Pret-style almond + coconut bites
These almond + coconut bites [resonant of Pret's] are often necessary to get me through Monday. If you are feeling similarly to me -
in need of a little pick-me-up and feeling a mixture of joy and sadness that you can't spent lots of money on Pret's snack selection -
I have the perfect recipe for you.
Ingredients:
- 200g almonds
- 2 tbsp runny honey or maple syrup
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil or olive oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 100g unsweetened desiccated coconut
- 200g dark chocolate (70%)
How to:
Line a baking tray with baking parchment
Blitz the almonds in a food processor for 5 minutes
Add the honey or maple, the coconut oil, vanilla and a good pinch of sea salt and blitz for a few minutes
Add the desiccated coconut and blitz again until you have a rough dough-like mixture
Press the dough into the lined baking tray to even it out into a square about 2cm thick and place in the freezer for 5 minutes
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of gentle simmering water (make sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water)
Take the almond/coconut mixture out of the freezer and cut it into 24 bars
Place back into the freezer to chill
Once the chocolate has melted, take it off the heat and allow it to cool and thicken, stirring occasionally
Dip the bars into the melted choc using two forks, then lay them onto another lined baking sheet
Once all the bars are coated, place back in the freezer to set
I tend to store these in the freezer (wrapped in the used parchment).
Enjoy! Let me know if you’re also in need of a little snack-attack-pick-me-up!
