Chocolate, Almond & Coconut Cereal Bars
- 5 cups Puffed Wheat Cereal (I Used Trader Joe's Sweetened Puff Wheat Cereal)
- 1/2 cups Slivered Almonds
- 1/2 cups Coconut, Shredded, Unsweetened
- 3 Tablespoons Brown Rice Syrup
- 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tablespoon Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cups Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers
- Preheat oven to 325 F. Line a 9 x 9 square pan with parchment paper (make sure the ends of the paper extend over edges of pan).
- Set aside.
- In a large bowl add puffed wheat cereal, almonds and coconut; mix until combined.
- In a small saucepan over low heat, warm the brown rice syrup, maple syrup, vanilla, cocoa powder, salt and sugar; just until sugar is melted.
- Pour the liquid mixture on top of the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Make sure everything is coated.
- Scoop the mixture into the prepared baking pan and press down firmly with the back of a spoon (mixture will be sticky).
- I found using a piece of parchment paper and pressing on it with my hands works great in pressing the bars.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
- Remove pan from oven, press mixture down again with a spoon until the bars are flat.
- Set aside until completely cooled.
- Once cooled, take the bars out of the pan by grabbing the ends of the parchment paper.
- Flip them over on your cutting board.
- Remove the parchment paper.
- With a sharp knife, cut into 8 or 12 slices.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate for 8 second intervals until chocolate is melted.
- Pour chocolate into a sandwich baggie and cut the corner off.
- Drizzle chocolate over cooled bars.
- Let the chocolate harden.
- I store mine in a sealed container at room temperature.
puffed wheat cereal, coconut, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, vanilla, cocoa, salt, brown sugar, chocolate melting wafers
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/chocolate-almond-coconut-cereal-bars/ (may not work)