German Chocolate Bars

From a care package courtesy of my soon-to-be mother-in-law

Think she likes me for some reason. :D

That looks reaaaaallllyyyy good!

I'm drooling!

Dang it, I've got all the ingredients except the nibs! Maybe I'll just substitute chocolate chips to chop up?

Diane,
That would work perfectly – no worries! :-)

This is a fun recipe. And quite tasty too! Made the first batch as above, except I couldn't find sweetened nibs, so I used regular raw ones and added a bit of honey to the recipe.

For the next batch, I really had fun. I used 1 cup of the dates and 1/2 cup dried turkish apricots. I added 1/4 cup freeze-dried organic blueberries. And then I made the coconut butter filling from the raw oreo recipe, pressed this recipe into an 11×7 pan, spread the raw oreo filling on half, folded the other half over and pressed together. These things are fricking tasty!

OMG. You inspire me ;-)

Those sound really good, Doug! I'd rather have the dried apricots than the dates–I'm sure they add a lot to the flavor! The dried apricot and chocolate combo is great, IMHO!

I don't like chocolate with dates but those bars look really good and would probably work great without chocolate.

Sarah, where can I get the "Medjool dates" locally- Issaquah?

I need to try some- I normally would turn my nose up at eating dates so I need to experiment (try) a couple. Can I get them in bulk? For me that means 1 or 2. If they can make it past my tongue I'll buy more.
Thanks,
Tad

Tad, head over to PCC :-)
Costco has them in 2 lb boxes……

Just be sure to pit them!!