Cashew Free Dark Chocolate Pear Crisp with Almond-Oat Topping

Warm, bubbling fruit filling topped with a golden, crunchy crust and flecks of dark chocolate — this dessert is the kind of thing that makes people hover near the oven. Ripe pears are tossed with maple syrup, cinnamon, and ginger, then thickened with arrowroot starch so the filling sets into something luscious rather than watery. The topping layers rolled oats, almond flour, and roughly chopped almonds for serious crunch, with coconut oil and maple syrup binding everything into those satisfying, clumpy clusters. Folding in chopped 70% dark chocolate is the move that takes this from a simple fruit crisp to something genuinely special — it melts into the topping as it bakes and adds a deep, slightly bitter edge that balances the sweet pears beautifully. Every ingredient here is straightforward and easy to source, with no cashews or cashew-based products anywhere in the recipe, so there's no need to scrutinize labels or swap anything out. Let it rest for a full ten minutes after it comes out of the oven — the filling thickens as it cools, and the wait is absolutely worth it.

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