So on day 24 of this self-inflicted paleo challenge, shit hit the fan. And by that I mean I spent the day in a hummus factory and came face to face with two dozen gourmet donuts. I’ll let you guess how that went…

Truth be told actually, I was pretty proud of myself in the donut situation and only tried like 1/8th of this amazing toffee crunch flavor (it was amazing) but when presented with the opportunity to sample the entire line of Sabra’s hummus, I didn’t even have to think twice about breaking up with paleo for the day.

If there’s one thing in paleo that I disagree with anyway it’s the whole legume thing. I understand and have seen the first hand effects of grains and dairy on my body but ain’t nothing wrong with some beans.

Beans are technically a vegetable and I will eat as much of them as I damn well please thank you very much. Which is exactly what I did, eating probably about half my weight in the stuff throughout the day.

These strawberry cream bars? These are not paleo. I made these exactly 2 days before starting my paleo challenge and since 3 of them are still sitting in my freezer, every time I open it I cry a little for not having the foresight to make that bottom layer oat-less so I could’ve enjoyed them over the past 3 weeks.

I’m not gonna lie, there was one night I was so desperate for dessert, I scraped the bottom off and totally ate the strawberry cream center and chocolate top.

While I couldn’t be further from vegan if I tried, I have this weird obsession with cashew cream, the vegan go-to in desserts. The cashew strawberry center in these is on point.

So much so that I have plans to recreate this bar in a protein packed tart cherry version very soon and I can assure you one thing, they’ll be paleo this time around.

Try these no bake raspberry cheesecake bars for something very similar or, these oatmeal raspberry sandwich cookies for more similar tasting treats.