CARMELITAS

These keto carmelitas are going to blow your mind. Heavenly low carb “oatmeal” bars filled with sugar-free caramel and chocolate. Hard to believe this grain-free treat isn’t made with oats!

The first time I ever tried carmelitas, I may have swooned and fallen to the floor. I am not exactly sure where I was, but if recollection serves me properly, I was visiting my sister in law in Bar Harbor, Maine. It’s possible that she made them herself (she’s quite a good cook and her last name is Baker, after all) or she may have picked them up at one of the local bakeries.

Usually I remember details like this very well but I do believe I was so overcome by the delicious, oat-y, caramel-y, chocolate-y crumbliness in my mouth, all other senses faded away. I was transported. I was in my own little world, savouring every morsel, every crumb, unable to think beyond the sweetness in my mouth. I was in deep. Way over my head.

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 cup flaked unsweetened coconut
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener
• 3 tbsp coconut flour divided
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• Filling:
• 1 Sugar-Free Caramel Sauce cooled 10 minutes
• 1/2 cup Lily's Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips or other low carb chocolate

Instructions
Crust:

1. Preheat oven to 325F and grease a 9x9 inch square pan (can also use 8x8 but baking time will be longer).
2. In a food processor, combine coconut and sliced almond. Pulse until the pieces are broken up and about the size of oats in size. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. Add the almond flour, sweetener, 2 tbsp coconut flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in melted butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
4. .....................................

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