A delicious quick no-bake no-sugar dessert or snack
YIELD: 10 Pieces
INGREDIENTS: AMOUNT:
Dark chocolate (good quality broken into rough pieces | 4 ounces |
Tahini or unsalted hazelnut or almond butter | 2 TBsp |
Oats | 2/3 cup + 1 TBsp (2 oz) |
Mixed nuts (unsalted and roughly chopped) | 6 TBsp (2 oz) |
Coconut (desiccated, shredded) | ¾ cup (2 oz) |
Pumpkin seeds | 1/3 cup +1 TBsp (2 oz) |
Flaxseed (ground) | 1 TBsp |
Cinnamon (ground) and/or ginger (ground) | 1 tsp |
Green kelp powder | ¼ tsp |
METHOD:
1. Melt the chocolate then stir in the tahini (or nut butter).
2. Place ten cupcake paper liners on a baking tray or muffin tray.
3. Mix the dry ingredients into the chocolate-tahini (or nut butter) mixture until evenly coated
4. Then spoon into the cake cases and chill until set.
5. May serve when set, or hold in refrigerator until ready to serve.
1 Adapted by Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Ph.D. following memory Preservation Nutrition® program from Smart Food for Smart Kids, written by Patrick Holford & Fiona McDonald Joyce ©2007.
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