Choco-nut Energy Bars
For year and years, every time I picked up a recipe card or saw a nice recipe in a magazine, I would collect it and keep them in a file. The file got really large and I realised that I never refer to the recipes anymore as there is so much information online. Whilst sorting through the collection, I came across this recipe which is out of a March 2016 Waitrose magazine. I have made energy bars lots of times but this one was a little different as it has nuts and oats and I thought these would be perfect to take with me on the mornings when I miss my breakfast. I changed the recipe slightly by omitting the goji berries and adding the protein powder instead. I am so glad I had saved this recipe as we love these energy bars.
Ingredients
- 450 gms mixed nuts
- 100 gms porridge Oats
- 225 gms pitted medjool dates
- 100 gms coarse peanut butter
- 4 tbps butter
- 2 tbls honey
- 100 gms salted caramel protein powder (you can use any flavour)
- ½ tsp salt1
- tsp Vanilla essence (optional)
For the topping
- 300 gms milk chocolate. (I used Cooking chocolate)
- 1 tsp butter
Instructions
- Put the nuts in a bowl and microwave them for a minute at the time for 4 minutes, stirring in between.
- Once the nuts cool, add the nuts and dates to them and tranfer them to a food processor and blend them to a chunky mixture. Transfer this to a mixing bowl.
- Add in the peanut butter, butter, honey, salt, vanilla essence and protein powder. Mix all this well.
- Line a tray with greaseproof paper and press in this mixture. Use a spoon to press down the mixture.
- Once the mixture is in a smooth layer, transfer it to the fridge for an hour.
For the Topping
- Break the chocolate and add the butter to it. Melt the chocolate using the microwave. The best way is to cook them in 30 second intervals.
- Pour the chocolate over the nut mixture and return this again to the fridge to cool for an hour.
- Cut the energy bars into squares or rectangles and store them in a sealed container in the fridge.
Notes
You may wish to checkout the following easy and different recipes for energy bars from my blog.