1 1/2 cups quick cooking or old fashioned oats

1/4 cup Blue Diamond Dark Chocolate Almonds, chopped

1/4 cup Blue Diamond Sea Salt Almonds, chopped

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

8 pitted medjool dates, soaked in hot water for 10 minutes

1/4 cup almond butter

3 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper or foil and let the edges hang over the pan so it's easy to lift the bars out.
In a large bowl stir together the oats, almonds, and unsweetened cocoa powder.
In a blender or food processor add the softened dates and a tablespoon of the water they were soaking in.
Blend the dates until they are smooth.
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