Mocha Cashew Bites

Sometimes I just need coffee...or chocolate...or cheesecake and sometimes I need all three at once! Can anyone relate? Well, these Mocha Cashew Bites can satisfy those cravings all at once, but in a healthier way.

These heavenly small but mighty bites will satisfy your craving for coffee, chocolate, and cheesecake, but you won't feel awful after eating them. Sounds good, huh?

You won't find any processed junk in these babies...they are made up of cashews, coconut cream, almonds, dates, honey, coconut oil, vanilla extract, cocoa and coffee.

They won't upset your tummy from the highly processed ingredients and sugars found in most standard treats. Also, you will be giving your body a healthy dose of protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. You can enjoy them and feel guilt-free.

Let's talk about those layers. The base layer is a chocolate-almond crust, which is held together by naturally sweet dates. It has the perfect chocolate flavor with a slight almond-y crunch.

Next up, is the vanilla layer. It's soft, creamy, sweet and velvety. It tastes so much better than dairy-based treats. The creaminess comes from cashews and coconut cream. They work magic together!

The topping is a decadent mocha layer. It's rich, chocolate-y with a hint of coffee. All in all, a perfect healthy treat made with wholesome and natural ingredients.

And they are perfect just the way they are, but if you would like to dress them up and add another layer of healthiness, you can add whipped coconut cream (homemade recipe below in notes) and dust them with cocoa powder.

I  would really like to stash a supply of these in the freezer for when I need them. But the issue is they don’t even make it to the freezer. Highly addictive, convenient beyond belief, and so tasty.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine Healthy Clean Eating

Keyword clean eating dessert or snack, healthy no bake tarts, mocha cashew bites, mocha cheesecake bites, no hake cheesecake bites, raw no bake cheesecake bites

Servings 12

Ingredients

Chocolate Almond Crust

• 1 cup almonds or walnuts
• 1 cup dates, soaked 30 minutes and drained
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Cashew Cream Filling

• 2 cups cashews, soaked 3+ hours and drained
• 1 13.5 oz can coconut cream, full fat (solid part only) *see note below
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mocha Layer

• 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Topping

• Whipped coconut cream – recipe below in notes
• Dusting cocoa powder

Instructions

Chocolate Almond Crust

• Note: Place the can of coconut cream or milk in the fridge or freezer for at least 1-2 hours before making these bars to allow coconut cream to separate.

  Have a muffin tin with 12 liners ready or use a 12 silicon muffin mold.

  Place almonds and coconut into a food processer and process until broken down and crumbly. Add dates and cocoa powder continue to process until mixture is sticky and well combined.

  Be careful not to over process as its nice to have texture variance and different sized “bits” in your mini bites bases.

  Scoop around 1 tablespoon lots of the base mixture into the bottom of each of your 12 muffin liners evenly (just divide up the mixture between them).

  Refrigerate while you prepare the filling.

Cashew Cream Filling

• Open chilled can and scoop out the cream that has separated and set hard on the top. Save the remaining coconut water to use in a smoothie, drink, or discard.

  Place all filling ingredients, cashews, coconut cream, coconut oil, honey and vanilla into the food processor and process until smooth and creamy.

  Depending on the power of your blender this might take a few minutes. Stop blending to scrape the sides and continue to blend until very smooth. Taste test add more honey if you think it needs it.

  Place 2-ish tablespoons lots of the mixture on top of crust.

  Pop back in freezer for about 20 minutes, to firm up the layer a bit.

Mocha Layer

• Place the cocoa powder and coffee into the remaining filling. Blend until well combined. Pour about 2-ish tablespoons of filling on top of the vanilla layer (just divide up what is left).

  Freeze for 4-6 hours. Thaw 3-5 minutes before enjoying. Store in airtight container in the freezer.

  Top with homemade whipped coconut cream, recipe below in notes.

Notes

Add even more nutrition and healthy qualities to many other dishes with nutrient-dense, fluffy, delicious, whipped coconut cream. Packed with healthy fats, tons of other good stuff and amazing flavour to help support a healthy, fit body.

Go here for the simple recipe:  Whipped Coconut Cream

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