These Coconut Avocado Grasshopper Bars are allergy-friendly and full of healthy, real-food deliciousness. And they’re completely devoid of grasshoppers…

Please note: since I first posted this recipe yeeeears ago, they kinda became a hit. I’ve shared them on other blogger’s sites and other bloggers have taken them and adapted them for their own use. I’m so glad that everyone seems to love them! They are indeed a hit every time I make them, and nobody ever guesses there’s avocado in them.

That said, I did update the photos a while back, since the old ones were, well, old. However, the old photos for these coconut avocado grasshopper bars are kinda iconic. So if you came here looking for this…

…you’re in the right place. Don’t worry. 😉

Edible bugs.

The first time I had a ‘grasshopper’ anything, I was 9 years old. Grasshopper pie was announced as the evening’s dessert at the summer camp my little brother and I were attending, and I was intrigued and excited.

Mind you, if my mom had said, “We’re having grasshopper pie for dessert,” I would have freaked out. She was notorious throughout my neighborhood as the lady who served real food – such as mac ‘n cheese with actual cheese in it, or pizza that didn’t come out of a box – there might actually have been some grasshopper in her pie!

Thankfully I had no doubt that my camp counselor was going to let me eat a treat full of all the wonderfully forbidden food my mother had sheltered me from all my life.

Coconut Avocado Grasshopper Bars.

pretty much right away that I was going to have to come up with a ‘grasshopper something’ to sneak it into. Last summer, when I fell in love with hiding avocados in my s moothies , I knewthat I was going to have to come up with a ‘grasshopper something’ to sneak it into.

And here it is, in all its healthy, real food glory….



A smooth, homemade chocolate layer covering a chewy mint bottom. The latter being the perfect conduit for concealing a healthy avocado, thus providing extra nutrition (omega-6 and potassium) and negating the need for green food coloring. 😉

More no-bake goodness.

If you’re on the lookout for more healthy and delicious no-bake treats, here are a few of my family’s favorites:

Post photos updated 7/20/16

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