Vegan Chocolate Chai Protein Bars [with hemp hearts]

• Gluten free

• Meat

  • 2 tbsp Hemp hearts

• Produce

  • 2 tbsp Cacao powder
  • 1/4 tsp Ginger

• Refrigerated

  • 3 tbsp Non dairy milk, Unsweetened

• Condiments

  • 3 tbsp Honey, raw
  • 1/2 cup Sunflower butter

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 cup Almond meal
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom
  • 3 tbsp Chocolate chips, dairy free mini
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/8 Cloves
  • 2 tbsp Coconut flour
  • 3/4 cup Mrm veggie vanilla protein
  • 1/4 Nutmeg

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1 tsp Coconut oil, Extra Virgin

Found on fitmittenkitchen.com

Description

Ingredients

• ¾ cup MRM Veggie Vanilla Protein (about 2 scoops)
• ¼ cup almond meal
• 2 TBS coconut flour
• 2 TBS cacao powder (or cocoa)
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp cardamom
• ¼ tsp ginger
• ¼ nutmeg
• ⅛ cloves
• ½ cup sunflower butter (or other natrual nut butter)
• 3 TBS raw honey (or brown rice syrup if strictly vegan)
• 1 TBS coconut oil, melted
• 3 TBS unsweetened non-dairy milk (I used cashew)
• 3 TBS dairy-free mini chocolate chips (or regular)
• 1 tsp extra virgin coconut oil
• 2 TBS hemp hearts

Directions

• Line a bread pan with parchment paper
• In a large bowl, combine protein powder, almond meal, coconut flour, cacao powder, and spices. Stir until well mixed and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, add sunflower butter, honey, and melted coconut oil and stir until well combined.
• Add sunflower butter mixture to large bowl of dry ingredients, and gently stir. Mix will be dry and take a while to come together. Add one tablespoon of milk at a time, until mixture forms into crumbled dough texture (see picture in post). Use your hands to make sure everything is well mixed at the end.
• Press mixture into prepared pan with slightly wet hands. Flatten as much as you can. I then used the overhang of parchment paper to press and get really flat. (See picture in post.)
• In a small microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and coconut oil together, 10-30 seconds, in increments, until chocolate is completely melted.
• Pour melted chocolate over bars and sprinkle with hemp hearts.
• Place bars in freezer for 30 minutes, or refrigerator for 1 hour to set. Lift parchment paper from pan and cut into 10 bars.
• Store bars in airtight container in fridge up to 2 weeks, and in freezer well wrapped for up to 3 months.I like to individually wrap bars and store in fridge and/or freezer for a quick snack or easy lunch packing.

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