{"id":3960,"date":"2013-01-14T05:41:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T12:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2013-01-14T18:45:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T01:45:30","slug":"chocolate-grab-and-go-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3960","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Grab and Go Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3961\" alt=\"Chocolate Grab and Go Bars 01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-01-510x316.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-01-510x316.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-01-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-01.jpg 1738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While I love stashing store bought bars in my bag for when I&#8217;m out and about, it can get a little pricey.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why, from time to time, I like to make a big batch of homemade bars. I will wrap each bar in plastic wrap and freeze most of them until I need them.<\/p>\n<p>Cost effective and <!--more-->tasty. Especially when I make them chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>I especially love this bar because it&#8217;s higher in fibre and yo, it just tastes scrummy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"recipeTitle\">Chocolate Grab and Go Bars<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"recipe\">\n<li>6 TB hemp seeds<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sesame seeds<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sunflower seeds<\/li>\n<li>6 dates<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup almond butter<\/li>\n<li>4 TB cocoa<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup quick oats<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 coconut, unsweetened<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1\/5 cup flax seeds, ground<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup walnuts<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup water<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Mix all the ingredients (except chocolate chips) together in a food processor. If you need more liquid to mix it into a dough, add some water. Mix in chocolate chips. Fill a glass pan evenly with the batter and slice into bars. Makes about 15-16 bars. <em>Note: You could even add some protein powder in there if you like.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each bar is about 4 grams of fibre, 5 grams of protein and about 180 calories.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3962\" alt=\"Chocolate Grab and Go Bars 02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-02-510x340.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-02-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-02.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3963\" alt=\"Chocolate Grab and Go Bars 03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-03-510x346.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-03-510x346.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-03-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chocolate-Grab-and-Go-Bars-03.jpg 1591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you make your own bars or do you go for convenience and buy them?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I love stashing store bought bars in my bag for when I&#8217;m out and about, it can get a little pricey. That&#8217;s why, from time to time, I like to make a big batch of homemade bars. I will wrap each bar in plastic wrap and freeze most of them until I need them. Cost effective and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,225,1066,8,57,4],"tags":[1981,1980,1982,1974,1975,1976,1979,1983,1984,1977,1978],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3971,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions\/3971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}