Sweet Grains Cereal Bars: Energy Balls Style

Serves 10 | Dessert
toque Easy cooking 35 min

Cocoa, almonds, buckwheat... All the indulgence of Sweet Grains herbal tea is found in these cereal bars, designed like energy balls! With no refined sugar and no baking required, these sweet treats are a concentrated source of energy perfect for fueling the active days of any gourmet.

Ingredients

-0.35 oz (10 g) of Sweet Grains

-10 pitted dates

-6.3 oz (180 g) of peanut butter

-1.8 oz (50 g) of almonds

-2.8 oz (80 g) of toasted buckwheat (or kasha)

-3.5 oz (100 gà of dark chocolate (70%)

Preparation

    1| Infuse the Blend: Steep Sweet Grains in 6.8 fl oz (20 cl) of water at 195°F (90°C) for 5 minutes.
    2| Place the chopped dates in 3.4 fl oz (10 cl) of the infusion to plump them up for 10 minutes; drain the fruit and set aside.
    3| In a large mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, the coarsely chopped almonds, the softened dates, and 2.5 oz (70 g) of the whole buckwheat.
    4| Fill financier molds (or small rectangular bar molds) with this mixture, pressing down firmly with the back of a spoon.
    5| Reduce the remaining of toasted buckwheat into a powder; set aside.
    6| Melt the dark chocolate using a double boiler (bain-marie). Dip each bar into the melted chocolate, then into the buckwheat powder. Set aside on parchment paper.
    7| Enjoy when the chocolate has sufficiently hardened.

Tasting Advice

You can accompany your cereal bars with a Sweet Grains latte, made by plunging 0.3 oz (8 g) of the blend into a mug of hot almond milk for 5 minutes.These delicious bars will keep for up to one week in an airtight metal tin.

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