{"id":1891,"date":"2024-08-04T18:55:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T18:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/?page_id=1891"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T18:56:07","slug":"no-bake-nut-butter-bars-another-option","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/?page_id=1891","title":{"rendered":"No Bake Nut Butter Bars (another option!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bar Base Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>2 scoops protein powder (for this recipe, I like to use these clean options: a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fzZ9Bh\">vegan option<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46wTcRk\">this<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3A9LpwF\">this<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup organic nut butter of choice (I&#8217;ve been enjoying this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WAmjyN\">cashew butter<\/a> lately) or a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YqzmFs\">PB powder<\/a> if you&#8217;re looking for lower calories)<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp maple syrup (or 3 tbsp of this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LPLIiX\">fiber syrup<\/a> for less sugar)<\/li>\n<li>1-2 tbsp water<\/li>\n<li>Optional: 1-2 tbsp mini semi-sweet chocolate chips or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WRb8Tm\">cacao nibs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Optional: chopped organic cashews, walnuts or peanuts<\/li>\n<li>Optional: hemp seeds or ground flax seeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Topping Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 tsp coconut oil<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp of dark or semi-sweet chocolate of choice<\/li>\n<li>optional: a dash of maple syrup or allulose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix all the ingredients, but the water in a bowl. Add water in tiny amounts as needed to get the mix into a sticky dough texture. The water amount can vary depending on selected ingredients (like if you opt for a powdered butter vs a runny\/oily nut butter, or a powdered sugar alternative like <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WNwAJ9\">allulose<\/a> vs. maple syrup).<\/p>\n<p>Next, press the dough into an even layer in a prepped or parchment lined dish.<\/p>\n<p>Heat up your topping &#8211; either on the stove in a pan or in the microwave. BE CAREFUL not to burn the chocolate.\u00a0 now, you can drizzle a lovely design across the top and pop the bars into the fridge or freezer until the chocolate hardens, then remove and cut the mix into bars. I store mine in the freezer and they can last a while&#8230;although somehow I haven&#8217;t been able to test any longer than a month&#8230;!!<\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;est la vie &amp; enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bar Base Ingredients: 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats 2 scoops protein powder (for this recipe, I like to use these clean options: a vegan option, or this, or this) 1\/4 cup organic nut butter of choice (I&#8217;ve been enjoying this cashew butter lately) or a PB powder if you&#8217;re looking for lower calories) 2 tbsp <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/?page_id=1891\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":240,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1891","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1892,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1891\/revisions\/1892"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}