No Bake Granola Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup almonds

1⁄2 cup sunflower seeds

1⁄2 cup pumpkin seeds

1⁄4 cup chia seeds

1⁄2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes

1⁄4 cup raw honey or pure maple syrup

1⁄4 tsp vanilla

2⁄3 cup almond butter

1⁄2 tsp Redmond real salt or Celtic sea salt

1 Tbsp coconut oil

1 cup dark chocolate

1⁄4 cup homemade nut mylk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325

Grease a large glass dish with coconut oil and set aside

On a parchment lined cookie sheet, spread out your seeds (except for chia), almonds, and coconut flakes

Toast them in the oven at 325 for 7 minutes

Remove and transfer to a food processor

Add salt and pulse until just broken up

Transfer to a large glass bowl and add in chia seeds

In a medium saucepan, pour in your honey/maple syrup, vanilla, and almond butter.

Stir over medium heat until mixture melts together

Immediately pour into your bowl of dry ingredients and mix well

Transfer mixture to your large greased dish and press down firmly with a spatula to make compact and even

Now it's time to make the chocolate covering

Melt 1 cup of chocolate with 1/4 cup of nut milk in the same pan you melted your liquids in

Stir constantly until it all melts together

Pour over your bar mixture and place in the fridge for at least 20 minutes before cutting and serving