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Healthy no bake cherry chocolate snack bars are made from real ingredients – like oats, almonds, cocoa powder and fresh cherries – and have no added sugar. They taste like brownies, but in a nutritious, portable snack. (gluten-free, vegan)

Author: Kaleigh

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• ½ cup pitted dates
• ¾ cup raw almonds
• 1 cup pitted sweet cherries
• 1 ½ tbsp cocoa powder (I like dark cocoa powder)
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
• ¼ tsp fine sea salt

Instructions

1. Add oats, dates, and almonds to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped.
2. Add cherries, cocoa powder, flaxseed, and salt. Pulse until well blended and the dough starts to gather in a loose ball. Stop to scrape down the sides with a spatula as needed.
3. Press mixture into an 8-inch square parchment-lined dish. Refrigerate until bars are chilled and hardened.
4. Lift out the parchment to remove the now firm mixture from the dish and cut into 8 bars.
5. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Notes

• Use wet hands to press the mixture into the pan to prevent it from sticking to you.
• If you’d rather, you can form the ‘dough’ into balls instead of bars.
• Use certified gluten-free oats, if necessary.
• Chia seeds may be used in place of flaxseeds. 

Nutrition:

Servings: 8

187 cal, 27 gm Carb, Protein 5 gm, Fat 7.6 gm, Sodium 74 mg