded, unsweetened coconut

½ cup natural cocoa powder

1 teaspoon ground chia seeds

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the white beans, dates, almond butter and vanilla in a food processor or high-powered blender. Blend until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and blend again. Add 1 – 2 tablespoons water or non-dairy milk if needed to aid in mixing. Pour into parchment paper filled 8 X 8 baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into small squares.

Store in a covered container in the refrigerator up to one week.

Makes 16 squares