Chocolate & Hazelnut Bars

• Delicious Nutella-tasting bars!
• Healthy and nutritious, and they taste divine!
• A fantastic lunchbox snack or pre or post-workout treat.
• Vegan and gluten-free.

Organic Roasted Hazelnuts 500g (Sussex Wholefoods)

150g Hazelnuts

Organic Millet Flakes 1kg (Sussex Wholefoods)

150g Millet Flakes

Organic Porridge Oats 1kg, Gluten Free (Sussex Wholefoods)

150g Oats

Organic Medjool Dates 500g (Sussex Wholefoods)

150g Medjool Dates

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil 500ml (Sussex Wholefoods)

3tbsp Coconut Oil

Organic Maple Syrup 330g (Meridian)

100ml maple syrup

Cashew Butter 170g (Meridian)

75g cashew butter

Panama Dark Chocolate, Organic 80g (Chocolate and Love)

1 Dark Chocolate Bar

Fine Pink Himalayan Salt 1kg (Sussex Wholefoods)

a pinch of salt

Other Ingredients

• hot water

Method

1. Cover dates with boiling water and leave to stand.
2. Preheat your oven to 180C.
3. In a mixing bowl place millet flakes, oats, coconut oil and 100ml maple syrup, and mix well. Place on a baking tray (covered with baking paper) and bake for 15-20 minutes (check halfway through to make sure it’s not burnt).
4. Place a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of water and gently heat on a low setting. Melt your chocolate bar in the bowl. Use a whisk to keep the mixture moving.
5. Place your soaked dates, 100g hazelnuts, cashew nut butter, salt, melted chocolate, and a splash of water in a blender, and blend until you reach a paste consistency.
6. Chop the remaining hazelnuts roughly.
7. Mix your chocolate paste with toasted oats and chopped hazelnuts and combine.
8. Layer a baking tray with parchment paper, pour your mixture into the baking tray and press down firmly.
9. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
10. Cut into even shapes and enjoy!