Caramel Power Bars with No Caramel

Caramel Power Bars with No Caramel

April 7, 2010, 5:05 pm
Filed under: Breakfast, Snack Food Recipes | Tags: energy bars, healthy snack recipe, paleo, power bars, snacks

So, two things:

1) I won’t be keeping up this blog everyday anymore, it’s too time consuming and I’ve got a lot on my plate right now.   We will let you know whether or not we won the Paleo Challenge as soon as we hear.

And, I will post recipes when I come up with a reallllly good one (like last night.)  As I mentioned, Corey is working on a community kind of Paleo recipe website, which I think is REALLY needed.  There are a few great clean eating sites on the web, but there needs to be more, and stuff needs to be searchable and quick.  So yeah, he’s all over that, and we’ll keep you posted on progress, here and over at Aqufit.

2) I talked a lot about Lara bars in the 31 day challenge.  Sometimes, you just feel like something heartier than fruit or a sweet potato half for a snack and the Lara bars often did the trick.  But, they are also pretty high calorie, and also really expensive.  I wanted to make a homemade energy bar that was filling, sweet, and healthy – and last night — booyah.

Caramel Power Bars

These nuggets of delicious chewy goodness don’t actually have any caramel in them, but that’s what they taste like to me.  These are not totally strict Paleo as they do have protein powder and honey in them, but you can negate both of those ingredients for a slightly less sweet but equally satisfying bar.

You will need:

1 cup almond butter (smooth)

1/4 cup honey

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds

1/4 cup dried berries (cherries, blueberries and cranberries all work well)

1/2 cup assorted nuts (I used cashews, pecans, and a few sliced almonds)

Any other unsalted seed, nut, or dried fruit filling you can think of – I think dried banana or shredded unsweetened coconut would be amazing!)

2 heaping scoops of vanilla protein powder (we use ISO Sensation Vanilla and it’s my favourite so far.  Corey is an advocate of protein powder for muscle building and I have to say, judging from his body composition, I think he’s on to something.  It certainly hasn’t hurt either one of us.)

Melt almond butter (and honey, and protein powder if desired) on low heat.  Add apple sauce. When easily stirrable, add nuts and berries.

Once all ingredients are coated and gooey, put on a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Hungrily lick the spoon and scrape all remnants from side of pot.  This shit is amazing.

Refridgerate for several hours.

Voila!  Your own homemade power bars.

Warning: these are slightly gooey.  If you want to make them less so, refridgerate for longer (or freeze) — or use a bit less apple sauce.  Either way, they’re gonna be good.

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