Healthy Homemade Snickers Bars

Sometimes I wonder if I should even post certain recipes.  I mean if you do an Internet search for homemade Snickers recipes you will find all kinds of versions.  Some healthier then others, some made with real food and others made with processed ingredients, some raw and some not. The Healthy Homemade Snickers Bar has been done before, probably thousands of times.  But I like to think that my version may have a new twist that someone out there will love.  And maybe some followers haven’t heard of a recipe like this before.  I wouldn’t want anyone to miss out on the opportunity to try a Healthy Homemade Snickers Bar made with wholesome ingredients.  That would be tragic!  I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

Halloween is a couple weeks away and although it is not safe to accept homemade candy when trick-or-treating door-to-door, I would highly recommend eating homemade over the processed store-bought stuff any day.  If you are familiar with my post from last year, What’s in Your Candy?, then you already know that candy is filled with preservatives, chemicals, loads of sugar, and likely GMO ingredients.  Not much of a treat, if you ask me.  I actually prefer these Healthy Homemade Snickers Bars over the traditional ones.  When you use real ingredients over lab-created fake ones the flavor is SOOO much better.  Fake tastes fake.

One of the great things about making your own is that you can change up the ingredients to suit your tastes.  If you can’t have nuts, use pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds instead.  Want to add more superfoods?  Use cocoa nibs or goji berries instead of peanuts.  Use almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, or cashews instead.  Make ‘em your own!

I haven’t eaten a traditional Snickers Bar in years, but now I can and still feel good about what I’m eating.  You can even eat a Healthy Homemade Snickers Bar for breakfast!  That is the great thing about using real food.  Make these for your little monsters ASAP.

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Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 8

Author Sara

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1/2 cup raw almonds
• 1/2 cup pitted soft dates
• Pinch sea salt
• 2 Tablespoons nut or seed butter I used sunbutter
• 1 Tablespoon Maca powder optional
• 1/4 cup salted and roasted peanuts
• Caramel:
• 1/2 cup pitted soft dates
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-4 Tablespoons water
• Topping:
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

1. In a food processor blend together the nuts, dates, salt, nut butter, and maca until well chopped and it forms a loose dough. You should be able to press the mixture together with your fingers and it will hold.
2. Evenly distribute the peanuts and lightly press them into the crust.
3. In a lined loaf pan press the mixture into the bottom into an even layer. Set aside.
4. In a blender mix together the dates and vanilla. Adding the water 1 tablespoon at a time to help the dates break down into a paste.
5. Spread the date caramel over the crust and peanuts evently.
6. Over a double boiler (a pot of boiling water with a bowl resting on top) melt the chocolate chips and the coconut oil together.
7. Pour the melted chocolate over the caramel and gently spread with the back of a spoon or spatula evenly over the top.
8. Put the Homemade Snickers Bars into the freezer for at least 4 hours.

Recipe Notes

Choose organic ingredients when possible. I prefer to eat these straight from the freezer. If you prefer the bars to be softer you can store them in the fridge.