Chocolate
Healthy Granola Bar Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2¾ C. Whole Rolled Oats not quick cook or instant
- 1½ C. Crisp Rice Cereal gluten-free
- 1 C. Chopped Almonds
- ¼ C. coconut oil
- 1 C. Almond Butter
- ½ t. Salt only necessary if using unsalted almond butter
- ½ C. coconut milk
- ½ C. Honey or Maple Syrup
- ½ C. brown sugar packed
- 1 t. vanilla
- 1 C. Chocolate Chips divided
- 1 t. butter
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Instructions
- Line a 9x9 pan with plastic wrap or tin foil. Lightly grease.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the oats, rice cereal and chopped almonds. Set aside.
- Place the coconut oil, almond butter, salt, coconut milk, honey, and brown sugar in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat, whisking until smooth. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Pour the mixture over the oat/cereal and stir until everything is well combined. Let cool for about 5 minutes.
- Add ¾ C. of the chocolate chips to the mixture and stir in.
- Place the oat mixture in the prepared pan and press in firmly, keeping the top level.
- Refrigerate the pan for 2 hours, or until firmly set.
- Remove the granola mixture from the pan and peel away the plastic wrap or tin foil. Slice into bars.
- Place the remaining ¼ C. of chocolate chips and the butter in a small, microwaveable bowl and heat on high at 20 second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted. Place melted chocolate in a piping bag and pipe on top of sliced granola bars.
- Store in an airtight container.