The following cold-mix recipe for Do-It-Yourself Trail Snack Bars is from SurvivalBlog reader Jen B.
She says: “This recipe requires no heat. It sure beats paying for expensive Lara Bars or Clif Bars, and I have the comfort of knowing exactly what is in them. This recipe can be doubled.”
Ingredients
- 1 cup pitted dates
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1¼ cups crisp rice cereal
- ¼ cup coarsely chopped peanuts
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt (Use less or none if you are on a low-salt diet.)
- ½ cup creamy-style peanut butter
- ⅓ cup brown rice syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (Or more, if you are a chocaholic.)
Directions
- Spray an 8×8-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray, and set that aside.
- Place the dates in a food processor and pulse it until finely chopped. (Or you can chop them the old-fashioned way, on a cutting board.)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the chopped dates with the cereal, oats, peanuts, flaxseed, cinnamon, and salt
- In a small saucepan, combine the peanut butter and brown rice syrup over medium heat, stirring until melted and completely blended. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
- Pour the peanut butter mixture over the oat mixture and stir it all until well-combined.
- Gently stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the mixture into the 8x8pan and press firmly to pack the mixture into the pan.
- Let the mixture sit until completely cool and set, for at least 1 hour.
- Cut into equal-size bars, then wrap them individually in plastic wrap and store them in your refrigerator.
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