Ooey-Gooey Darkish Chocolate Espresso Date Oat Bars

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Line an 8×8 trip pan with parchment paper so that you’re in a position to with out effort take away the bars after. Right here’s well-known! Grease the parchment paper with nonstick cooking spray.
Prepare the filling first: Add dates, sizzling water, and espresso powder to a meals processor or high-powered blender and mix except subtle, about 2 minutes.
Enable date combination to frigid and thicken for 5 minutes while you assemble the homely.
To assemble the oat homely (and plunge apart): In a ravishing bowl, mix oat flour, oats, baking soda, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla.
Scamper in melted coconut oil except the combination is crumbly. Measure out 1 cup of the combination and build apart in a tiny bowl (this can also objective additionally be for the topping).
Press the final combination into the willing pan; it’s possible you’ll perhaps want to press exhausting to make definite every body of the combination will stick together well.
Next spread date combination evenly on high of the homely crust.
Sprinkle on chopped darkish chocolate then sprinkle the reserved oat topping over the tip.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or except high is determined and a tiny bit of golden brown.
Transfer to wire rack to frigid for no longer lower than an hour, after which take faraway from pan to frigid exclusively.
Recipe by Monique Volz of Ambitious Kitchen