Bars. They’re an addiction to some, a necessity to others and generally just part of our active lives. I am a little from all of these columns and I rely on bars so so much and I love these guys because they are a two in one: chocolate sweet cravings curbed and portable nutrition.
The beauty of these guys is the clean carbs from the dates, healthy fats of seeds, almonds and cacao, protein from the PlantFusion, almonds, seeds and additional energy from cacao. I hate bars because I can’t find any that don’t have glaring flaws from over abundance of soy and junk, to to much fat, pure carb bars with clean ingredients or high sugar. They all have stuff wrong and are so expensive so! answer? Make them yourself! For me, these are everything I wished Lara bars were but fell short. Enjoy.
1/3 c Almonds
2 TBS Sunflower Seeds
1/4 c Coconut Flakes ( I use low fat shredded )
1 Scoop Chocolate Plant Fusion (Omit if you don’t have it and add more
coconut flake/cacao)
1 tea Chia Seed
1.5 TBS Cacao Nib
1 TBS Cacao Powder
1 tea Maca
5 Pitted, Soaked, Dates
1/2 tea Date Water
1 tea Vanilla
1/4 tea cinnamon
1/4 tea salt
Pit your dates and put them in a container with hot water then set aside.
Toast your nuts/nibs/sun seeds: either in the broiler if you’re feeling
brave or in an oven set to 400*. They will toast at different speeds so
keep an eye on them, it will probably be done in this order: Nibs,
Almonds, Seeds. Add chia, powder, flakes, sun seeds, almonds, maca,
protein, cinnamon, salt to the processor and pulse a few times to combine
and break down the nuts a little. Add your dates, date water, vanilla and
let run until it starts to come together then add your nibs and process
until it sticks together when you grab it but breaks when you break it aka
still has substance/chunks. Take a square top or pan about 5×5 and line
with plastic wrap, then dump the mix in, and press hard down evenly and
wrap in the plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few minutes to let it set
together. Then cut into desired sizes and wrap individually.
PS. If you’re in a hurry you don’t have to toast anything, it just makes
it taste significantly better. Don’t toast the coconut, unless you want
the coconut flavor to become more pronounced. If they don’t stick together
add a few more drops of the date water.
