Written By: Nina Goffi
You guys. YOU GUYS. This dessert not only boasts powerful nutritional value, but is proven to disappear at parties in record time. Crunchy, sweet, savory, with a flavor toss up between an Almond Joy bar and a cold Samoas cookie - yet sneakily healthy, protein-packed, and fiber-friendly. Munch on this bark guilt-free morning, noon, and night–Treat, Yo, Self.
Almond Joy Quinoa Bark
Ingredients:
1/2 cup uncooked Quinoa
3/4 cup Almonds, roughly chopped
1/2 cup Dark Chocolate of choice*
1/4 cup Rolled Oats
2 Tbsp Chia Seeds
2 Tbsp Coconut Sugar
2 Tbsp Coconut Oil
1/2 cup Maple Syrup
1/2 cup Coconut Flakes
Pinch Sea Salt
*I used dark baking chocolate chunks for easily melting and setting. Chips, bars, milk, dark–all great choices!
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Add all dry ingredients (reserving the coconut flakes) to a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
3. Heat coconut oil and maple syrup in a saucepan on medium low for a few minutes until combined. Pour over dry ingredients and thoroughly mix.
4. Bake the mixture for 15 minutes. Add coconut flakes to top and bake for an additional 5 minutes monitoring the oven closely -remove the pan when the coconut is golden and fragrant.
5. Let cool, refrigerate until set, break and enjoy with friends! Don't tell them what's in it at first – let's face it it, the ingredient list is a lil' weird. When they reach for a second piece let loose that there's chia seeds in there. Then, quinoa.
Notes:
Inspired by Minimalist Baker's Quinoa Brittle.
Nina Goffi is a book designer by day, yoga instructor by night. She is the Co-Creator of Sunset Yoga BK, an outdoor community based yoga collective and is diving mouth first into food blogdom after snapping her healthy meals on @OpenTabBrooklyn. She balances office life with a passion for all things crunchy, green, and nourishing. You can find her lip syncing to Kanye on the Q and offering Kombucha scobys to strangers.
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