Servings: 6 + bars
Ingredients
Quick Version
- 1 cup chocolate (sweetened chocolate of your choice)
- 1 cup puffed quinoa (store-bought or homemade*)
From-Scratch Version
- 1 cup 100% cacao wafers
- 1 cup cacao butter
- 1/2 cup powdered coconut sugar (or sweetener of your choice), double for a less dark version
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup puffed quinoa
Instructions
Quick Version
- Melt the chocolate: Use a double boiler (a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water) or microwave in short bursts, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
- Add the puffed quinoa and stir until evenly coated.
- Pour mixture into a parchment-lined pan or mold. Refrigerate 2 hours until firm.
- Slice or break into pieces and store in an airtight container.
From-Scratch Version
- Melt cacao butter in a double boiler (a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water). Once it is mostly melted, stir in the cacao wafers until melted.
- Mix in your sweetener, vanilla extract, and salt.
- Add the puffed quinoa and stir until evenly coated. (See “notes” to make your own puffed quinoa.)
- Pour mixture into a parchment-lined pan or mold. Refrigerate 2 hours until firm.
- Slice or break into pieces and store in an airtight container.
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Notes
-*If you want to make your own puffed quinoa, it will not be as puffy as store-bought, but it will still give you a good crunch. First, rinse the quinoa, then dry it completely (this removes the bitter saponins). I skip this step personally because I don’t have the patience. Then toast over medium heat until it pops. Keep it moving — it burns fast!
-Use chocolate with 70% cacao or higher for more antioxidants and less sugar.
-Bars can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or frozen for several months.
-Give these bars a nutrient boost with nuts, chia seeds, hemp hearts, goji berries, or pomegranate.
Nutrition
Calories: 279kcal | Carbohydrates: 12.8g | Protein: 1.4g | Fat: 26.2g | Saturated Fat: 16.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8.4g | Sodium: 15.5mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 3.5g | Sugar: 5.8g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Calcium: 10.5mg | Iron: 1.6mg
Nutrition values are approximate and may vary.
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