I have a few recipes that are so universally appealing that every time I make them I am asked for the recipe. One is for almond flour scones. Another one is for our family crepe recipe. And a third is my energy bars, which I was kind of shocked to figure out I have not posted about before.
If you are an energy bar fan you are will love these, because, well, they taste a lot better than packaged bars. And if you are not an energy bar fan you will love these because they, well, don't taste like packaged energy bars. They are chocolaty, nutty, sweet without being too sweet, and energizing. Packaged energy bars give me energy but I would rather eat cardboard. My friend, Heidi, made these for my blessingway, two days before I gave birth to my second child last May, and we have been making them regularly ever since. My 3 year old, my hubby, and I, all love them. As do anyone I have ever made them for. AND they are gluten free, IF you use gluten free rice cereal like Erewhon Crispy brown rice or puffed rice cereal(rice krispies are not gluten free because they contain barley malt). Also, oats are gluten free but are often processed in factories with items that contain gluten. Make sure you buy truly gluten free oats.
Energy Bars
Ingredients:
3/4 cups smooth organic peanut butter
3/4 cups liquid honey
1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (I use Cocoa Camino which is organic and fair trade)
1 1/2 cups organic quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)
1 1/4 cups rice crispies (I use brown rice cereal)
1 cups dried cranberries
1 cup sliced almonds
Directions:
- In a med/large saucepan, combine peanut butter, honey & cocoa and cook over low heat until smooth.
- Remove from heat & stir into the saucepan the oatmeal, cereal, cranberries & almonds. You can use your hands.
- Into a well-buttered 8x8 pan, firmly press the mixture, cover & chill in fridge an hour or two. Cut, eat & enjoy!
13 comments:
oh these look delicious. WE are in the midst of a gluten-free experiment with my daughter (trying to get to the bottom of some belly troubles). This seems like something she'd like. Glad I stumbled upon this :)
I hope you enjoy them, AG! I had a look at your blog, it is great and I look forward to reading more...
We love these bars :) thank you so much for making our first batch for us!
You are so welcome, lovely Lady!
This looks yummy... I find most natural energy bar in the market contains so much sugar content which is not healthy.
Hey Kidskrill... I read Dr Mercola`s newsletter... I never thought my little blog would be spammed by you.
I made these the other way, and I brought them to work (I work 11 hrs, on my feet).. the made a world of a difference:)
That's great, Madalina! Thanks for letting me know :)
Stumbled across this recipe and just made it. Didn't do the cranberries and used multigrain cheerios for the cereal part. Rather than using a pan I made them by cramming the mixture into a 1/2 measuring cup and turning them out onto a plate. They look like chocolate hockey pucks. They are very good but by my count have about 300 calories and 21 grams of sugar each. I'm not worried about the fat content since it's mostly unsaturated. I wish I could lower the sugar content, but otherwise I'm very excited about them. It's cheaper than an energy bar.
Great Recipe!!
Thanks, Les & anonymous, for your comments, I am very behind in replying. I just made these again yesterday but I used pumpkin seeds instead of sliced almonds. Yum!
hi, i stumbled across this. it is absolutely delicious and nice and healthy. but for some reason i couldn't get mine to set. they were really soggy and crumbly. what did i do wrong?
Hi Juliet! I have had batches like this. The key is to really stir everything so that all the dry ingredients get coated by the wet ingredients. This can tough to do with a spoon so I use my clean hands. Are you using natural peanut butter? The kind you need to stir the oil into? It is more liquid than other kinds of peanut butter. You can try using less of the dry ingredients and more of the liquid... I have some batches that are better than others but most do hold together. Good luck!
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