Silence the post-school moans of little people with these healthy chocolate nut granola bars. Filled with goodies like organic oats, flaxseeds, almonds, pecans, and coconut, you can feel good about giving these delicious treats to the people you love (yes, even in those times). really tight).
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Level: Easy
Ingredients
- ½ cups Roasted peanuts (unsalted)
- ½ cups Roasted pecans (unsalted)
- ½ cups Roasted almonds (unsalted)
- 2 cups Oatmeal buns
- ½ cups Unsweetened shredded coconut
- ¼ cups Whole flax seeds
- ¼ cups Liquid honey
- ¼ cups Pure maple syrup
- ¼ cups Pitted dates (about 8-10 dates)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ½ cups Ground flax seeds
- 1 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Butter a 9 x 13 baking dish and line it with parchment paper.
In a food processor, blend peanuts, pecans and almonds until crushed. It’s all good if there are small and large pieces.
On a large baking sheet, combine rolled oats, walnuts, coconut, and flax seeds, and roast at 350°F for 15-20 minutes, until golden and fragrant (stirring once halfway through). Remove from oven, mix in a large mixing bowl and let cool slightly (I put mine in the fridge for 10 minutes).
Reduce oven temperature to 300ºF.
Meanwhile, in a food processor or blender, blend the honey, maple, dates and vanilla until smooth (small pieces of dates are fine, it won’t be totally smooth).
Into the cooled oat mixture, stir in the salt, ground flax seeds and chocolate chips. Pour in the honey mixture and stir until well incorporated.
Pour into a prepared 9×13 baking dish and firmly press the mixture into the bottom – I find a spatula or fingertips work best. Bake at 300ºF for 25 minutes. Remove and let cool for a good hour or two before trying to remove and cut into bars.
