Chocolate Chip Clif Bar Recipe Hack Recipes

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CHIP CLIF BARS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine the sunflower seed butter, honey, vanilla, and salt and stir constantly until melted together.
• Remove from heat and in a large mixing bowl combine the cereal and sunflower butter mixture, stir until well combined.
• Place bowl in the refrigerator and allow the cereal mixture to cool for about 10-15 minutes. This is important to prevent the chocolate chips from melting when added.
• When the cereal mixture is cooled, fold the coconut, sunflower seeds, and chocolate chips into the cereal mixture. With clean hands is easiest.
• Line a 9×13-inch baking pan or dish with parchment paper. Transfer the mixture to the pan and using your hands, firmly press the dough into the pan, spreading out evenly. For a thicker bar use an 11×7-inch or 9×9-inch pan or dish.
• Place in the freezer and freeze for at least 30 minutes before cutting into bars.
• Bars will keep up to two weeks in a covered container in the fridge (or freeze for longer storage).

CHOCOLATE CHIP CLIF BAR RECIPE HACK

Steps:

• Spray an 8 x 8-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• Place the dates in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
• Combine the pureed dates with the rice cereal, oats, peanuts, flaxseed, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.
• Combine the peanut butter and brown rice syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until melted and completely blended.
• Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
• Pour the peanut butter mixture over the oat mixture and stir until well combined.
• Gently stir in the chocolate chips.
• Turn the mixture into the prepared pan and press firmly to pack the mixture into the pan.
• Let the mixture sit until completely cool and set, at least 1 hour.
• Cut into bars and wrap individually in plastic wrap.
• Store in the refrigerator.

PUMPKIN CLIF BAR RECIPE HACK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine cereal, flour, wheat germ, walnuts, apricots, seeds, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in food processor. Blend until cereal is fairly crumbly/almost a flour. Raisins and apricot should still be somewhat formed. In a separate medium-large bowl combine pumpkin puree, maple syrup, orange juice, and almond butter. Add dry mixture to wet ingredients and stir until well blended.
• Form medium ball and shape mixture into about a 1.25″ x 3-3.5″ rectangle bar. Place bars on non-stick cookie sheet and place in oven. Bake for 9-10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely. Store in an air tight container.

THE " WHO NEEDS CLIF BARS?" BAR

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Grind the pecans into a flour-like powder using a food processor. Pour into a medium bowl and set aside.
• Process the dried fruit in the same way, in the food processor-- make sure the pieces are good and small. This might take awhile. If using dried apricots instead, it might help to slice them in half before adding them to the food processor. When finished, add to the bowl with the pecan 'flour'. Add cinnamon and orange zest to taste.
• Add the egg to the mix, and work it into the pecans and raisins with your hands. You want the mixture to be drier than cookie dough usually is-- just barely holding together. The stickiness of the dried fruit will help the mixture stay in clumps.
• Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray, or use butter. Shape your bars out of the mixture-- I usually aim for bars which are about 2 x 4 inches x 3/8-inch thick.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, though watch the edges of the bars-- they can get toasty. When the center of each bar is somewhat firm to the touch, remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool.