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Chocolate Coconut Pistachio Bites {Paleo/Vegan}

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Paleo and Vegan friendly Dark Chocolate Coconut Pistachio bites! A crunchy, lightly sweet, delicious snack BITE that requires no baking!  These little chocolate bites are naturally sweetened and packed healthy fats! 

Paleo and Vegan friendly Dark Chocolate Coconut Pistachio bites

I’m going to be completely honest here. I dropped the “ball”  on getting this giveaway together. The past few giveaways have been AWESOME but I swear September just crept up like a spider. Silent and deadly! Just kidding, not deadly, but silent for sure. My brain didn’t even realize that September was around the corner until I saw a few “best of August” posts pop up. Uhh… whoops!

Regardless of my brain fog, I conquered through and made the September healthy bite flavor! Yes! And the flavor totally makes up for what else is lacking with the giveaway.

Because, you see… I don’t have an “extra” product to giveaway this time. I forgot to ask one of my favorite companies and didn’t feel like scurrying around to grab one. So instead, I’m going to tell you about this amazing flavor, then I’m going to giveaway 2 BOXES of bites. Not one, but TWO! Will that make up for my forgetfulness? Please say yes!

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Okay, I hope you said yes. Now, back to my main objective. This flavor. It has my favorite nut which also happens to be my favorite color. Yep, green pistachio!

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And when you take the buttery flavor (and beautiful color) of pistachio,  combine it with a slightly bitter but rich taste of dark chocolate, but then sweeten it naturally with coconut and honey… YOU GET THIS!
Paleo and Vegan friendly Dark Chocolate Coconut Pistachio bites! A crunchy, lightly sweet, delicious snack BITE that requires no baking! These little chocolate bites are naturally sweetened and packed healthy fats!
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A crunchy, lightly sweet, delicious HEALTHY BITE! Yea baby! In fact, the texture reminds me of a Krinkle bar, crunchy on the inside, creamy on the outside. Can you handle that?

This combo was so good I shared them with only a few of my favorite people and then ate the rest within a few days. They are ALL gone, which means I need to make more stat! I’m okay with that, it seems to be a good problem, ya know?

Because these bites are UBER healthy! Packed with all the good fats you need and antioxidants. Hmmm, maybe I should change the name of this recipe. Chocolate Coconut Pistachio UBER HEALTHY bites anyone?

That being said, let’s get to the recipe and giveaway already so I can go make more. 

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Paleo and Vegan friendly Dark Chocolate Coconut Pistachio bites

Chocolate Coconut Pistachio Bites

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4.5 from 11 reviews
  • Author: Lindsay Cotter
  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Total Time: 15 min
  • Yield: 26-28 1x
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Chocolate Coconut Pistachio Bites {Paleo/Vegan}

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup pistachios (no shell)
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
  • 1/4 to 1/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 heaping cup of cocoa powder or chocolate protein if you don’t have cocoa
  • 1/3 cup almond butter (or nut butter of choice)
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey (non vegans)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Optional add in -1/2 tsp coconut extract for extra coconut taste

Instructions

  1. Blend pistachios in a food processor. Transfer into a large bowl and add in all the remaining dry ingredients with the honey being the last . Add your extracts and and any other add ins. Mix well (I use my hands) then roll into bite size balls. Coat bites (once frozen) cocoa or coconut flakes if desired.
  2. If the batter is too dry add more almond butter and/or honey. If it’s too wet, add more coconut flour.
  3. Makes about 26-28 bites. Freeze or keep in refrigerator to maintain freshness.

Notes

If are looking to reduce the sugar intake, reduce honey to 1/4 cup and add in 1 more tbsp of nut butter (creamy natural). I tried it this way as well and used 2 tsp Nektar Naturals honey to sweeten these without the extra sugar.

Paleo and Vegan friendly Dark Chocolate Coconut Pistachio bites! A crunchy, lightly sweet, delicious snack BITE that requires no baking! These little chocolate bites are naturally sweetened and packed healthy fats! @cottercrunch

This giveaway is purely my own doing. So two winners ya’ll!  I will definitely ship to Canada too! And if you are international and win, I’ll send you the First Edition Healthy Bites Ebook. It’s all about sharing the love here, right? Mwah!

Favorite nut/chocolate combo? Are you a pistachio fan? 

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Paleo and Vegan friendly Dark Chocolate Coconut Pistachio bites! A crunchy, lightly sweet, delicious snack BITE that requires no baking! These little chocolate bites are naturally sweetened and packed healthy fats! @cottercrunch

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Photo of Lindsay Cotter of Cotter CrunchHi, I’m Lindsay!  Gluten Free Nutrition Specialist, food photographer and author of Nourishing Superfood Bowls, and meal plan guru! I’d love to know you more! Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and drop a comment below.

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  10. Maureen says

    No joke….I was just thinking yesterday how I needed to incorporate pistachios in my next chocolate baking endeavor! These look divine and I have all the ingredients here already. 🙂

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  12. neil@neilshealthymeals.com says

    Pistachio mmmm! These look great and the recipe relatively simple too! Pistachio is definitely a popular recipe ingredient choice at the moment, but I like this recipe the most! 🙂

    Ps. Hiking pics were published last week. Hope you get a chance to take a look as I know you appreciate that kind of thing too. 😀

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  32. Liz says

    So my ‘Bars & Bites’ Pinterest board has basically been taken over by all of these recipes you’ve been sharing lately! LOL! And every week I tell myself I’m going to try them.. and then I always get caught up. I NEED to try this one though. They look so yummy!

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  34. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    You seriously rocked my socks off with this months flavor!!! (Seriously, they are off)
    🙂
    Looks like we both had pistachios on the brain today, I love pistachios and chocolate a whole lot, but I think I love almond butter and dark chocolate a tad more! And thanks for the giveaway lady! I so wish you were my neighbor – then you could just give them away to ME!!! 🙂

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  40. Bonnie Lang says

    What a unique combo! You have so many great ideas! As for me? Can’t go wrong with ANY nut and chocolate…But I love the simple dark chocolate with almonds kind of crunch in my mouth! Fingers crossed for the giveaway – you are so generous!

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  41. Paleo Lunch says

    Thats so smart! I can’t wait to try this recipe. My favorite recipe is gluten free pizza I use my Paleo Pizza Crust. Its easy and healthy! Heres an amazing recipe for it: http://paleolunch.net/paleo-pizza-recipe/

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  42. Sarah says

    My favorite has to be peanut butter cups! Of course almond butter or the pistachio butter ones we made were right up there… I don’t really discriminate with nut butters! 😉

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  62. jessica z says

    I just love dark chocolate and all-natural peanut butter – not the super sweet peanut butter with all the additives!

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  66. Haley says

    This look fabulous! My favorite nut/chocolate combo would probably be salty peanuts with milk chocolate – that sweet & salty combo gets me every time!

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  67. lisa says

    I like chocolate and pecans in truffles, so I know I will enjoy these truffle size bites. I really enjoy coconut and pistachios & I am mostly vegan, but vegetarian. Thanks for another great paleo recipe!

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  77. Jane S. says

    Love pistachios! And thanks for giving a lower sugar option! My favorite combo would be dark chocolate and cashews 🙂

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  81. Eric says

    Anyone else find these to be super dry? I added a lot more almond butter and honey, but they are still dry. If I make these again, I would probably start out using much less coconut flour.

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  82. Lori mosher says

    These treats look amazing! But I’m confused about the unshelled pistachios. It’s one cup in the shell or is it suppose to be 1 cup already shelled? Thanks! Looking forward to making these soon!

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  85. Gina says

    Is this one cup pistachios measured out in the shells – then shelled to proceed with the recipe or 1 c shelled?

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