Homemade Protein Bar (Sloppy Recipe)

Wow I wasn't going to post anymore today but I just tasted the protein bar we made yesterday and it is absolutely delicious!!!! The reason I said it's a "sloppy" recipe is because we did not measure anything...we thought we would use the process of "trial & error" in order to find a taste that we all liked. [But because I like this, I'm sure everyone else does as well!]

First of all, if "chewy" isn't a texture you like, then don't make it the same way we did. We want to be able to make them on weekends and keep them stored for the whole week for all of us, so we didn't make any hard protein bars that could be impossible to bite into later.

Second, do not criticize me if you end up thinking this is too chocolatey...because that's the way we like it :D

Here's an approximate recipe for now, maybe in a week or two I'll put up the real one!

Directions

Take the following five products and heat them up in a pan; melt them together

• Raw, organic cocoa butter (1/4 cup? Maybe a little more)
• Honey (2 tablespoons or less)
• Maple Syrup (we ran out of honey otherwise we would have none) (2 tablespoons or less)
• Sugar (again, we would have only added honey if we had the option) (1 tablespoon because the cocoa butter is super bitter and has no sugar)
• Peanut Butter (approximately 3-4 tablespoons)
• 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Separately, take a handful of the following and completely grind them so it's powdered:

• Almonds
• Cashews
• Pistachios
• Pecans 
• (Can include peanuts, we didn't had much left so we didn't use it)
• 2-3 scoops of protein whey (ours is chocolate, of course)

And include the following when you grind the above:

• 1-2 tablespoons of flax seeds
• 1-2 tablespoons of coconut flakes 

At the moment, those are the only ingredients I remember (I shall ask Tabernacle and see if he remembers more). Mix the grinded products with the melted mix and lay out in a pan. Spread it so make it as thick as you'd like. Let it sit for 8-10 hours to dry up. Cut into pieces and wrap each piece in foil. To be safe, we also put the pieces in a large Ziploc Bag to stay fresh :)

And ENJOY!! Trust me, you will.

Now I know, the sugar adds up a bit here and there, and the carbs and fat and calories probably do too, but that's normal in protein bars. This is a much cheaper than buying protein bars, and they really taste delicious! And you can cut the pieces into any size that you'd like :)

If we finish all of the ones we have by this weekend, we'll make more and calculate calories, protein, carbs, fat and sugar :)