Chocolate Energy Bars (No Bake)

Want a breakfast that works with your on-the-go lifestyle? Need a post-workout pick-me-up? With these Chocolate Energy Bars you get all that and more!

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings bars

Calories 192kcal

Author FoodFaithFitness

Ingredients

¼ cup hazelnuts
1 cup rolled oats
½ cup pecans
¼ cup coconut flakes
1 ½ cups dates pitted
¾ cup cacao powder
¼ cup hemp seeds
¼ tsp sea salt
¼ cup dark chocolate melted

Instructions

Add the hazelnuts, rolled oats, pecan nuts, and coconut flakes to the food processor and blend until it forms a coarse crumb.
Add the pitted dates, cacao powder, hemp seeds (set aside some for sprinkling later), and sea salt to the food processor. Blend until the mix gets sticky.
Line a 6x6-inch dish with plastic wrap. Add the dough to the dish. Press the dough down into all the corners and flatten it out, compressing it a little as you go.
Drizzle on the dark chocolate and sprinkle on the hemp seeds.
Refrigerate the bars for 30 minutes or freeze for 10 minutes to let the bars set, then cut into bars.

Notes

Want to increase the protein? Add protein powder. You can also add nut butter, which, as I note below, also acts as a binding agent.
Pulse the blender so you can control the chunkiness and maintain the range in texture.
Warm your cutting knife under hot water so that the bars don't stick to the blade.

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