Carrot cake energy bars
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- no cooking required
- Serve
- Makes 12
The perfect afternoon pick me up. Packed with nourishing ingredients like nuts, seeds and oats.
Ingredients
For the carrot cake bar
- 100g/3½oz butter, cut into cubes
- 200g/7oz oats
- 75g/2½oz mixed seeds (such as sunflower, pumpkin etc)
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 40g/1½oz desiccated coconut
- 3 tsp mixed spice
- pinch salt
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and grated
- 1 banana, mashed
- 100g/3½oz runny honey or maple syrup
For the topping
- 1 tbsp cream cheese
- 1 tbsp runny honey or maple syrup
- ½ tsp mixed spice
Method
Line a brownie tin with parchment paper.
Place the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat and cook until melted (you could also do this in a microwave).
Combine the oats, seeds, coconut, mixed spice, salt and grated carrot in a bowl.
Add the honey, mashed banana and melted butter and mix to combine.
Spoon the mixture into the lined tin and press down with the back of a spoon, until the carrot cake mix fills the tin and the top is smooth and even.
To make the topping, in a bowl, mix the cream cheese, honey and mixed spice. Spoon over the carrot cake mix and smooth over with the back of the spoon. Place in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight until firm.
Once chilled, cut into 12 even sized bars.
