Healthier Samoa Bars
on Feb 20, 2020, Updated Aug 14, 2025
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What Makes This Recipe Great
THESE BARS!!! I love Girl Scout cookies. And i really love Samoas. So I wanted to make an easy bar version that used cleaner ingredients you can feel good about! The bottom shortbread layer is simple and almond flour based and the caramel is beyond easy to make because I perfected it for the microwave.
Making caramel is a scary thing on a stove top if you aren’t familiar with it and don’t want to have to pay too much attention (hello toddler at my ankles). So this caramel is a combo of coconut sugar, honey, sweetened condensed coconut milk, ghee, vanilla and just a pinch of salt. The sweetened condensed coconut milk is a must, I got mine at sprouts but it is also at whole foods, walmart and online! I love that cleaner things like this are popping up so we can make delicious treats that aren’t way too overly processed. Once you make the easy shortbread and caramel, you just layer them and drizzle on chocolate and then once they are cooled, slice and dip in some more chocolate!
Recipe List
- Almond flour
- Egg
- Coconut oil
- Maple syrup
- Vanilla
- Salt
- Unsweetened shredded coconut
- Ghee
- Honey
- Coconut sugar
- Coconut sweetened condensed milk
- Chocolate chips
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Healthier Samoa Bars
Ingredients
Crust:
- 3 cups almond flour
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup coconut oil, at room temp
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
Caramel:
- 2 ½ cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ cup ghee, melted
- ½ cup honey
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- ½ cup coconut sweetened condensed milk
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate:
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper (helps to spray the pan with oil so the paper sticks!). In a large bowl combine almond flour, egg, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla and ½ tsp salt. Once evenly combined, pour into the prepared pan and press it down evenly. It will be a thin layer! Use moist hands so it doesn’t stick to them when pressing down.
- Bake the crust for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned on the edges and on top.
- While the crust bakes, pour the shredded coconut on a baking sheet and add it to the oven as well. Bake for about 7-8 minutes, stirring the coconut halfway through, until it is lightly browned all over. Watch it closely because it can burn quickly!
- In a medium sized microwavable bowl, combine ghee, honey, coconut sugar and coconut sweetened condensed milk and mix to combine. Microwave for 4 minutes on high. Remove and stir in vanilla extract then add in toasted coconut and stir to combine. Feel free here to add another pinch of salt if you like salty caramel!
- Once the crust is done, let it cool for a few minutes, then pour the caramel on top and spread it evenly.
- In a small bowl melt chocolate chips in the microwave for 30 second increments until smooth.
- Drizzle ½ of the chocolate on top of the bars and let them cool completely in the refrigerator.
- Once cool, slice into squares and dip the bottoms into the remaining chocolate (you may have to re-melt if it has hardened).
These are amazing! this is my first making a recipe without regular flour, dairy, etc. so I was a little nervous about the taste, but OMG. My parents who also don’t have any specific dietary restrictions loved them as well 🙂
Great to hear!!
Have you tried making these without egg? Maybe a flax egg?
I haven’t tried that but it should work!
Made the mistake of making this and having them around the house without a party! Hahaha super dangerous! Hahahahaha
But really, SUCH a tasty treat! Everyone I’ve shared them with thinks so too! Will DEFINITELY be making this again!
Agreed!! Perfect for a party!!
When I try and save to Pinterest I only get the pic and no recipe. What am I doing wrong?
Hmmm just make sure the pin link is to the page and not the image page!
Awesome recipe. Made these today and we love them. Highly recommend
YAY!
Perfection! Tastes just like the cookie! (And the recipe worked perfectly with a flax egg)
Awesome!!
Made these for my birthday! I messed up the chocolate so mine only have chocolate on top. Taste is great! Love that if you get soy free chocolate the whole thing is soy free. These are a great treat!
Awesome!!
Messed up every single part of this recipe, and it still turned out delicious. Hit with all my friends. Forgot the egg in the cookie part, and was still awesome! If you’re egg free… just leave out the egg in the dough and it’s still great!!!
Oh great to know!
Finally got around to making these and they are by far my FAVORITE healthier/paleo type dessert and really ANY dessert I’ve made!!!
That’s great!!
Amazing! Will make them again.