KIND Bars Copycat Packed for Later

Set out whole almonds roasted, dry roasted peanuts, and walnuts chopped before you start KIND Bars Copycat Packed for Later. The batch is written for 10 Bars.

Count on 5 minutes of prep, 3 minutes of cooking, about 8 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

• ½ cup whole almonds roasted
• ½ cup dry roasted peanuts
• ½ cup walnuts chopped
• ⅓ cup puffed rice cereal such as Rice Krispies
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 2 tablespoons honey
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons dark chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar

How the cooking goes

1. Line an 8×8 inch or 9×9 inch pan with criss-crossed parchment. Cut two strips the width of the sides but long enough so there is a little overhang. These will be your handles to pull out the bars with ease. Put a little nonstick cooking spray in the bottom, placing one piece of parchment across. Repeat going to opposite direction. You can always watch the video here to clarify.
2. Spray a large mixing bowl with nonstick spray. This is to keep the cooling bar mixture from sticking to the bowl. In the bowl combine almonds, peanuts, walnuts, puffed rice cereal and flaxseed meal. Keep it to one side.
3. In a small pot combine molasses, honey, vanilla, and kosher salt. Stir to combine. Over medium low heat, cook this mixture until it thickens and smells a little caramelized. You are really trying to smell when the honey has begun to caramelize. This can be tricky through the strong molasses smell, but you can do it!
4. Once the wet mixture has thickened and doesn’t immediately run back together on the bottom of the pot when stirred, pour over nut mixture. Working quickly, stir the nuts and wet ingredient together until all the nuts are coated. Scrap into prepared pan. Press the mixture down to flatten and fill the pan.
5. Allow to cool until it is no longer warm.
6. Remove the bars from the pan and place on a cutting board. Cut 10 bars.
7. Warm chocolate partially in the microwave or in a bowl over simmering water. Stir until the rest is melted. Move it onto piping bag or cornet and pipe over bars. Alternatively, you could just drizzle from a spoon! Allow to set. You might need to use the refrigerator to get them to set if the chocolate was no longer in temper. This generally happens if it is heated too hot.
8. Enjoy! You really loved them cold, straight from the fridge.

After it comes off the heat

Give the plate the rest the method asks for. Cover leftovers and refrigerate them when the dish includes meat, eggs, or dairy.

If you want another plate from Breakfast, open Tropical Overnight Oats before the Day Starts and Kale Power Juice for the Afternoon.