Maple Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Energy Bars
- Ready In:
- 33mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
15
ingredients
- 15 ounces great northern beans, drained and rinsed
- 1⁄2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1⁄2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 1 teaspoon apple pie spice or 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups oats (rolled, old-fashioned or quick)
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄2 cup Raisin Bran cereal
- 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a food processor, combine the beans, pumpkin, syrup, spice, and salt and blend until very smooth.
- Add the flour and pulse to combine.
- Add the oats and pulse to combine.
- Transfer to a large bowl.
- Add the cereal and chocolate chips, ans stir to combine. If the mixture seems spreadable, you're good. If it's too dry, add 1/4 c water. If too runny, add an additional 1/4 c flour.
- Grease a 9x13 pan.
- Spread the mixture in the pan. Have a small cup of water nearby and dip your spatula in the water to make it easier to spread the mixture in the pan, or pat it out with your hands.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
- Let cool and then cut into 1-2-inch squares.
- Remove from the pan, wrap individually in plastic wrap and keep in refrigerator.
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Reviews
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I LOVE these, so much so that I created a food.com account just so I could review them. A great recipe if you're trying to go more toward home-made, natural snacks and away from store-bought, processed. They're great as is, however after making them according to the recipe the first couple times, I tried the following adjustments and think the result was an even yummier and more energy-packed bar. For the whole wheat flour, I subbed 1/2 c coconut flour and 1/2 c cashew meal (you could probably use any nut meal/flour, as this recipe is pretty forgiving). I reduced the maple syrup to 1/4 c and added 1/4 c honey. I used 1 cup quick oats and 1/2 c steel cut oats. I added roughly 1/3 c raisins. And any hearty, earthy/grainy cereal will work (in place of the raisin bran. If the mixture is too dry at the end (i.e. crumbly v. spreadable), you can add a bit more pumpkin or up to 1/4 c water as the recipe indicates. So good!