My family has been super snacky lately and since I don’t buy snacks at the store, I have to make them. One snack option that my husband loves are “protein bars”. You know a recipe is a winner when your uber picky four year old won’t stop eating them and sings your praises for the new DELICIOUS snack. These are a winner with both the four year old and her protein bar loving Daddy.
Homemade Protein Bars
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Author: Adapted from Passionate Homemaking
Recipe type: Snack
Serves: 9-12 bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw almonds
- ½ cup dates
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup natural peanut butter
- ½ cup melted coconut oil
- 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Optional: ¼ melted chocolate for topping (I used dark)
Instructions
- In a food processor pulse together almonds, dates, coconut, and peanut butter just to soften.
- Add coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla to food processor. Pulse into a coarse paste.
- Press mixture into an 8 x 8 square pan lined with parchment or wax paper, leaving about 2-3 inches over hanging the pan edges.
- Chill for 1 hour.
- Melt chocolate and spread on top of bars. Refrigerate until chocolate hardens.
- Using the overlapping parchment/wax paper gently lift the bars out of the pan and cut in to squares.
- Store in refrigerator or freezer.
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