Homemade Chocolate Chip Protein Bars

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Ingredients:•1 cup Almond Flour or Meal, lightly packed

•¾ cup Cashew Flour, light packed (if you don’t have sub in

more almond flour or meal)

•½ cup rolled oats, separated (use Gluten free if needed)

•6 tablespoons Plain Brown Rice Protein (or other favorite

plain protein powder)

•10 small dates chopped (2 oz)

•⅛ cup honey

•½ cup Palm Sugar (if n/a available use ½ cup powdered

sugar and ½ tsp molasses)

•¼ tsp salt

•1 tsp vanilla extract

•1 tablespoon plus 1 tsp water

•2 tablespoons powdered sugar for rolling (I used organic)

•¼ cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips

•(optional) 1-2 ounces melted chocolate for drizzling ( I used

dark chocolate, but semi sweet would be good, too)

Instructions:1. Prepare a sheet of wax paper on your counter with powdered sugar for rolling

2. Add Almond flour, Cashew flour, ¼ cup oats, protein powder, dates, honey, sugar, salt,

vanilla and 1 tablespoon water to food processor.

3. Process on high until mixture comes together as a dough (should only take 1-3

minutes).

4. The dough should feel kind like play dough

5. If too dry and not coming together add 1 extra tsp of water and continue processing

6. Add in ¼ cup reserved rolled oats and pulse to combine.

7. Remove dough from your food processor and dump on prepared wax paper

8. Roll with a rolling pin or press out dough

9. If the dough is warm, allow it to cool for 5 minutes or so (this way the chocolate chips,

next step, will not melt)

10. Pour mini chocolate chips over dough and press into dough

11. Fold the dough over it’s self several times in order to distribute the chocolate chips

through out the dough

12. Press or roll dough into a 7x7 square on the wax paper (should end up around ¾ inch

thick)

13. With a pizza cutter or knife cut into 10 equal sized bars

14. Place on a plate or board and freeze for about 15 minutes

15. Remove from freezer and separate bars

16. (optional) Drizzle with melted chocolate by either using a fork or spoon or by loading the

melted chocolate into a Ziploc plastic baggie and snipping a tiny hole in the corner and

using it as a piping bag.

17. Return bars to the refrigerator or freezer to harden.

18. Store in an airtight container or bag in the freezer or refrigerator.

19. Should keep in the refrigerator at least a week (probably more) and in the freezer

around a month.

20. They will be hard from the freezer or refrigerator and soften up when left at room

temperature. I like them hard.

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