TWIX bars besides Maltesers has always been my favourite candy bars but since I had lactose intolerance I never enjoyed one of those treats for probably 7 years. Today I saw the bars at the supermarket and I was just starring at them asking myself what they actually contain. Well, I read the nutrition panel and I quickly realised that it was a big NO!
At home I was keen on creating a healthified SNICKER’S Candybar! But not only healthified but also Vegan,Gluten-Free and Refined Sugar-Free!
Being back in the kitchen listening to Micheal Jacksons “Thriller” creating those bars was just so priceless and made an unforgettable saturday! Do you have any favorite baking songs?
As you might have noticed, I started to add substitute for ingredients which are easy to substitute. Feel free to experiment further or just ask down in the comments if you are unsure when to make the switch and when o better stick to a certain given ingredient.
The result of this new sugar-free twix bars recipe is simply amazing. The middle is soft and sweet and still crunchy because of the peanuts just as the real bars. The chocolate coating can be made raw or with vegan chocolate bars. Both recipes are written down below.
For the middle layer, you want to use the recipe from this caramel filling, leaving out the gingerbread spice and cinnamon. Or you leave it in and make Christmas Twix chocolate bars 🙂 Scroll until the end for an extra caramel tip.
- ½ cup raw cashew butter (substitutes: Peanut butter, almond butter)
- 2 tbsp rolled oats
- 1 tbsp coconut nectar (substitute: agave syrup)
- 2 tbsp almond flour (Coconut or rice flour works as well)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- a pinch of fine salt
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- a handful of raw unsalted peanuts
- ¾ cup vegan dark chocolate chips
- 1 tsp coconut oil
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- 7 tbsp Coconut Oil
- 4 tbsp Raw Cacao Powder
- 3 tbsp agave syrup
- In a food processor blend the oats, the almond butter, agave syrup, rice flour, vanilla and salt until a thick batter is formed. Transfer the batter to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and with your hands form a rectangular shape about ¼-inch thick.
- Place the pan in the freezer to set while you prepare the caramel filling.
- Spread the caramel filling over the bottom and freeze again until firm
- With a sharp knife, cut the rectangular into longish strips
- Now either melt the dark chocolate chips with the coconut oil and top the strips or make the raw version and melt coconut oil, raw cacao powder and agave syrup together
- Top the bars with chopped peanuts
Pro TIP: Don’t get mad the caramel is STICKY! That is how it’s supposed to be 😉 HAVE FUN!
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Awesome idea! Thanks for the input!
Hi lara!
Thank you for a delicious recipe! You mentioned changing the chocolate ingredients to prevent it from melting quickly. Perhaps we could use cacao butter instead of coconut oil? As cacao butter hardens at room temperature and coconut oil is still creamy in texture. Let me know what you think and thanks again!
Xxx
Thanks for the feedback Inge! You are totally right that is why I am working on a new caramel. Let me know your adapted recipe when you try it again 🙂
Oh wow, those taste amazing!
I have to serve them straight from the freezer, cuz they melt pretty fast… but still they are goddamn tasty. Next time a will change a few things so they don’t melt so fast, but I am gonna make those more often. thanx for the recipe!
Thanks! 🙂
Oh I am so sorry! 🙂 it depends on how big you make them I made 6 🙂
Hmm, I think i meant, how many came out of this batch? Like did it make 4 or 16 candies.
Hei “M”,
Well I don’t really know, I ate 2 per day but it’s all up to you. Sorry I am not really familiar with serving sizes.
What is the serving size? Trying to calculate nutritional value on myfitnesspal
Hi flakes I am sorry to hear that sounds like you might have heated it too long I had several people the last days trying it and it turned out fine. Hope you have better luck next time let me know ????
the caramel turned out like a stone, meant to break my teeth into thousands pieces
Oh wie genial! Vegane Twix sind total nach meinem Geschmack 🙂
I used to live on twix bars when I was younger! This healthier version looks even better than the real thing!
It is said in the blogpost amd linked 😉
There is the link in the post when you read the blog post until the end 🙂
Where is the receipe for the caramel??
What are the ingredients for the caramel? I only see ingredients for the chocolate & cookie part.