Description
This Healthy Kit Kat Recipe is a delicious gluten free and vegan treat, featuring crunchy almond flour cookies layered with a creamy fudge filling and coated in rich dark chocolate. Perfect as a guilt-free snack or dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies
- 1 ¼ cup blanched almond flour (or tigernut flour) (115g)
- 3 Tbsp coconut sugar
- 1 Tbsp ground flax
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Fudge Filling
- 2 Tbsp dark chocolate
- 3 Tbsp peanut butter (or Sunbutter)
Chocolate Coating
- 1 cup dark chocolate (5oz)
- ½ Tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F to prepare for baking the cookies.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: Combine the almond flour, coconut sugar, ground flax, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Add Wet Ingredients: Stir in the melted coconut oil, water, and vanilla extract, first mixing with a spatula, then kneading with your hands until the dough forms.
- Roll Dough: Place the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll it out to about ⅛ inch thickness.
- Cut Cookies: Cut the dough into rectangles approximately 3.5 inches by 0.75 inches using a knife or pizza cutter. Set aside excess dough to re-roll later.
- Bake Cookies: Transfer the parchment with cut dough to a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.
- Cool Cookies: Remove from oven, separate cookies with a knife or pizza cutter, and cool on the pan for 5-10 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Prepare Fudge Filling: Melt 2 Tbsp dark chocolate and mix with 3 Tbsp peanut butter. Let it cool for about 10 minutes until it reaches a thick, frosting-like consistency.
- Assemble Kit Kats: Layer three cookies with two layers of fudge filling between them. Place assembled bars on a lined baking sheet and freeze to set.
- Melt Chocolate Coating: In a small saucepan over low heat, melt 1 cup dark chocolate with ½ Tbsp coconut oil, stirring frequently.
- Dip and Coat: Remove bars from freezer and dip each one into the melted chocolate. Place back on the lined baking sheet to set.
- Drizzle Chocolate: Use any leftover melted chocolate to drizzle over the coated Kit Kats for decoration. Allow to fully set before serving.
Notes
- Substitute tigernut flour for a nut free version if needed.
- Make your own ground flax by grinding whole flax seeds in a coffee grinder for freshness.
- Keep rolled-out dough between parchment papers to avoid sticking and ensure even thickness.
- The fudge filling should be thick enough to hold layers without oozing.
- Freezing the assembled bars before coating chocolate helps the layers hold together better during dipping.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 40 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
