Growing up, my mom would make these really yummy treats- cookie on the bottom, chocolate on the top, which she'd call toffee bars. I never really understood why those were called toffee bars- isn't toffee like caramel? But either way, they were a great treat that I looked forward to having.
The other day I was heading out to a special party in honor of the birth of my sister Violet's baby, and I know that because I am currently on such a strict diet, I couldn't expect there to be anything there that I could eat, let alone a treat, so I decided to pack along Paleo Reset legal foods, including a small treat- mainly cashews, with a little bit of dates to hold it together, and carob powder for flavor. It was so good that I decided to make it again for my family, this time measuring out exact amounts.
My family absolutely loved it, despite it having only 9 dates for the entire batch, so not exactly very sweet.
I made this with carob powder since cocoa powder isn't allowed on my current diet, but feel free to use cocoa powder in place of the carob powder. I would have made them with my own homemade carob powder from foraged carobs, but I'm currently out and the carobs aren't all the way ripe yet.
I had a hard time figuring out what to name this, but then I realized that it is most similar to my mom's toffee bars- only healthy, paleo, and vegan. So there it is.