{"id":7642,"date":"2015-12-17T00:55:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T08:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2017-02-23T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T22:02:11","slug":"magic-fruit-cake-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/magic-fruit-cake-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Fruit Cake Bars with White Chocolate Drizzle"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a big surprise for you guys! For the last month, my buddy Sam from ItDoesntTasteLikeChicken.com<\/a> and I have been secretly organizing a brand new event called the Vegan Mystery Box Challenge<\/strong>. What is the #VMBC, you ask? Much like the TV show Chopped, the idea is that Sam and I would choose three mystery ingredients and invite all the other bloggers in our vegan community to create their own unique recipe with these same ingredients and we’d all publish them on the same day, in one big festival of awesome vegan recipes.<\/p>\n

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Well, today is that day! I’m so excited to introduce the first-ever Vegan Mystery Box Challenge, and the three ingredients we chose were [cue Ted Allen voice]… coconut milk, pistachios, and cranberries<\/strong><\/em>. We announced these ingredients to our group of 20+ bloggers about 10 days ago, and they all created some really unique and tasty dishes — check out the bottom of this post to see what everyone else created with these three ingredients<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As far as my own recipe, it definitely took me longer than the 30 minutes they have on Chopped to come up with the right dish. I knew I wanted to do something holiday-ish, and the combination of fruits and nuts reminded me of fruit cake, while the coconut and nuts reminded me of those horribly unhealthy Magic Cookie Bars (you know – buttery graham cracker crust, sweetened condensed milk, butterscotch chips, etc.) that everyone makes for the holidays. So, I decided to splice together a healthier spin on magic cookie bars with a fruit cake feel \u2013 all finished with a white chocolate drizzle made from coconut milk + cocoa butter. As bizarre as that all sounds, this turned out to be one of my favorite recipes that I’ve published all year. A pistachio crust, date and cranberry filling, and shredded coconut – all baked until golden and topped with a creamy vegan white chocolate sauce. The process is easy, the flavors blend so beautifully together, and it tastes like an edible version of the holidays. I’m definitely making them for Christmas next week and I hope you’ll give them a shot!<\/p>\n

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Makes 9 large bars<\/strong><\/p>\n

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