Chocolate Cherry Cashew Homemade Kind Bars
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These perfectly sweet and wholesome bars are like Kind Bars, but fresher!
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped raw cashews
- ½ cup chopped raw almonds
- ½ cup dried tart cherries
- ½ cup brown rice cereal (gluten-free, if needed)
- ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
- ¼ cup dairy-free semi-sweet chocolate chunks
- 1 tablespoon whole golden flaxseeds
- ¼ cup brown rice syrup (or liquid sweetener of choice)
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325°F. Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, stir together the nuts, cherries, cereal, seeds, chocolate, and flaxseeds.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the syrup, almond butter and salt until combined and gently fold into the dry mixture until completely incorporated.
- Transfer the mixture to your prepared baking dish, and use another sheet of parchment paper to evenly press it into the pan..
- Bake for 15 minutes. Allow the bars to cool completely in the pan on wire rack. Place in fridge or freezer for faster cooling.
- Pull up the sides of the parchment paper to remove the bars and turn upside down onto a cutting board. Peel off the parchment paper, and using serrated knife, slice into 10 even bars.
- Wrap each bar individually with plastic wrap and store in an airtight container on the counter up to 5 days or in the fridge up to 2 weeks.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/homemade-kind-bars-chocolate-cherry