Healthy Fruit and Seed Chocolate Bars
Fruit and seed bars are a healthy and simple dessert. This is a quick and easy snack that tastes indulgent while also being healthy!All you need to do is melt chocolate and mix in dried fruit and seeds (for nut-free bars), let the bars cool, break or cut into pieces, and serve. There are many ingredient possibilities, allowing endless combinations for a variety of tasty desserts.
Servings: 12 bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup Semisweet chocolate Melted
- 1/4 cup Coconut milk or nut butter Optional. Mix with the chocolate prior to melting to create bars with a softer, more fudge-like texture. For a firm, chocolate bar texture, use only chocolate.
- 1/3 cup Pitted dates Cut into small pieces
- 1/3 cup Seeds such as pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds
- 1/8 cup Other add-ins as desired such as chia seeds, toasted quinoa, dried cranberries, flax seeds, almonds, cashews, or pecans.
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate: Place chocolate in a microwave-safe dish and heat for approximately 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted (or heat the chocolate in a pan on the stovetop over low heat or in a double boiler, stirring frequently). For softer bars, add peanut butter or coconut milk to the chocolate prior to heating, and melt as above, stirring to combine.
- Meanwhile, cut dates into small pieces.
- Add dates, seeds, and any other ingredients to the melted chocolate, stirring to coat all the pieces with chocolate and combine thoroughly.
- Pour the mixture into a tray or dish lined with parchment paper and press into a uniform thickness (about 2cm thick).
- Refrigerate until the bars are fully cooled and hardened.
- Cut into bars or break into pieces and serve. Keeps for about 1 week in the refrigerator or freezes well for longer storage.