Chocolate Cherry Quinoa Bars (Healthy & Satisfying)

Recipe Features:

• Healthy & delicious
• Dairy-Free
• Chocolate that is vegan, organic and paleo
• Quick & easy
• Loads of great flavor

Ingredient Notes:

• Seeds – All I had on hand at the time were sunflower seeds, but pumpkin seeds will work great as well here.
• Sweetener – For this recipe I use maple syrup. However, you can use honey if you like. To keep it truly vegan, though, maple syrup is the way to go.
• Coconut Oil – The specific brand I use is shown within the recipe card and below the recipe card under “Notes.” If you try this brand, just be aware that you do not want to microwave this oil. What you want to do is soak the pouch in warm or hot water and then knead it well. Doing this will get it to the liquid state that you need.

• Chocolate – Any dark chocolate will do, but I do recommend that you try the brand I use for this recipe. It is absolutely delicious! And it contains no dairy, no refined sugar, etc., etc. It is made with just 3 ingredients.
• I use one heaping cup of this chocolate for the recipe. But, if you want a bit more chocolate, I would go up to a full 12 oz instead of 8 oz.
• Dried Cherries – I use unsweetened cherries, but you can use sweet or unsweet. I just like to control how much sugar is going into my goodies whenever possible.

These Chocolate Cherry Quinoa Bars are my newest snack obsession. So give them a try and let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.

For more snack options, please give these a try:

• Loaded Tomatillo Salsa Guacamole
• Chocolate-Cherry Chia Pudding
• Classic Homemade Hummus
• Watermelon Caprese Salad with Espresso Balsamic

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NOTE:

• The Hu Dark Chocolate Gems, Baking & Snacking Chips, Badia Whole Trilogy Health Seeds and the Nutiva Squeezable Organic Coconut Oil can all be found at Amazon.

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