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♥ Vegan Power Bars ♥

February 10, 2014 by Juli 8 Comments

Hello everyone,

it’s Monday morning and I’m sitting in my office and I am already bushed and ready to go home! What happened this morning:

  1. My  computer didn’t work
  2.  IT was not available on the phone yet
  3. Coffee machine broke
  4. Okay – I fucked up and destroyed the coffee machine
  5. I burned myself in an attempt to fix the coffee machine
  6. I fucked up and printed the names wrong on the name tags (and then I couldn’t find new tags)
  7. IT is available on the phone now but can’t help
  8. Computer still doesn’t work (well computer does work but I have no access to my files)
  9. I left a path of destruction in the kitchen trying to make coffee with a different machine for the workshop
  10. Again two people who were registered for the workshop didn’t show up and I have to pick on them now
  11. I saved some cake for my husband (to put something on the plus side!)
  12. I am bushed and wanna cry and go home then….

So there’s nothing to do for m now than sitting on my desk and sharing this recipe with you. It’s not the easiest recipe and you need quite a lot of ingredients but it’s so worth it! I promise! The original recipe is from Attila Hildmann a vegan chef from Turkey but born and raised in Germany. I changed the original recipe a little and to me these bars are divine! I swear you will never believe you actually eat something healthy, free of sugar and refined or processed ingredients. So here you go. Enjoy!

Vegan Power Bars

vegan barIngredients:

  • 350 g cacao butter
  • 250 g popped amaranth
  • 200 g almond butter
  • 80 g roasted and chopped almonds
  • 40 g cacao powder
  • 30 g carob powder
  • 2 tbsp cinnamon
  • 200 g agave syrup
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • a dash of sea salt

Directions:

  1. Melt the cacao butter in a water bath
  2. In the meantime give all the dry ingredients into a large bowl and incorporate
  3. Now add the agave syrup, almond butter and cacao butter and blend gently with a large spoon
  4. Use your hand now and knead the dough until everything is combined and well spread
  5. Line a big baking tray with some baking parchment and pour the dough into the form
  6. With your hands spread the dough and press slightly to the ground until you have a firm mass
  7. Chill for 30 min in the freezer or at least 60 min in the fridge
  8. Remove it from the baking tray and cut into the desired size. I get 64 bars out of it.
  9. Store in the fridge and use up within one week (they won’t last so long!)

So without further ado I make a new bid in the file-wars with my computer. Maybe I’ll cry a little and then clean the office 😛 Or call someone and rant a little! Let’s see! Oh gosh it’s one of those Mondays….

No questions. Just hug me!!!

I hope you guys have a lovely Monday and great start to the week!

unterschrift

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Comments

  1. Madison @ Eating 4 Balance says

    February 10, 2014 at 10:24 pm

    Ooo.. Pretty picture! Those bars are epically tall 🙂

    Even with how useful they are, computers can be complete *beeps* My laptop likes to randomly shut down for no apparent reason and then when I start it back up everythings fine. It’s like “Who me? I just wanted to take a quick nap is all. Did ya miss me?” Yes, I missed you AND my excel spreadsheet homework who has disappeared into thin air.

    I hope your burn is okay! I guess getting burned in the name of food is better than for no reason at all… But I hope you got your coffee worked out eventually.

    *Virtual air hug*

    Reply
    • Juli says

      February 11, 2014 at 8:48 am

      Thank you honey for your kind words! That hug was much needed 😀

      Reply
  2. Arman @ thebigmansworld says

    February 11, 2014 at 8:16 am

    Argh…….hope everything got sorted and you’re feeling better. Sometimes life throws us these days to appreciate all the good ones we have 🙂

    Now as for this recipe…what is cacao butter?!

    Reply
    • Juli says

      February 11, 2014 at 8:47 am

      Don’t ask how today continued…. Luckily Wednesday is home office day! 😛

      I think maybe you know cocoa butter (apparently it’s the same word in German for cocoa butter and cacao butter) Wikipedia says its also called theobroma oil. It is a pale-yellow, edible vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa bean. It is used to make chocolate.

      Reply
  3. Davida @The Healthy Maven says

    February 14, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    These sound fabulous Juli!!! And totally V-day worthy 🙂 I love that you used popped amaranth! Happy Valentine’s Day love <3

    Reply

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