These Best Ever Bars are an amazing paleo dessert. With just 6 healthy ingredients you can throw them together in a few minutes. To make them you’ll need almonds, coconut oil, raspberry jam, dark chocolate, coconut flakes, and salt.
The sweetener in Best Ever Bars is raspberry jam. It lends a subtle, yet deliciously fruity sweetness to this healthy dessert. It makes these no-bake bars taste like Raspberry Magic Bars, though with a lot less sugar, and far fewer ingredients!
Lately, I’ve been getting loads of comment here on the blog, as well as on Instagram, telling me how much you all appreciate the simplicity of my recipes. I’m so glad to hear that! As I outlined in my post, “A Piece of Me,” life can be complex, which is one more reason to make my recipes easy!
Best Ever Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1½ cups almonds
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ cup raspberry jam
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
Topping
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse almonds until the texture of gravel
- Pulse in salt, jam, and coconut oil until dough forms
- Press dough into an 8 x 8 inch baking dish
- Melt chocolate over very low heat in a saucepan
- Pour chocolate over crust
- Sprinkle coconut flakes over chocolate
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes, then cut into 16 squares
- Refrigerate for an additional 1½ hours
- Serve
This is another healthy no-bake summer dessert recipe that doesn’t require an oven. These Best Ever Bars set up in the refrigerator, so your house won’t be sweltering when you make them.
I know that some of you suffer from nut allergies, and won’t be able to eat this healthy paleo dessert. So, here are some of my nut-free paleo dessert recipes for you!
Alejandra von Winterfeldt says
Hello Elana! Thank you for this recipe. I normally get chocolate in squares or or block like we call it here in Sweden, so I just wanted to know how much it approximately can be in grams? Thank you kindly in advance!
Best Regards
Alex
Elana says
Hi Alexandra, when I measure out a cup of chocolate it weights around 4 ounces. I hope this helps!
Renee A Davis says
Hi Elana, I love your recipes, thank you so much.
How much Almond Flour would the recipe call for if you already have it. I have some & would love to make this recipe.
I hope this makes sense, thank you…;o}
Elana says
Hi Renee, I haven’t tried making this recipe with almond flour so not sure. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes. Also, here’s a link to my Almond Flour Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/almond-flour-recipes/
Enjoy!
Elana
Renee A Davis says
Thanks Elana, I feel pretty silly…I didn’t pay enough attention to how the almonds were processed in the Food Processor…Thanks for your help…;o}
Elana says
Renee, no problem, it’s so nice to see you here :-)
Linda says
A great recipe for sure! I also used some subs that worked. I puréed frozen raspberries with 2T white chia seeds and let it ” jam “. I also subbed macadamia nuts for the almonds and I used toasted coconut flakes and finally used well naturally brand sugar free chocolate ( I’m in Australia ). Thankyou for keeping on making such good recipes Elana. Best to you!
Elana says
You’re welcome Linda!
Maggie Savage says
You inspired me Elana, as usual! I used organic raspberries and ground chia seeds instead of jam. I made my own chocolate topping so I could use maple syrup to sweeten. Turned out delicious. Not very sweet, but the perfect chocolate fix. Thank you. I’m so glad you’re feeling so well!
Maggie
Elana says
Hi Maggie! It’s so nice to hear from you! Glad you enjoyed the bars :-)
Cheryl Adams says
I will definitely have to try these!! Elana, I just read your post on Piece Of Me linked through this post and am so sorry for your struggles! My son-in-law has Crohns Disease and was treated for symptoms several years ago with Remicade. He is now showing symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and is really struggling! At 38, this is so difficult for him and his family! Remicade has been shown to possibly cause this in patients who reacted poorly to the drug which he did. Any information or suggestions from you or your readers would be helpful! Thank you for your efforts and prayers for strength and healing!!
Elana says
Cheryl, I am so sorry to hear this. My number one suggestion for people suffering from neurological conditions is sleep. Here’s a post that might be of help to you and your son:
https://elanaspantry.com/natural-sleep-remedies/
Take good care!
Elana
Nancy says
Made these today, with a slight change. Since I only had non-dairy semi-sweet chips on hand I used 1/2 cup plus 1 tsp. coconut oil to make the topping (to keep the carb count down.) They were wonderful! Thanks so much for yet another great recipe. So glad that you are back, and feeling well enough to share!
Elana says
Nancy, thanks for your well wishes and glad to hear this was yet another great recipe :-)
Jodi says
Thank you for sharing your life and this great recipe! It’s so yummy!
Elana says
Thanks Jodi! So glad you liked it :-)
Judee@gluten freeA-Z Blog says
Thanks for another healthy easy recipe. These would make a terrific project and snack to make with the grandkids, and they would love them. Glad you are regaining your strength! Yasher Koach!
Elana says
Thanks Judee!
Katrina says
I can’t wait to make these. So happy to hear you’re feeling better right now.
Elana says
Thanks Katrina!
Maggie says
Just made these, they are the Best Ever! Trying to practice self control and not eat up the whole pan tonight.
Glad you’re feeling well.
Elana says
Maggie, glad to hear these are Best Ever and thanks for your kind words!