Paleo "Reese's Peanut Butter Cups"

With a little experimenting and tweaking I finally made a paleo "Reese's Peanut Butter Cup"!

Paleo Protein Bar
2 cups almonds-we soak and dehydrate ours for better digestion and nutrition
2 T ground chia seeds
2 T ground flax seeds
1/2 cup dried prunes, dates or raisins (we used dates)
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup almond butter or peanut butter
1/2 tsp sea salt-(I use hymalayan pink salt)
1/2 cup coconut oil melted
1 T grade B maple syrup or honey
3 tsp vanilla
a few squares of organic dark chocolate or 1/4 cup chocolate chips for topping (optional)

Place almonds, flax meal/seeds, dried fruit, shredded coconut, almond/peanut butter and salt in a food processor. Pulse briefly for about 10 seconds.In a small sauce pan, melt coconut oil over very low heat. Remove coconut oil from stove, stir sweeteners and vanilla into oil. Add coconut oil mixture to food processor and pulse until ingredients form a coarse paste. Press mixture into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour, until mixture hardens. In a small saucepan, melt chocolate over very low heat, stirring continuously. Spread melted chocolate over bars; return to refrigerator for 30 minutes, until chocolate hardens. Remove from refrigerator, cut into bars and serve. Makes about 12-15 bars. Store in refrigerator or freeze for later enjoyment!