Chocolate​ Cranberry Pecan Energy Bars

These Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Energy Bars are loaded with healthy ingredients but taste like a chocolate bar! They're also Gluten Free!

You can thank my dear friend for suggesting these bars a couple days ago.  After her comment, I decided last minute that today would be the day to share these healthy and delicious energy bars with you on the blog.

                                                  This stuff looks and tastes like chocolate, but it's actually not!👆🏻

It seems as though most everyone has caught onto some kind of healthy food trend these days.  Whether it's a specific diet or just trying to eat better in order to feel better, look better and improve your health, lots of us have jumped on the bandwagon of health and wellness.

All kinds of food trends - smoothies, smoothie bowls (I really want to try this super pretty Spirulina powder!!), salad bowls, fresh pressed vegetable juice, matcha green tea, kombucha, chia seeds, coconut oil, nut butter, nut milk, avocados, energy bars, energy balls - are a few I've seen and tried myself.

With Knead Some Sweets I plan to share a little bit of everything, sweet treats (hence the blog name), savory meals, and recipes for the healthy freaks friends!  I think we are all healthy freaks in one way or another, so I totally put myself in that category as well!

So easy to mix together when you're craving something chocolatey but want to eat healthily, these bars are also naturally Gluten Free! So enjoy, my gluten free friends!

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Chocolate​ Cranberry Pecan Energy Bars {GF}

These Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Energy Bars are loaded with healthy ingredients but taste like a chocolate bar! They're also gluten-free!

Author: Naomi Andres

Ingredients

• ½ cup peanut butter
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• ¼ cup honey
• ¼ cup cocoa powder
• ½ cup unsweetened whey protein powder optional
• 2 cups ground almonds
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• ½ cup chopped pecans
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• 2 tbsp chia seeds

Instructions

• Line a 9 X 13-inch pan with parchment paper, letting the parchment paper hang over the sides.
• In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine peanut butter, coconut oil, honey, and cocoa powder. Stir as mixture melts together, add whey protein (if using).
• In a large mixing bowl, measure ground almonds, shredded coconut, pecans, cranberries, and chia seeds. Add peanut butter mixture and stir together with a spatula.
• Transfer to prepared pan. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Cut into bars.
• Enjoy! Keep refrigerated to prevent melting.

Love,

Naomi