These are a great healther version of the classic rocky road.

The classic rocky road is generally considered an ultra-processed food, and as part of cutting back on ultra processed foods for our family these are a great swap. Although they are best with medjool dates they can easyily use dried dates, which are much cheaper, just make sure to give them slightly longer to soak.

As these are made with real ingredients you won't experience any sugar crashes.

These healthy snickers are best stored in the fridge in an airtight container and used within 7 days, although in our house we are lucky if they last in there for 3 days!

Ingredients

Dry mix
  • 150g dried cranberries
  • 50g pecans or walnuts
  • 60g almonds or hazelnuts
  • 80g mixed raisins
  • 50g goji berries
Chocolate mix
  • 100g dates pitted and soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes
  • 1/2 tin black beans drained and rinsed
  • 50g cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
  • 60g roasted peanuts
  • 2tbsp chocolate protein powder (optional)
  • 50g Maple Syrup ??
  • 100g Peanut Butter
  • 1tsp vanilla extract (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp salt

 

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Wait Time: 2 hours in the fridge
  • Servings: 16 squares

Nutrition

  • Calories: 200 kcal
  • Carbs: 23g
  • Protein: 6g
  • Fat: 9g

Instructions

  1. Line a 20cm square baking tin with Parchment Paper
  2. Place all the Dry mix ingredients in a food processor and blitz in short bursts/pulse until you have a broken yet chunky consistency. Place into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
  3. Add the Chocolate mix to a high-speed blender, blitz until smooth but don’t over-blend. If it gets too oily, add a bit more cacao powder and syrup.
  4. Pour the chocolate mix over the dry mix and thoroughly combine.
  5. Evenly distribute the combined mixture into the baking tin and press down.
  6. Place in the fridge for minimum 2 hours then cut into small squares.
  7. They will keep for 7 days in a sealed container in the fridge.