PERUVIAN ENERGY BARS

MAKES

12

PREPARATION TIME

Start the day before you need them

For the bars:

• 3 C oats
• 1 C Mesquite Powder
• 1 C Lucuma Powder
• 1 C raisins
• 1/2 C Cacao Nibs
• 1/2 C Chia Seeds, ground
• 1/4 C Maca Powder
• 1 T vanilla powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 2 C dates
• 2 C water
• 1/2 C Cacao Powder

• 1/2 C Cacao Paste
• 1/4 C Cacao Butter
• 1/4 C coconut oil
• 1/4 C Coconut Blossom Nectar

STEP 1:

Soak the dates in the water until soft.

STEP 2:

Blend the dates and the soak water into a date jam, adding the Cacao Powder to make it a chocolate date jam.

STEP 3:

In a food processor, pulse the oats till roughly chopped and then add the remaining ingredients and pulse.

STEP 4:

Place dry ingredients in a bowl and add the date jam. Work it through into a doughy consistency.

STEP 5:

Spread out onto a solid sheet and dry in a dehydrator for 12 hours.

STEP 6:

Make the chocolate sauce – in a pot suspended over hot water melt the Cacao Paste, Cacao Butter and coconut oil together and stir in Coconut Blossom Nectar or sweetener of your choice.

STEP 7:

Cut into bar shapes and dip into chocolate sauce. Allow the chocolate to set in the fridge.