Everyone needs a little treat every now and then! These are so yummy. I've made them for a few different people and no one can believe how good they taste when they hear the ingredients. It's amazing what you can do with dates, walnuts, cocoa, and chia. They taste like a really rich brownie with little crunchies (the chia) inside. All 3 of the girls love them--even super picky twoK!
The brownies have fat and sugar in them, but if you're gonna eat something sweet, these are probably less bad for you than anything else. The sugar comes from the dates, and it's used in this recipe the way nature intended, as the whole fruit. The fat comes from the walnuts and they have a better ratio of Omega-3s than most nuts.
I'm copying and pasting the recipe from the above site (my happy, healthy friend's site) in case her site ever goes away. I doubt it, but it's my policy to copy and paste recipes here. I give full credit to where I found the recipe. I also recommend going to her site to get the nutrition facts and see her picture (link above).
Makes 10 bars
Prep time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups pitted dates (Warning: pinch each date carefully to be sure the pit has been removed! An errant pit will stop your food processor cold!)
1/3 cup raw usweetened (& undutched) cocoa powder
1/3 cup whole chia seeds
3/4 tsp vanilla extract, optional
1 cup raw walnut pieces
Cocoa for dusting
Preparation
1. Place dates in bowl of food processor; puree until thick paste forms.
2. Add cocoa powder, chia seeds, and vanilla, if using. Pulse until all ingredients are combined.
3. Add walnuts; pulse until nuts are finely chopped and well distributed through date mixture.
4. Spread large sheet of wax paper on work surface, and dust with oat flour, if using
5. Transfer date mixture to wax paper, and press mixture into 1/2 inch thick rectangle. Wrap tightly with the waxed paper, and then with foil. Chill overnight.
6. Unwrap block, and cut into 10 bars. Dust edges and sides with cocoa VERY lightly, if desired, to prevent sticking. Wrap each bar in waxed paper & store in the refrigerator.
Note, my picture shows our chocolate, walnut, chia bars in a pan. I don't recommend putting them into a pan. Though you get nice edges, it's hard to get the piece out of the pan in one piece. It works better to mash them together and leave them on wax paper. I also failed to let them refrigerate long enough. The bars fall apart too easily the first day! I just couldn't manage waiting any longer, and crumbly or not, they are super yum.
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