Wheat-Free Cashew Breakfast Bars

• cooking spray
• 3/4 cup raw cashews
• 3/4 cup crispy rice cereal
• 3/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup soy nut butter
• 1/2 cup blue agave nectar, or as needed
• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1. Spray an 8x8-inch glass baking pan with cooking spray.
2. Place cashews in a food processor; grind until the consistency of flour.
3. Combine ground cashews, rice cereal, sunflower seeds, nut butter, agave, oats, and flaxseed meal in the bowl of a stand mixer; blend until smooth.
4. Press cashew mixture firmly into the prepared baking pan with a spatula.
5. Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each melting, 1 to 3 minutes. Spread over cashew mixture.
6. Chill in the refrigerator until set, about 5 minutes. Cut into 1-inch squares.

cooking spray, cashews, crispy rice cereal, sunflower seeds, soy nut butter, oldfashioned oats, meal, chocolate chips

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255224/wheat-free-cashew-breakfast-bars/ (may not work)