Just like a healthy trail-mix in a bar! Super seed and nut bars are packed with protein and fibre from nuts and seeds, healthy fats from coconut and just the right amount of sweetness from dried fruit.

These bars are quick and easy to make. Best of all you get to say what goes in them. The recipe is completely customisable. Use whichever nuts, seeds and fruits you love best. Then switch up and reinvent the bars with new ingredients every time you make them.

Superfood seeds, like hemp hearts, and sunflower seeds are combined with creamy, salty-sweet peanut butter, dates and coconut oil in these wholesome, easy to prepare nutritious bars. What’s not to love about these? They take under 10 minutes to prepare. They are packed with healthy ingredients. And they are absolutely delicious!

I’m constantly on the lookout for the perfect energy bar, and coincidentally constantly in the kitchen whipping up new and improved recipes of my favourite homemade bars. It’s a highly impossible mission trying to find the perfect combination of salty-sweet, crunchy-chewy, and crumbly-yet-not-fall-apart bar.

Oh, and did I mention, tasty too? That’s a lot of pressure for one bar.

Having said that, these chewy nut and seed bars might just be close to perfection, in terms of flavour. Not too sweet, not too salty. They are rich and creamy and literally melt in your mouth. I love the crunch that the seeds and nuts give to these bars, yet they don’t take away from the chewy bite.

On a side note, the quality of ingredients you use to make these bars will make or break this recipe and will greatly determine the overall flavour of the bars.

I am obsessed with these healthy seed and nut bars! They are packed with tons of nutrients, protein, good fats, and just the right amount of sweetness. I like to cut these up into smaller cubes and keep them in the freezer to keep on hand.

You can also roll these into balls if you prefer. I sometimes crumble one or two on top of a smoothie or smoothie bowl for an extra nutrition hit. They also make a great topping for yogurt, overnight oats or a chia pudding.

Making your own snacks to include in your healthy eating plan is a great way to ensure your  healthy eating plan isn’t derailed by snacking on high calorie foods.

I love how you can easily stop snacking on junk food by preparing a variety of homemade, healthy, and satisfying alternatives. A good strategy is to have nutritious options ready for when cravings strike by focusing on simple, whole-food snacks that provide fiber, protein, and healthy fats.

When the need for a snack strikes, having your own healthy snacks on offer is a great way to avoid processed, high-sugar, low-nutrition snacks like chocolate bars, packaged cakes and tubs of ice cream.

There is nothing wrong with snacking, you just have to do it right!

Super Seed & Nut Protein Bars

Say goodbye to empty calorie store-bought bars! These easy to make, super seed and nut protein bars are loaded with nutrients and seriously yummy. Perfect for a snack, post workout or hike energy boost or healthy dessert, especially if you drizzle a little chocolate on them.

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch, Snack

Cuisine Healthy Clean Eating

Keyword healthy breakfast bars, healthy nut and seed protein bars, no bake breakfast bars, no hake nut seed protein bars, super seed nut protein bars, trail mix protein bars

Servings 12

Ingredients

• 1 cup seeds - hemp, sunflower, pumpkin
• 1 cup dates, soaked 30 minutes, drained and roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup almond (or any other nut or seed) butter
• 1/2 cup dried fruit of choice, cranberries, raisins, etc
• 1/2 cup nuts of choice, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

• Line a 8 x 8-inchbaking pan or dish with parchment paper on the bottom and sides leaving some overhanging to act as a handle to get the bars out easier for cutting.

  Add all the dry ingredients to a medium bowl. Heat the coconut oil, nut butter and vanilla extract in a small dish in the microwave for 20-25 second intervals until melted. Or in a small pot on the stove top.

  Mix until smooth then add to the bowl of dry ingredients. With a large wooden spoon or spatula,mix all the ingredients until combined and all the seeds and nuts are coated with the liquid mixture.

  Scoop mixture out into the lined pan and smooth out evenly with a spatula or back of a spoon.

  Place in freezer for an hour then remove from pan and cut into 12 bars or more smaller squares.

  Store up to 1 week in fridge or up to 3 months in freezer.  

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