These are ah-may-zing. You need to make these right now. These energy bars are full of heart healthy superfoods dark chocolate (my favorite supperfood!) and cranberries, not to mention made with whole wheat flower and oats and super healthy cinnamon. These bars are not only good for you but amazingly delish.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Bars
adapted from Health Magazine
Ingredients
1/2 cup whole-wheat flower
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
2 large eggs
2 TBSP canola oil
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups barley flakes or rolled oats (<—I opted for the oats!)
3/4 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
*Pre-heat oven to 350. Grease 13 x 8 inch cooking pan
Or, if you are like me and don’t have adequate baking supplies…grease whatever pan you can find. Mine happened to be round. Oops.
*Whisk together flour, baking soda and cinnamon
*In large bowl, beat brown sugar and peanut butter until well combined. Beat in eggs, oil, and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture. Add oats/barley, cranberries, peanuts and chocolate chips, stirring to combine.
*Spread evenly in prepared pan. Bake 20-25 minutes, until lightly browned and firm to the touch. Cool on wire rack.
Makes 24 bars
Nutritional Stats
Serving Size: 1 bar
Calories: 176 // fat: 8.2 g (sat 2.3 g, mono 3.7 g, poly 1.8 grams) // Cholesterol: 16mg // Protein: 4g // Carbohydrate: 24 g // Sugars: 16g // Fiber: 2g // Iron: 1mg // Sodium: 62mg // Calcium: 18mg
Other Fall Recipes
*Citrus Scallops With Fall Veggies
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Those looks amazingly good. I am going to have to give them a try. Thank you for sharing!
Oh my goodness those look and sound so delicious. I love cranberries and must try these. Thanks for the share Keri!
can’t say why but I am really fantastic at cooking meals….and refuse to bake…so could you just send me some because that looks phenomenal!