Orange Coffee Energy Bars
the perfect snack to prep at the weekend to give you a boost during the week
prep time 5 -10 mins total time 2-3 hours makes 12
These vegan orange coffee energy bars are zesty, chocolatey are the perfect snack to choose before a workout or even during a busy work day.
All you need are some oats, dates, a few nuts, coffee beans, orange and some chocolate.
ingredients
200g of rolled oats
Zest of 1 orange
2 tsps of fresh orange juice
400g medjool dates
50g hazelnuts
2 tbsp ground coffee beans
1 tbsp cocoa powder
45g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
Pinch of sea salt
Top with
45g dark chocolate, melted
method
Line a baking tin (approx 20 cms square) with parchment paper, overlapping the top, so easy to remove the bars.
Place all the ingredients into a food processor, and blitz until forms a sticky paste. If too crumbly add a splash or water (or fresh orange juice) and blitz again.
Turn out the mixture into the baking tin, and firmly press down, making sure you every spread out the mixture and get into all the corners. Press down all over, then place in fridge for a couple of hours to firm.
Remove from fridge and drizzle over melted chocolate. Leave to set in fridge. Turn out and cut into bars.
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notes
The recipe is flexible, so 100g of dates could be substituted for dried apricots or golden sultanas.
If you don’t like or have any hazelnuts in your store cupboard, then just switch them out for any nuts of your choice.
