CHOCOLATE CEREAL BARS

CHOCOLATE CEREAL BARS

• Nutritional Breakdown: per portion (whole recipe)
  

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• Preparation time: 15 minutes
  Cooking time: 15 minutes + setting
  Makes 12 bars

INGREDIENTS

• Dry ingredients
• ½ cup pecans / or other nuts
• 1 cup coconut flour / ground almonds / oats
• 1 cup puffed rice (or more of one of the above)
• ½ cup pumpkin seeds
• ½ cup sunflower seeds
• 1 tbsp flax seeds
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• ¼ cup goji berries
• ¼ cup dried blueberries
• ¼ cup dried cranberries
• 2 Nuvia Sweetener sachets
• 1 tsp cinnamon
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• Wet ingredients
• ½ cup almond milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• ¼ cup peanut butter
• ¼ cup almond butter
• ¼ cup rice malt syrup or maple syrup
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• Chocolate topping
• Melted dark chocolate OR
• 1/3 cup melted coconut oil combined with ¼ cup cacao powder, 1 Nuvia Sweetener sachet and 1 tbsp maple syrup

METHOD

• 1. Preheat oven to 170 C and line a 8 inch square deep baking tray with baking parchment and grease with oil or butter.
• 2. Mix all the dry ingredients together in one large bowl.
• 3. Mix all the wet ingredients together in a pan over a low heat until the oil and nut butters have melted and everything is combined.
• 4. Pour the wet ingredients onto the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. You may want to use your hands. If the mixture is dry more almond milk / rice malt syrup can be added.
• 5. Press the mixture firmly into the baking tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes, until slightly browned.
• 6. Prepare all chocolate coating and pour over the cereal bar square once cooled (still in the baking tin).
• 7. Place in the fridge until the chocolate has set and then slice into cereal bars or small squares.