Description
Energizing no-bake chocolate seed energy bars offer a delightful blend of wholesome ingredients that fuel your day with natural goodness. Packed with nutrients and rich chocolate flavor, these bars provide a quick, satisfying snack for active lifestyles, delivering pure nutritional power in every bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 150 grams (5.3 ounces) oatmeal
- 200 grams (7.1 ounces) dates, pitted
- 100 grams (3.5 ounces) dark chocolate
Seeds and Nuts:
- 50 grams (1.8 ounces) peanuts
- 30 grams (1.1 ounces) sunflower seeds
- 30 grams (1.1 ounces) pumpkin seeds
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
Sweeteners and Extras:
- 40 grams (1.4 ounces) raisins
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Hydrate dates by soaking in hot water for 15 minutes to transform their texture and enhance softness.
- Pulverize oatmeal into ultrafine powder using a food processor, creating a smooth base ingredient.
- Drain softened dates and process into a creamy, uniform paste with consistent texture.
- Combine ground oatmeal with variety of seeds and nuts in a spacious mixing bowl, ensuring thorough integration.
- Incorporate date paste and honey into dry ingredient mixture, blending until ingredients adhere completely.
- Melt dark chocolate using double boiler method at gentle temperature, maintaining smooth consistency.
- Integrate melted chocolate into seed mixture, stirring until evenly distributed throughout.
- Transfer combined ingredients into parchment-lined container, compressing mixture firmly to create uniform thickness. Garnish surface with additional pumpkin seeds for visual appeal.
- Refrigerate at 40°F for precisely 60 minutes, allowing bars to solidify and develop robust structure.
- Extract chilled mixture and slice into uniform rectangular segments using sharp knife for clean edges.
Notes
- Swap honey with maple syrup for a vegan-friendly option that maintains the sweet, sticky binding quality.
- Toast seeds and nuts beforehand to enhance their nutty flavor and add delightful crunch to the energy bars.
- Use silicone molds for perfectly shaped bars that easily release without sticking or crumbling.
- For gluten-free variation, ensure oats are certified gluten-free and replace traditional oats with rolled quinoa or almond flour.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 0mg