Paleo nut bars

Whole, healthy and pure ingredients. Only a touch of sugar in the whole recipe. These are so tasty, I've even put them down as being a dessert. But probably more suitable as a snack. An indulgent snack.

Gluten free and refined sugar free. What more can you want? They're chewy and crunchy with a subtle sharpness provided by the goji berries, which compliments the sweetness of the chocolate.

These really are wonderful treats to look forward to as a mid-morning to mid-afternoon snack.

Paleo Nut Bars

Serves: 6 bars

Ingredients

For the base

• 48g almonds

• 48g walnuts

• 60g oats

• 1tbsp flax seeds

• 1tbsp chia seeds

• 15g goji berries

• 44g honey

• coconut oil

• 1tbsp nut butter ( I used almonds )

• 1/4tsp cinnamon

For the Chocolate Topping

• 50g coconut oil

• 30g raw cacao powder

• 2tbsp maple syrup

Method

- Preheat the oven to 180/350F degrees celsius, fan.

- Line a pan with tin foil or baking paper.

First make the base... - Half the amount of walnuts, almonds and oats. Blitz half and chop up the other half ( obviously not the oats ), until powdery. Remove to a large bowl.

- Add the remainder of the nuts and oats to the bowl. Toss in the seeds and goji berries and stir everything.

- Heat the honey, nut butter and coconut oil in a small sauce pan over a medium-low heat. Stir constantly.

- Once they mixture is smooth, turn up the heat to medium-high and let it boil for roughly 30 seconds.

- Pour the wet over the dry and stir everything quickly. Press it into the pan

- Bake it in the oven for 20 minutes, or until it's beginning to go golden around the edges. Remove and let it cool.

Next make the topping...

- Melt the coconut oil.

- Stir in the cacao powder until no lumps remain.

- Stir through the maple syrup until the sauce thickens slightly.

- Pour the sauce over the base and chill for several hours in the fridge to seal everything together.

- Cut the bar into 6 smaller ( Be careful because they're delicate and crumbly ). Sprinkle salt over. These keep fresh for 1 week but you could probably do two...they never last that long for me!