Paleo Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Recipe — Low-Carb Snack

Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo

These Treasure Chest Cookie Bars are gluten-free, grain-free, and easy to adapt for a low-carb or paleo lifestyle. They bake into chewy bars loaded with chocolate chips, walnuts, shredded coconut, orange zest, and dried cranberries — a real “treasure chest” of flavors.

Based on a cherished family recipe, this version swaps traditional flour for almond and coconut flours and offers options for paleo or low-carb sweeteners and chocolate. They’re perfect for sharing — though you might need to hide the pan if you don’t want friends and family to take the whole batch.

Treasure Chest Cookie Bars — Paleo or Low Carb

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup almond flour
• 1 tablespoon coconut flour
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin powder
• ¾ cup sweetener of choice — coconut sugar for paleo; for low carb use ¾ cup erythritol (Swerve or equivalent)
• ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 7 tbsp butter, melted, or coconut oil for a dairy-free paleo option
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 egg white
• 2 tbsp unsweetened dried cranberries
• ½ tablespoon orange zest
• 2 tbsp finely chopped walnuts (optional)
• ⅓ cup chocolate chips — sugar-free chips (low carb) or Enjoy Life/other dairy-free chips for paleo

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease or oil an 8×8-inch baking pan (use a 9-inch loaf pan for thicker bars).
2. In a large bowl, combine almond flour, coconut flour, shredded coconut, orange zest, sweetener, baking powder, and gelatin. Stir until evenly mixed.
3. Add the whole egg, egg white, vanilla extract, and melted butter (or coconut oil). Mix until thoroughly combined into a thick dough.
4. Fold in chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and walnuts if using.
5. Press the dough evenly into the prepared pan and bake 20–30 minutes, or until the center is set and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool completely before cutting into bars to ensure clean slices.

Nutritional Data for Low Carb Version (using erythritol/Swerve and sugar-free chocolate chips): Yield: 12 bars. Serving size: 1 bar. Calories: 169; Carbs: 5 g; Net Carbs: 2 g; Fiber: 3 g; Fat: 15 g; Protein: 4 g; Sugars: 2 g; Sodium: 174 mg. All nutrition estimates are approximate and depend on the exact products you use.

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