Chocolate Pretzel Energy Bars are a great way to get some multivitamin nutrition into your day; they’re warm, chewy bars packed with protein, fibre, and healthy fats to keep you going all day! These bars are ideal for snacking due to their crunchy texture and soft center.
by Jayne Veggie Runners
Chocolate Pretzel Energy Bars
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 150 g dates
- 50 ml hot water
- 150 g almonds
- 100 g brazil nuts
- 4 tbsp chia seeds
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 25 g pretzels
Instructions
Preparation
- Line your tray with baking parchment. Chop your dates into little pieces and soak in the hot water and set aside. Use a bowl that will be big enough for all of the ingredients later.
- Roast your nuts under a hot grill until they start to turn a deeper brown and smell lovely. Process your nuts in your Optimum high-speed blender until they’re fine rubble. Some bits remaining are fine. Add them, along whit your chia seeds, to your dates.
- Melt your chocolate in a heat-proof jug. Add 150g of the chocolate to your date and nut mixture and mix well. Press the mixture into your tray. Pour the remaining chocolate into a plastic sandwich bag. I find the easiest way to do this is to put the bag in a glass, open it wide, and pour (hence melting the chocolate in a jug earlier).
- Get your pretzels and tray of goodies nearby. Cut a tiny 2mm hole in your sandwich bag and start streaking the chocolate all over the surface of the date bar. When around two-thirds of the mixture has been drizzled, quickly press your pretzels into the sticky surface, then keep pouring the rest of the chocolate. If you squeezed the last tablespoon of chocolate straight out of the bag into your mouth, I’m sure nobody will judge you. Leave to rest for at least 20 minutes, then transfer to the fridge for a few hours to set.
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