For the past few months I have been playing around with paleo power bar recipes. When I’m on the go I want to grab something that is packed with nutrition, not too sweet, and plenty tasty.
I’ve made this grain-free power bar recipe a bunch of times now. My taste testers (that would be my husband who is a very direct and stringent critic) have given it their official seal of approval (that would be eating an entire tray in two days flat).
When I saw Heidi’s video I knew it was time to share my paleo power bars recipe. Heidi is my favorite food blogger and author of the delightful book, Super Natural Cooking. In Heidi’s video, her voice is so soothing and the content so tranquil that it might put you into a trance. It has gorgeous shots of California’s Big Sur interspersed with her recipe.
Power Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups almonds
- ½ cup golden flaxmeal
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ cup creamy roasted almond butter
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ cup coconut oil, melted
- 4 drops stevia
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Place almonds, flax meal, shredded coconut, almond butter, and salt in a food processor
- Pulse briefly, about 10 seconds
- Add coconut oil, stevia, honey, and vanilla to dry ingredients
- Pulse until mixture forms a coarse paste
- Press mixture into an 8 x 8 inch baking dish
- Chill in refrigerator 1 hour, until firm
- In a saucepan, melt chocolate over very low heat, stirring continuously
- Spread melted chocolate over bars
- Refrigerate 30 minutes, until chocolate solidifies
- Serve
- Store in refrigerator for up to 1 week
My no-bake, high-protein, high-fiber bars are based upon Melissa Diane Smith’s recipe for Amaretto Protein Bars. I’ve made quite a few changes to her recipe, simplifying it a bit and lowering the amount of sweetener.
The chocolate topping on these paleo power bars makes them seem a bit decadent. Though dark chocolate, rich in antioxidants, has now entered the echelon of power foods so I’ll keep it on mine.
By the way, the photo above is actually of Macadamia Power Bars. To make that recipe simply substitute raw macadamia nuts for the almonds and raw macadamia nut butter
Pauline says
Hi
Hate to b a dummy but what is stevia & where can U purchase it
Recipe sounds grt can wait to try it
Mayb this could b good for the people that hv bypass or lap band surgery
Elana says
Pauline, if you click on the green text that says “stevia” in the ingredients portion of the recipe you will be given that info :-)
cheryl says
Elana: I’d love to know your estimate for protein per bar?
Elana says
Cheryl, for more on that please go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/nutrition-information/
Have a lovely day!
Elana
Dan says
These are the best things ever. I made them exactly as is except used 100% Peanut Butter instead of Almond Butter because I didn’t have that in. They are so good I will never buy a processed bar again. Addictive too….Thank you these ROCK!
Kym says
These bars are 100% better than any power bar you can make in the store! I got into trouble by my kids the other day for taking the last one. They are super easy to make and EAT!
Amanda says
I have a slightly silly question: I’m definitely making these, but I have no food processor. I do have a vitamix (yay wedding presents!) and a submersion blender…and a sharp knife. Can I use any of these instead of the processor? I don’t want to over or under process the ingredients.
Thanks so much!
Elana says
Amanda, I don’t think that will work. So sorry!
Karine says
These sound really good. I’m really looking forward to trying these. :)
Dina says
Hello Elana,
I absolutely LOVED this recipe, the family did too, how brilliant, the use of the coconut oil! I made some substitutions because i did not have almonds (substituted raw sesame seeds) and coconut (substituted candied ginger, 1/4 cup). It was to-die-for!!!
Sarah says
I just made these and popped them in the fridge. I used 1 3/4 cup macadamia and 1/4 cup sunflower seeds. I can’t eat agave so I used two packets of Truvia instead of the agave and stevia. I think I’m going to top them with a mixture of coconut oil and cocoa powder drizzled on top. If the end product tastes as good as the little sample I swiped off my spatula tasted then I am going to be in heaven. I have been looking for something filling, nutritious and low carb that would be easy to pack away in my purse. Do you think these will freeze okay? I think I’m going to need to cut them into squares and pack them away in the freezer so I don’t eat them all at once!
Jennifer says
I cut them up and freeze them – works great! But if you’re using freezing as a way to not eat them all at once, beware: I actually think they taste even better frozen!
BlueRoseMama says
Re comment from onelasttime on the soft bars after being unrefrigerated. I had the same problem and was wondering if it could be the amount of flax meal I used. First I measured out a half cup of whole flax seeds but after I ground them up it was more than half cup, so I only used a half cup of the ground and refrigerated the rest. Should we use the entire half cup of flax seed??
Either way, they are still sooo very delicious!!! Thank you so much, can’t wait to try some of the other suggestions from commenters too :)
meg says
Just made these. Amazing!
Thank you so much.