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Skinny Caramel Seven Layer Bars – just 84 calories!! With a few healthy swaps, these magic bars have all of the decadence but NONE of the guilt! They don't taste healthy at all!

Healthy Caramel Seven Layer Bars

© Amy's Healthy Baking
Yields: 16 bars
These seven layer bars are absolutely irresistible, and they have less than half the calories of traditional versions! They’ll keep for at least 6 days if stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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Ingredients 

FOR THE CRUST

FOR THE TOPPINGS

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F, and coat a 9”-square pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • To prepare the crust, add the cereal to a food processor or blender. Pulse until it resembles fine crumbs. Transfer the crumbs to a bowl, and stir in the stevia powder until thoroughly incorporated. Make a well in the center, and pour in the butter and milk. Mix together until fully incorporated. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake at 350°F for 16-19 minutes or until mostly firm to the touch. Cool completely to room temperature.
  • To prepare the drizzle topping, stir together the Greek yogurt, milk, and liquid stevia. Transfer to a zip-topped plastic bag.
  • Sprinkle the chocolate chips, pecans, dates, and coconut over the cooled cracker crust in that order. Cut a small corner off the bag with the Greek yogurt mixture, and drizzle over the top. Use the tip of a spatula to carefully spread the drizzle into all cracks and crannies between the other topping ingredients.
  • Bake at 350°F for 11-14 minutes or until the drizzle touching the edges of the pan starts to turn golden. Cool completely to room temperature, and allow the bars to set once they reach room temperature for at least 3 hours before slicing into squares.

Notes

IMPORTANT ASSEMBLY NOTE – READ BEFORE BEGINNING: When adding the toppings to the cooled crust, be sure the crust is completely cool (so you don't melt the chocolate chips) and sprinkle the coconut last! If you sprinkle it first, it prevents the drizzle from seeping through the cracks and crannies to stick to the crust, so the entire layer of toppings will slide right off of the crust when you slice the pan into bars and try to serve them.
 
IMPORTANT DATES + PECANS NOTES: For best results, dice the pecans and medjool dates to be no larger than the miniature chocolate chips. If the dates stick to your fingers while trying to sprinkle them on top of the crust, moisten your fingers with a little water.
 
BROWN CEREAL NOTES + ALTERNATIVES: My favorite brown rice cereal brand has been discontinued, but this one and this one are both similar.
 
Regular crisp rice cereal (ie Rice Krispies) may be substituted in place of the crisp brown rice cereal. Rice pocket cereal (ie Rice Chex) will also work.
 
POWDERED STEVIA ALTERNATIVES: If you prefer not to use stevia powder in the crust, substitute 2 tablespoons of coconut sugar or brown sugar. You may also substitute 2 tablespoons of pure maple syrup, honey, or agave and reduce the milk to ¼ cup.
 
LIQUID STEIVA NOTE: I do not recommend substituting anything for the liquid stevia in the toppings. You’d need the equivalent of ½ cup of granulated sugar, and this will make the drizzle much too runny. I buy my liquid stevia online here because that's the best price I've found, and you'll use it in all of these recipes of mine too!
 
MILK ALTERNATIVES: Any milk may be substituted for the nonfat milk.
 
MEDJOOL DATE ALTERNATIVES: For the best results, use fresh dates – rather than dried! Deglet noor dates may be substituted, if you can't find medjool dates.
 
PECAN ALTERNATIVES: Any nuts may be substituted for the pecans.
 
COCONUT ALTERNATIVES: If you can't find unsweetened, then shredded sweetened coconut will work. I don't recommend desiccated coconut; it's drier and more brittle. I also don't recommend coconut flakes; they're larger and stiffer than shredded coconut. (However, if you can only find coconut flakes, then run them through a food processor or blender until they're around ¼ to ½ of their original size before using them in place of the shredded unsweetened coconut!)
 
{gluten free, egg free, clean eating, lower fat, low calorie, lower sugar}
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