Huma’s Post Workout Power Bars

Huma’s Post Workout Power Bars ✨💕👩‍🍳 These homemade Post Workout Power Bars are a nutritious and delicious way to refuel after your workouts. Packed with a variety of nuts, seeds, and dried fruits, they provide a perfect balance of protein, healthy fats, and carbohydrates to help replenish energy and support muscle recovery. The combination of almonds, cashews, pistachios, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds offers essential vitamins and minerals, while the shredded coconut adds a delightful chewiness. Sweetened with a sugar substitute and topped with rich 87% dark chocolate, these bars are both satisfying and guilt-free.

Ingredients:-

1. Almonds - 1 cup
2. Cashews - 1 cup
3. Pistachios - 1 cup
4. Sunflower seeds - 1/2 cup
5. Pumpkin seeds - 1/2 cup
6. Shredded coconut - 1/2 cup
7. Dried raisins - 1/2 cup
8. Peanut butter - 1 cup
9. 87% dark chocolate - 100g (about 3.5 oz)
10. Sugar substitute (e.g., stevia, erythritol) - 1/4 cup (adjust according to taste)

12. Silicone chocolate or dessert molds - for setting the bars


















Instructions:-
1. Crush half of the almonds, cashews, and pistachios in a food processor until coarsely ground.
2. Reserve the other half of the nuts, cutting them into small pieces and setting them aside.
3. In a utensil, heat the peanut butter over low heat, adding a very small amount of hot water to make it easier to mix.
4. Stir in the sugar substitute and vanilla essence until well combined into a smooth paste.
5. Pour the peanut butter paste into the crushed nuts.
6. Add sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, shredded coconut, and dried raisins.
7. Mix well until all ingredients are evenly combined.
8. Pour the mixture into the silicone bar molds, pressing down firmly to ensure they hold together.
9. In a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water (double boiler), melt the dark chocolate until smooth, stirring occasionally.
10. Once the nut mixture has set slightly, pour the melted dark chocolate over the top of the bars, covering them completely.
11. Place the filled molds in the fridge for about 30 minutes to allow the chocolate and bars to set completely.
12. Once set, remove the bars from the molds and wrap them in butter paper or foil as desired.
13. These power bars can be stored without refrigeration for about 2-3 weeks.
Enjoy these power bars as a convenient snack to enhance your post-workout recovery while satisfying your sweet tooth!