Happy Friday!
I hope you all had a great week, and have an even better weekend! Before I take off, I wanted to leave you with a delicious recipe that I made along yesterday’s meal prep. You’ll for sure want to add this to your weekend grocery list. These healthy vegan crispy treats are made with almond butter and finished off with a no sugar added dark chocolate drizzle! They are perfect with a cup of coffee, an after-dinner dessert, and healthy enough for breakfast!
This recipe only has five ingredients, and you can totally make swaps! It has almond butter, organic rice cereal, brown rice syrup, coconut oil, and no sugar added vegan dark chocolate.
See the pretty lavender? Totally grew that from my little herb garden! eeeek.
I was worried this recipe wouldn’t stick together, but they turned out perfect! I’ve always been a marshmallow rice crispy treat kind of girl, but almond butter is totally the new marshmallow! If you don’t like or have almond butter, you can use any kind of nut butter you wish! I may try these with peanut butter next time.
They also sell this cereal in chocolate! That could be a fun swap.
I decided to keep the rice theme going for the sweetener. I had a whole jar of this stuff leftover from the granola bars I made and thought this would be a great use for it. You could use honey, agave, or syrup as a substitute.
Grease a pan with coconut oil or avocado oil before adding the mixture.
I melted two 70% Lily’s vegan & no sugar added chocolate bars with one tablespoon of coconut oil for the top layer!
I used a spoon to drizzle the chocolate on top.
After you drizzle the chocolate, place it in the freezer to harden! After it hardened, I covered it and left it out on the counter overnight. This recipe makes 20 bars! I’m not the best cutter, so they are all pretty uneven 🙂
Healthy Vegan Almond Butter & Chocolate Crispy Treats
Ingredients
- 6 Cups Organic Vegan Rice Cereal
- 1/3 Cup Brown Rice Syrup
- 1 1/2 Cup Almond Butter
- 2 Lily's Chocolate Vegan No Added Sugar Bars or your choice of chocolate
- 1/4 Cup Coconut Oil (+1 tbsp for chocolate)
Instructions
- Add the rice cereal in a large mixing bowl.
- Microwave the almond butter and coconut oil and stir.
- Mix the melted almond butter and coconut oil into the bowl with the rice cereal.
- Stir in the brown rice syrup.
- Grease a dish with coconut oil and add the mixture into the dish. Use a spatula to even out the crispy treats.
- Melt the chocolate and coconut oil together, and drizzle over the treats.
- Place in the fridge until chocolate has hardened.
- Cut into 20 pieces.
These crispy bars are so delicious! It’s hard to believe they are healthy. My boyfriend couldn’t stop at one, and he kept raving about them. That made me feel good 🙂
Nutrition Per Bar: 155 Calories, 12g Carbs, 12g Fat, 4g Protein, 4g Fiber 5g Sugar
You can add fun sprinkles on top and make these for any holiday or special occasion.
If you’re a parent, this would be a great recipe to make for your kids! They’ll be eating a delicious dessert with tons of healthy benefits and without all the extra sugar.
Questions for you!
- What are you up to this weekend?
- Should I make these using the chocolate cereal with peanut butter?
illy says
You could totally also use puffed quinoa in this recipe! Would make it even healthier! Love love your recipes!
Taralynn McNitt says
Oh that would be awesome!
Linda @ the Fitty says
The food looks good, but may I just commend you on the backdrop of the photo?! I love that you put so much effort into your photography is truly remarkable and I don’t feel like it’s appreciated enough.
Taralynn McNitt says
Thank you so much, Linda! That is so sweet of you!
Anonymous says
Ooh looks good!
Taralynn McNitt says
Thank you!!
Anonymous says
Chocolate and peanut butter are the best combination 😊
Taralynn McNitt says
I’ll have to agree!
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
Loving your recipes, Taralynn! They always look so delicious and indulgent. ❤️ Chocolate crispy treats? Delish! 😉
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
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Taralynn McNitt says
Thanks, Charmaine! 😀
Kelly says
OMG I am totally making these this week they look SO good! Also, love Lily’s chocolate, I currently have a bar of the blood orange chocolate in my freezer 🙂
Taralynn McNitt says
Thanks so much, Kelly!
It’s the best chocolate! I NEED to try the blood orange! speaking of, I bet that would be good on top!
Nakka says
These look so good! I love all of your vegan recipes lately 🙂
Taralynn McNitt says
Thanks so much!!
Eileen Artinger says
These look SO good! I love all the vegan recipes! Just curious, why do you bake vegan if you aren’t vegan? Is it to make healthier options? Hope you have a nice weekend! 🙂
Taralynn McNitt says
Hi, Eileen!
I just promised myself that I would eat more plant-based foods this year. My gyno recommended that I try more plant-based foods around my time of month to help with endo pains as well, so I’ve been trying that out. I also know that a ton of my readers are vegan and have been requesting them 🙂
Harriet says
These look incredible! Going to make them tonight so ready for tomorrow’s hike. And yes chocolate cereal and peanut but would be amazing!
Taralynn McNitt says
Thanks, Harriet!! Hope you have a fun hike!
Cate says
I used peanut butter and they turned out delicious! My kids love them.
Taralynn McNitt says
So happy to hear that, Cate!
Kammy says
These look amazing!
Taralynn McNitt says
Thanks so much, Kammy!!!!
Nan says
Where do you find sugar free chocolate?
Taralynn McNitt says
You can get Lily’s on Amazon or try your local grocery stores!
Cade says
These turned out great! I used peanut butter and added chocolate chips inside.
Taralynn McNitt says
SOUNDS AMAZING!
Dawn says
Made these with chocolate Koala Crisps and peanut butter and they were amazing! Thank you for the recipe 🤗
Taralynn McNitt says
Oh yum! I may have to try that!
Anonymous says
great recipe