Working your ass-off from one task to another will have you tired so having an energy source at hand would be so much better, that too with the taste of chocolate.
In the “Yummy energy Chocolate bars,” I bet the word “chocolate” got your attention. Every person who workouts want to maintain their diet but now and then everyone has cravings and if the cravings are for chocolate there is a solution and it’s a kinda good one. It’s not a unique recipe energy chocolate bars are available in the market, but nothing beats homemade food it tastes good and saves your money.
This recipe is super easy to make and you’ll have all the control from how-to and what ingredients to use and you can add one or two good sources of energy/protein as you like. This recipe is going to be packed with protein, vitamins & anti-oxidants from top to bottom.
All the ingredients are easily available and aside from the protein & energy that you will be getting, chocolate alone as raw has many benefits.
Chocolate receives a lot of bad impressions due to its high fat and sugar content & about how it can cause acne, obesity, diabetes However it’s not all bad about chocolate some great benefits get foreshadowed by all of its demerits.
The key ingredients of any chocolate are cocoa and cocoa has various types of minerals that can be beneficial for your health such as copper, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and whatnot. The higher the cocoa content as in Dark chocolate the higher the benefits. Dark chocolate usually contains less sugar and fat comparing to the normal chocolate bar still I would suggest that you take a good look at the label and also check the nutritional value.
KEY BENEFITS OF CHOCOLATE :
1. lowering cholesterol level
2. Reduces the risk of heart problem
3. It gives your brain a boost
4. Chocolate can also boost your post-workout recovery
and best of all it makes you happy but there’s a reason behind it and it’s all scientific I won’t get into that.
But if you want to lose weight or maintain your fit body I suggest you should only eat chocolate in moderation.
Now back to the juicy topic
How to make a energy Chocolate bars
Ingredients :
As I said, we’re going to make energy bars from scratch with just only 4 ingredients. Making it from minimal ingredients says that it’s going to be easy. It will look like muesli or granola shaped in bars.
(All the nutritional value are from Wikipedia)
1. Oats ( 1 CUP )
It’s packed with many minerals and vitamins and, they’re high in fiber and protein when compared to other grains.
100g of Oats has the following nutritional profile:
- Calories: 389
- Carbs: 67 grams
- Protein: 13 grams
- Fat: 6 grams
2. Peanuts ( 1/2 CUP )
Good source of many vitamins & minerals like copper, magnesium, vitamin E, etc.
A 100-gram serving provides the following nutrients
- Calories: 567
- protein: 26 g
- fat: 49 g
- carbohydrate: 16 g
- fiber: 9 g
- sugar: 4 g
- Potassium: 705 mg
- Sodium: 18 mg
3. Deseeded Dates ( 1 CUP )
Dates provide several essential nutrients such as calcium, fiber, amino acids, etc, and are rich in vitamins A & vitamin B.
A 100-gram serving provides the following nutrients :
- Calories: 277
- Carbs: 75 grams
- Fiber: 7 grams
- Protein: 2 grams
- Potassium: 20% of the RDI
- Magnesium: 14% of the RDI
- Copper: 18% of the RDI
- Manganese: 15% of the RDI
- Iron: 5% of the RDI
- Vitamin B6: 12% of the RDI
4. Melted Chocolate ( 1-2 Chocolate Bar )
METHOD :
Before we start to put the deseeded dates into a bowl of water and soak them for a few minutes while they are busy.
Take a pan and heat it on medium flame, put those 1/2 Cup peanuts into the pan, and roast them.
Take the roasted peanuts out and then take the Cup of oats put them in the pan and roast them.
Now take a grinder and grind the oats till they are in powder form and then empty the grinder jar in the plate and then fill the jar with deseeded oats and add some roasted peanuts with them and grind.
Now nicely mix the grinded oats and the paste that you got after grinding deseeded dates and peanuts to make a dough.
Now if you have a square or rectangular container that would be good, cause that would give it a proper bar-like shape now put foil paper in a container and spread that dough nicely, and garnish them with some left roasted peanuts and let it freeze for about an hour or two, so that will get its firm shape. I would suggest making this at night, so it can stay in the freezer overnight. ( If you like you can throw in some crushed almonds ).
Remove it and then cut them in the shape of a bar and dip them in melted chocolate and put them on a nice plate and freeze them for 20 to 30 minutes or so. (You can garnish it with choco chips, berries, etc.)
Voila !! there you have it, your homemade energy chocolate bars.
They can last up to 5 to 6 days in the fridge.
Your energy chocolate bars will last up to one month if you keep them individually wrapped in plastic, removing all the air & store them in the freezer until they are ready to eat.