Healthy Peanut and Chocolate Granola Bars

The other day in class we made taste and healthy granola bars. This recipe only calls for a few simple ingredients, that provides your mouth with a sensation of salty and sweet flavors, from the hint of coconut to the sweetness of honey and richness of chocolate. Just remember to have shell removed sunflower seeds (we made this mistake and lets just say shelling a hundred sunflower seeds is not fun.) Enjoy and make sure to check out our inspiration "Wordsofdeliciousness.com."

Pr-heating the oven

Pouring coconut oil into our pan

The honey mixture

The mixture begins to bubble

Our mess from peeling to many sunflower seeds

Pressing the bars into the pan

Ingredients:

* 2 cups of oats

*1/2 cup of peanuts

*1/2 cup of pecans

*1/2 cup of sunflower seeds

*1/4 cup of coconut oil
*1/2 cup honey
*2 tbsp brown sugar
*1 teaspoon cinnamon

*1 teaspoon vanilla extract
*1/4 cup chocolate chips
*1/4 tsp coconut oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then spread oats onto a baking dish.

2. Line a pan with aluminum foil and spray with a non-stick spray

3. Roast oats for about 15 minutes, making sure to stir to avoid burning of oats.

4. In a separate bowl, combine peanuts, pecans, and sunflower seeds.

5. In a saucepan combine coconut oil, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla, over stove top until ingredients form a liquid, then remove from heat.

6. Once the oats are roasted, add the nuts, oats, and seeds to the honey combination, and stir well. 

7. Press the mixture into the prepared pan and place it in the oven at 225 degrees F. Bake for 15 minutes. 

8. Melt the chocolate and coconut oil together and drizzle or coat the cooked bars. 

9. Let bars cool and enjoy!