6 dates soaked in a hot cup of coffee (do not discard this liquid)
¼ cup coconut oil
1 egg
½ cup unsalted cashews
4 tablespoons of the coffee liquid that the dates were soaked in
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup good quality chocolate of your choice
Directions:
Oreheat the oven to 350 degrees
Add the oats, soaked dates, coconut oil, egg, cashews, coffee/date liquid, vanilla, and salt into a high powered blender or food processor and blend till well incorporated (the mixture will be wet and somewhat sticky)
Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray, then line it with parchment paper
Spoon coffee cashew mixture into parchment lined loaf pan and bake for 25-30 minutes
Remove coffee cashew bars from oven and let cool completely then trim off the edges.
Then melt chocolate either in a bowl over a steaming pan or in a microwave safe bowl in the microwave at 25-30 second intervals - checking and stirring between each interval
Spoon melted chocolate over cooled coffee cashew bars and let set