Chocolate Bomb Bars

These healthy bars will blast you with chocolate from several directions!

Look for cacao nibs in health food stores, Whole Foods Market, or at nuts.com. If unavailable, the bars are still delicious without them.



These bars contain around 4-5 grams "net" carbs per bar, well within the tolerance for most people.

Yields approximately 10 bars

1 cup ground almonds
2 tablespoons coconut flour
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup cacao nibs
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
2 ounces 85-90% cocoa chocolate, finely chopped
3/4 cup raw pumpkin or sunflower seeds
Sweetener equivalent to 3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons almond butter
1/4 cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons coconut oil or cocoa butter (food grade)

Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Lay sheet of parchment paper on large baking pan.

In large bowl, combine ground almonds, coconut flour, cocoa powder, cacao nibs, coconut, chocolate bits, pumpkin seeds, and sweetener (if dry) and mix.

In microwave-safe bowl or in small sauce pan, add almond butter, coconut milk, and coconut oil and sweetener (if liquid) and heat for 15 second increments in microwave until liquid, but not hot. If using stove, heat at low-heat enough to make liquid easily mixed, but not hot.

Pour liquid into dry almond mixture and mix together thoroughly. If too stiff, add water one tablespoon at at time until the consistency of thick dough.

Spoon out approximately 1 1/2-inch balls, shaping with the spoon and/or your hands into bar shapes.

Bake for 35 minutes. Remove and cool.

Comments (4) -

  • Stevie

    7/21/2012 6:24:37 PM |

    I make these often. I do not bother with the shaping of little balls. I put them on parchment paper, flat like pizza dough. Then after baking, cooling, I slice into small bar sizes.

    Smile

  • Low Carb Master

    8/6/2012 6:57:42 AM |

    Wow, this is a simple low carb recipe. My girlfriend likes to bake and I like to cook low carb. I think this will be a great edition to our recipe book. Thanks!

  • steve Kreloff

    11/10/2012 7:55:42 PM |

    Could you recommend any energy bars that I can purchase in a store? I am a distance runner and like to eat an energy bar before a long run. Any suggestions? Thanks.

    Steve Kreloff

  • sweetmack

    12/7/2012 7:32:11 PM |

    I should have read the comments above before I made these. Mine look like short fat hot dogs. Really tasty if you like chocolate. I like the pumpkin seeds as they make it kind of chunchy. I refrigerated them and they seem to store well that way.

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