I am not vegan.  I do not follow a raw diet.  In fact, I love cooking food.  I love eating meat and cheese.  I love butter, sugar, and eggs. You could say that I follow the eat-tasty-food diet. The main pillar of this diet is that good ingredients make good food. Yes, good ingredients include butter, sugar, and eggs but almonds, cashews, dates, and chocolate are also on that list. So try it and if you don't like it you can always wash it down with something a little less vegan...like a deadly cookie.

Chocolate Cream Caramel Bars
from This Rawsome Vegan Life

Make the crust: Process the almonds into flour in your food processor. Add the dates and process until it begins to stick together. Press into the bottom of a lined baking pan (I used an 8x8 pan) and refrigerate.

Make both the caramel and chocolate layers: Blend the ingredients in each list until smooth. Feel free to add other flavors like vanilla, chili , ginger, etc. Spread the caramel onto your crust, followed by the chocolate cream. Refrigerate until completely set; this will take a few hours.

Crust
1 cup almonds
1 cup dates
Pinch of salt

Caramel
½ cup cashew butter
½ cup coconut oil
1 cup dates

Chocolate Cream
1/3 cup coconut oil
2-3 tbsp cacao powder
¼ cup preferred liquid sweetener (honey, brown rice syrup, etc)