Recipe: Peanut Butter and Chocolate Energy Bars

Total Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 18 serving(s)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 2 1/2 cups puffed wheat cereal
• 1/2 cup almond slivers
• 1/4 cup ground flax seeds
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds (you can also use pepitas)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup agave nectar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Combine oats, almonds, puffed cereal, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, and chocolate chips in a large bowl.
2. In a small saucepan, combine butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, salt, and agave nectar. Bring mixture to a slight boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
3. Pour mixture quickly over the dry ingredients (like Rice Krispie Treats). Stir to combine…chocolate chips will melt.
4. With wet fingers, press mixture VERY FIRMLY into a 9x13 pan lined with wax paper. Let harden. (I put them in the freezer for 15-20 minutes to harden quickly before cutting.) Cut into approximately 18 pieces. If you want them thicker, make 1 and ½ of the recipe or don't fill the whole pan.
5. Store in the freezer– best when thawed for a few minutes. *I wrap individual bars in wax paper and keep in freezer in a Tupperware tub so kids can grab “on the go”.

Nutrition Information Per Serving

From the kitchen of: Get Healthy U