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December 8, 2014 ·

Healthy Chocolate Almond Bars

Healthy Bites· Lifestyle

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It’s Monday, December 8th, a special holiday here in Italy called The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. The story says that her mother, Anne, conceived Mary without her husband Joachim.

December 8th is a National holiday here in Italy, kids don’t go to school, stores stay closed, people don’t go to work and families stay home and enjoy the day together, some go to church, others just stay home. It’s also the day chosen to decorate the Christmas tree. Very few people put up the Christmas tree before the 8th, and in my home, we like to follow traditions, so we always decorate it today. Not a day before, not a day after.

Since it’s a holiday, I decided to dive into the Christmas atmosphere by listening to some Christmas music (The Taylor Swift’s Holiday Collection is on repeat) and bake some cookies. After all it’s Christmas, the best time for baking!

So today, I’m sharing with you this sweet recipe that is good and healthy at the same time. Just because it’s the holiday season doesn’t mean we can’t still keep our healthy habits in check! It’s made with dark chocolate (always the best choice for our sweet tooth, the darker the chocolate the better,) rolled oats, whole wheat flour and chopped almonds.  So here it is: My Healthy Chocolate Almond Bars recipe.

Healthy chocolate almond bars

Ingredients: 

1/2 cup Butter

1/4 cup Sweetener

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

2/3 cup Whole Wheat Flour

1/2 cup oats

1 cup dark chocolate chips

2 tablespoons 2% milk

1/2 cup slivered almonds

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease an 8″ cake pan. In a medium bowl cream together butter, sugars and egg, combine well.

Stir in flour and oats, and mix well. Spread evenly in pan, bake for approximately 20-25 minutes.

While in oven, in a small bowl melt chocolate and milk on a small pot of boiling water stirring often until smooth. Then remove pan from oven, spread chocolate mixture evenly over base and top with slivered almonds. Let cool completely before cutting.

Enjoy!

 

Healthy chocolate almond bars

Healthy chocolate almond bars

Healthy chocolate almond bars

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  1. Floortje says

    December 8, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    This cake looks very good!

    XX

    http://www.floortjeloves.com
    http://www.facebook.com/floortjeloves

    • erikawears says

      December 10, 2014 at 9:40 pm

      Thank you very much! 🙂 xx

  2. Kat Tanita says

    December 8, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    These look AMAZING! Will definitely have to try it out!!

    x Kat
    http://www.withlovefromkat.com

    • erikawears says

      December 10, 2014 at 9:41 pm

      Thanks! Let me know what you think of them after you’ve tried them!

  3. Amanda Ellis says

    December 8, 2014 at 4:23 pm

    Looks absolutely yummy!

    http://www.kissthechic.com

    • erikawears says

      December 10, 2014 at 9:41 pm

      They really are! the best part is that they’re healthy! 😉 xx

  4. Rosemary @anitalianinmykitchen.com says

    December 16, 2014 at 8:07 pm

    These look so delicious, it’s good to have a healthy bar to offer your guests. Thanks for joining us at the Project Parade Linky Party. Hope to see you next week.

    • erikawears says

      December 20, 2014 at 1:59 pm

      Thank you! I definitely will. 🙂

  5. Samantha says

    April 8, 2015 at 8:12 am

    This looks so good can’t wait to try it out!

    Sam
    http://www.thehipkidblog.com

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