Have your cake and eat it too, for breakfast! These EASY German Chocolate Paleo Breakfast Bars are super simple to make and are the perfect grab n’ go breakfast!
After seeing how popular my recipe for Paleo Pumpkin Coconut Breakfast Bars were, I was itching’ to make another variation that involved chocolate. Thats where. German Chocolate Paleo Breakfast Bars come in
Because when ever you can have cake and chocolate for breakky you know its gonna be a good day, thats a known fact.
And when you make these ahead of time, you can grab em and go on with your day, aka you can eat cake on the run. Just a heads up, your co-workers might be a little jelly that you can enjoy a delicious breakfast while they starve because they didn’t have time to make breakfast.
And your co workers will judge you for a quick second because they’ll think you are eating something full of sugar and crappy ingredients. But when you tell them that what your eating is perfectly healthy and full of nutritious ingredients, their jaws will drop with jealousy.
Seriously these bars are the perfect grab n’ go breakfast for when you need to start your day with chocolate but don’t want a sugar crash. Did I mention that these guys don’t contain any (added) sugar?
Yep, NONE! They don’t need it because the banana naturally sweetens them!
It tastes like your eating dessert for breakfast, but your actually fueling your body with nutrients!
You’re welcome.
EASY German Chocolate Paleo Breakfast Bars {7 Ingredients!}
Ingredients
- 2 cups pecans
- 11/2 cups flaked unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 cup almond butter or coconut butter
- 1 banana mashed (you can also sub in 1/2 cup applesauce or pumpkin)
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 Tbsp. coconut oil melted
- 1/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place pecans and coconut on a cooking sheet and place in oven for 15 minutes, or until slightly toasted. Set aside 1/2 cup of pecans and 1/2 cup coconut for topping.
- Add pecans and coconut to a food processor and process until it is a flour or meal-like texture. Add to a large bowl.
- In a small bowl combine almond butter, banana, cocoa powder, coconut oil and vanilla. Add to pecan-coconut mixture and mix well.
- Use your hands to mix all ingredients together well.
- Spray cooking spray (or use parchment paper) in a large loaf pan and transfer the mixture to pan and use a spatula to smooth out. Sprinkle on remaining pecans and coconut
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Let cool and slice into about 8 bars.
- Adapted from my Pumpkin Coconut Breakfast Bars
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- German Chocolate Cake for Breakfast? Yay or Nay?
Ok hello breakfast porn!! SO pinning this. I am 110% obsessed with German chocolate. And that coconut. Mmmmmm
Chrissa – Physical Kitchness recently posted…Free 4-Week Home Workout Calendar
I am definitely on board for having “German Chocolate Cake” for breakfast, yummers!!!
Cara’s Healthy Cravings recently posted…Cocoa-Date Energy Bites
Oh my goodness I am totally making these. Who doesn’t love cake for breakfast 🙂
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Pinning the ish out of these!
Susie @ SuzLyfe recently posted…Easy Healthy Turkey Meatballs with Italian Herbs (Gluten Free)
In LOVE with this. You ladies kill the dessert breakfast game!
Ashley @ Fit Mitten Kitchen recently posted…Cherry Berry Antioxidant Smoothie Bowl + The Ultimate Smoothie Bowl Roundup
I doubt you have any of these leftover but if you do, send me two please 🙂 I am pinning this for when i have bananas again 🙂 Love love love
Sam @ PancakeWarriors recently posted…Coconut Paleo Granola
“healthy eating is tasteless and boring” <—- NEVER!!!
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These look like the start to a killer day! I’m amazed by how healthy you just made “cake”. Always blurring the lines between dessert and breakfast–you guys have the best recipe ideas!
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These look so good! My mom loves german chocolate cake…I will have to make them for her 🙂
These look amazing! I def pinned for later, these look like a must try. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, these look SO good. 🙂 And the ingredients are simpler than a regular brownie!
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Yay for bananas! Aren’t they magic? I love how they can sweeten a recipe all on their own 🙂 these breakfast bars look beyond incredible – I wish I could grab one off the screen!
These breakfast bars are sheer genius! Loving that they contain ZERO sugar! These should be called all day bars, because honestly, I could eat these all day every day! Cheers and thanks fo sharing the YUM!
I could eat a dozen of these Healthy German chocolate cake bars!
Shashi at RunninSrilankan recently posted…Gluten Free Pumpkin & Coconut Mini Cakes
me too, they are so good!
No one will ever know that they have no added sugar! I could eat them all day every day too! Thank you!
I love bananas for natural sweetness! I wish I could virtually give ya a batch right now 😉 Thank you!
Thank you! Simple and tasty is where it’s at! 🙂
Thank you! Thanks for pinning too 🙂
I bet She would LOVE these! Thanks so much 🙂
Dessert for breakfast is our speciality 🙂 Thanks so much!
haha obvi they haven’t had both of our recipes then!
I wish I could send you some but we ate them all in 2 days 🙂 Thank you for pinning!
Thank you! Breakfast is our fav 🙂
Thank you 🙂
I know right!? Thank you!
heck yes! It’s so good for breakfast 🙂
Thank you! Breakfast is our speciality! You cannot go wrong with chocolate and coconut ever 🙂
Now these would motivate me to get up in the morning. Just found your site, and so glad I did! 🙂
Wow, so simple! I expected it to be a lot more involved. Beautiful recipe! <3
these pictures look awesome guys! as for the bars themselves – OMG. Pecan + coconut sounds like the best kind of base for a bar. pinning this for later 🙂
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oh my gawd, I love these german-chocolate-cake-breakfast-bars!!!! they look so good!!!! German chocolate cake is one of my faves!!! and thank you for the visit!
Thank you! German Chocolate cake is my fav too!
Thank you! It’s such an awesome combo for breakfast 🙂
thank you, simple is best 🙂
Thank you for stopping by 🙂
This looks amazing! :D! It’s basically like having dessert for breakfast! <3
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Yummy, what a fantastic idea! And I LOVE the short and simple ingredient list 🙂
thank you, totally my thing 🙂
I love dessert for breakfast!! It makes it easier get my butt out of bed, and I have the whole day to burn it off. My strange rationalization for eating treats in the morning, lol!
Stacey recently posted…Inexpensive Paleo Meals
That is so true, dessert for breakfast is the best!
Oh mann!!! These look AMAZING!!!! I can imagine the smell of these baking right now — soo good!
These sound great but I’m allergic to bananas. Is there anything I could use to replace the banana? Thanks!
Thanks! You could use any type of pureed fruit such as applesauce or mashed sweet potato! 🙂
Am I supposed to bake the topping for 15 min and then again on top for 25?
Hi Kathy! Yes you bake the coconut and pecans for 15 minutes first and then bake the bars for 25 minutes after you finish making them and adding the remaining topping. Hope that helped!
Bethany And Rachel recently posted…Gluten-free Roasted Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Scones
These look AMAZING! I’m so glad I found them <3 <3
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Oh my gosh girl!! These bars are PERFECT!! And no refined sugar?? Amazing! I love it and need them in my life! Thanks for the recipe!
xoxo Cailee!!
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Thank you so much Cailee! Your too sweet 🙂
HOLY BREAKFAST HEAVEN!
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I’m soooo making these this weekend!!! Are the pecans required? Nuts usually give me a hard time 😬
Also, is Nutiva coconut butter acceptable for this recipe?
Hi Hanna! The pecans are not required but some kind of nut/seed is for the base. yep the coconut butter should be fine 🙂
Banana overwhelmed the great flavor of chocolate, coconut and pecans. Would like to tweak recipe without banana.
Hi Annette,
You could sub in a 1/2 cup applesauce in place of the banana next time. Hope you enjoy!
These look amazing! That toasted coconut on top- yum!!
GOOD WORK.
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