Homemade chocolate energy bars are the perfect snack to enjoy anytime you need fuel. In this guide, you’ll learn how to make your own tasty and healthy energy source full of cocoa, nuts, seeds, and other goodies.
One of the best parts of making a chocolate energy bar is getting to choose your own flavorings and toppings.
You can get creative with whatever ingredients you have on hand, like almonds, hazelnuts, coconut flakes, peanut butter chips, dried fruit, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds and more.
To really take your energy bars up a notch in taste and nutrition, try adding spices like cinnamon or cardamom for an exotic twist! Combine two or more flavors for the perfect combination of flavors that you’ll love.
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These energy bars take the same concept and enhance it with…chocolate! Anything is better with chocolate, right? Another great recipe that chocolate makes even better is my Avocado Chocolate Mousse (and it’s healthy!).
Fasting or not, these chocolate energy bars are the perfect pick-me-up. They’re quick and easy to make, raw, vegan, gluten-free, customizable, satisfying, nourishing, happiness-inducing and chocolatey! 🙂
CHOCOLATE ENERGY BARS
Equipment
- 1 Food Processor
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw almonds
- 11/2 cup medium medjool dates, pitted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp heaped cacao or cocoa powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
Optional Add-Ins
- chia seeds
- chocolate chips
- white chocloate chips
- cacao nibs current favorite
- shredded coconut
- sesame seeds
- poppy seeds
- ground cinnamon
- instant coffee/espresso powder
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients in a food processor. Process until the almonds have broken down well and the ingredients begins to form into a ball, about 2 minutes. If you are using chocolate chips and would like them somewhat intact, add them toward the end of the chopping.
- To flatten into bars, either place the dough between wax paper or place it in a quart size ziplock bag and then use a rolling pin to flatten. If using a ziplock bag, use scissors to cut it open after flattening the dough.
- Cut into bars of desired size. Enjoy right away and store the rest in the refrigerator.
