Chocolate Granola Bars
Swap out your shop-bought snacks for these homemade Chocolate Granola Bars. Made with easy whole-food ingredients, they only take a few minutes to blend together. Full of fibre, high in protein and good fats, they are a great swap to add your weekly list of easy snacks.
Equipment
- Magimix food processor *affiliate link
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups soft medjool dates pitted (185g)
- ½ cup raisins (75g)
- ½ cup natural peanut butter (120g) (or almond butter)
- 3 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 cup almonds (140g)
- ½ cup pistachios (70g)
- 1 cup rolled oats (100g)
- Optional - extra sprinkle of chopped pistachios and almonds
Instructions
- Add the pitted dates, raisins, cacao powder and nut butter to a food processor. Blend until they form a sticky ball. The mixture should be really soft and sticky. If it doesn’t seem sticky enough, add 1-2 tbsp of water and blend again. This will depend on the texture of the dates and how runny your nut butter is.
- Add the nuts and oats to the date mixture and pulse to combine. You want the nuts broken down a bit and mixed in, but not fully blended.
- Press down into an 20cm / 8-inch square tin (greased and lined). Add an optional sprinkle of nuts to the top and press down again. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour to harden.
- Once harder, cut into 10-12 large bars or smaller squares.
Notes
- If you prefer, you can toast the nuts and oats for about 10 minutes before using. Add to a baking tray and roast for at 160C/320F.
- Any nut butter can be used to make these bars. I used organic smooth almond butter.
- They can be stored in the fridge for up to a week and freeze well too.
Nutrition
Calories: 288kcalCarbohydrates: 31.7gProtein: 7.5gFat: 14.1gSaturated Fat: 1.2gFiber: 6.2g
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