Sweet & Salty Chocolate Chai Granola Bars

Ingredients

  • 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats, GF if needed
  • 3 cups Enjoy Life Crunchy Flax Original cereal
  • 3/4 cup ground flax seeds
  • 2 envelopes of Knox gelatin
  • 1/2 cup cacao nibs
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon stevia
  • 1 teaspoon Saigon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
  • 3/4 cup organic virgin coconut oil
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
  • 2 Tablespoons blackstrap molasses
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla

Makes one 9×11 pan, cut into 12 bars

  1. Place the 2 de-seeded medjool dates in the freezer for easy cutting later.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  3. Roast 2 cups of old fashioned rolled oats at 350°F for 15 minutes. Once done, transfer to a different pan for cooling & turn the oven down to 300°F.
  4. Line a 9×11 glass baking dish with parchment paper. This will be for the granola bars.
  5. In a large mixing bowl, combine ground flax seeds, gelatin, cocoa nibs, salt, stevia, cinnamon, ginger, & cardamom. Mix well.
  6. Add the roasted oats & Crunchy Flax Cereal to the mixing bowl. Mix well.
  7. Chop the two de-seeded medjool dates as finely as possible. Add them to the mixing bowl. Mix well.
  8. Melt coconut oil in the microwave or in a saucepan. Once it’s fully melted and in liquid form, in a separate bowl, mix melted coconut oil, maple syrup, & molasses together.
  9. Pour warm liquid mixture over dry contents in mixing bowl. Thoroughly mix together.
  10. Press mixture into glass pyrex dish lined with parchment paper.
  11. Bake at 300°F for 30 minutes.
  12. Cool completely prior to cutting. Bars will be crunchy.

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