This delicious, no cook, pressed fruit and nut bar contains a nutritious selection of ingredients including dates, seeds, oats, nuts, and dark chocolate. It is high in protein and fibre and does not contain added sugar. It would be delicious served with coffee and, perfect for taking along on a cold winter walk.
Ingredients
Makes 20 small pieces
Dry mixture
150g nuts and seeds e.g. pumpkin seeds, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds
100g desiccated coconut
Wet mixture
150g plump, soft dates, stoned
30g of cocoa powder
1 tsp of vanilla extract
2 tbsp coconut oil, melted (either for a few seconds in a microwave or in a small saucepan)
3 tbsp (50g) almond/peanut butter
50g dark chocolate (60-70% cocoa), chopped into small chips.
Method
You will need a small cake tin measuring approximately 20cm x 20cm x 5cm and lined with baking paper.
Place the nuts and seeds, and desiccated coconut in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until the ingredients are roughly chopped. Empty the ingredients into a large bowl.
Now put the dates, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, melted coconut oil, and almond/peanut butter into the bowl of the food processor and process until the mixture is smooth.
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture in the large bowl and mix well with your hands. Really scrunch the mixture well to ensure all the ingredients are mixed thoroughly.
Stir the chopped, dark chocolate chips into the mixture making sure the pieces are distributed throughout the mixture.
Line the base of the cake tin with baking paper. Place the fruit and nut mixture into the base of cake tin and press down firmly. If you do not have enough mixture to fill the whole of the cake tin don’t worry just fill it as far as best as you can. You are aiming to create a slab of pressed fruit and nuts measuring approximately 20cm x 20cm x 4cm.