Chocolate-Cherry Bars

Chocolate-Cherry Bars

Ingredients:
2 ½ c. unsweetened puffed rice cereal
½ c. pecans, finely chopped
1/3 c. roasted pepitas
¼ c. dried cherries, chopped
2 Tbsp. sesame seeds
1 Tbsp. flax meal
½ c. honey
½ tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. salt
½ c. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300ºF and line 8x8” pan with parchment paper.
2. In a bowl, combine rice cereal, pecans, pepitas, dried cherries, sesame
seeds and flax meal.
3. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt together honey, vanilla and salt. Once
honey is thinned out, pour mixture into bowl with cereal.
4. Stir to combine and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in chocolate.
5. Spread mixture into prepared pan and press flat.
6. Transfer pan to oven and bake for 30-35 minutes. Let cool for 1 hour before
cutting into 16 bars.
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