Paleo Samoa Cookie Bars

I feel like there are certain things in life we classify as seasons (outside of the main 4) and Girl Scout cookie season is one of those. You can’t walk in a store without being asked if you want to buy a box. The coworker whose daughter is a Girl Scout hangs the sign-up sheet in the office kitchen. You know the season I’m talking about. Now we love supporting our girls, but sometimes we also love to make our own versions at home (especially us gluten free girlies). Enter these Paleo Samoa Cookie Bars! You know I love any time we can combine the nostalgia of a sweet treat with some nutrient dense ingredients. It’s also kinda fun because it’s like your favorite cookie, but in bar form!

Now if you’re like how the heck can samoa cookies be paleo – aren’t they full of caramel?! Allow me to introduce you to the easiest 3-ingredient almond butter caramel that requires zero cooking, just stirring. Sound too good to be true? Only one way to debunk that.

The first layer is so simple you’ll just combine 6 ingredients – almond flour, coconut flour, salt, vanilla, coconut oil, and maple syrup. This gets baked until nice and golden and then we get to the real star of the show which is the coconut caramel layer. If you’ve never made a caramel this way, your life is about to be changed. It’s so simple you just mix almond butter, maple syrup and melted coconut oil together and then add in the shredded coconut. You can definitely toast the coconut too for these bars! I tend to skip this step because they’re still delicious as is, but do as you wish! Once everything cools and sets, the bars get drizzled with chocolate (becuase, duh!) before you devour them.