A healthy breakfast bar is every busy person, mom and exercise enthusiast’s best friend. If you’ve ever been out and about in the world and hangry, you love a bar for its nutrient-dense portability. You can stick a bar in your purse, gym bag or backpack and you’re all set ‘til the next meal.

What makes this particular bar special is that it’s NOT held together by loads of sugar or sticky-sweet dates. Instead, we use apple sauce, maple syrup, almond butter, coconut oil and a coarse sunflower meal. What’s all that good stuff holding together? Oats, cocoa and a boatload of seeds: hemp, chia and flax. Hello superfoods, hello fiber! It’s nutty, seedy and very cocoa forward — especially after you drizzle rich, sweet dark chocolate over it.

It’s also super easy to make: It comes together in 10 minutes of hands-on time. There’s no baking! You just stick it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and, presto, a scrumptious breakfast bar. We use the term breakfast loosely. Yes, it’s the bar we want just before we head out on our morning run. It’s also a great one to take out cross-country skiing, on a long road trip Up North or to the interminable board meeting.

Unfortunately, our kids like them too. They’re so pretty, and they have a soft, brownie-like texture. Read: They look and taste like dessert. And who are we to ruin their fun by calling it healthy?

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