I have heard lots of rave reviews about coconut oil in baking, cooking, etc and figured the mild coconutty flavour would work well in date squares. The hazelnuts I had just bought and they were so wonderful (local, organic ones) I threw them in too. I wanted to try to make these somewhat "healthy" for a quick breakfast on busy school mornings; an alternative to store-bought cereal bars. I think you could take out the egg if you wanted to make these vegan with no huge difference. If you don't like the salty-sweet thing, cut the salt in half.

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