Sweet And Salty Granola Bar Recipe
Topic: Sweet And Salty Granola Bar Recipe
Sweet And Salty Granola Bar Recipe
Snacks are one item I can always count on having in my purse. I may lose track of my phone or wallet, but I never lose track of munchies. I consider myself a munching connoisseur, but I’m exaggerating my sense of taste.
I’ve gone through so many boxes of granola bars over the years that I can tell the wheat from the chaff. I’ve been craving salted chocolate granola bars recently, so I decided to make my own this week.
Initially, I intended to make the granola bars with entire chocolate chips. I combined freshly toasted oats and chocolate chips without thinking. I SOON RECOGNISED MY ERROR when I watched the small chocolate pyramids melt into a creamy mush. In the end, I believe the melted chips did a better job of dispersing chocolate flavour throughout the granola bars. Don’t you love it when a cooking mishap results in a dish that’s even better than you expected?
After hearing about brown rice syrup from Marissa at Pinch & Swirl earlier this month, I decided to use it in this recipe. Brown rice syrup is a natural, vegan, gluten-free sugar replacement that works well in baking. However, as with other sweeteners, I would use them in moderation in my cooking.
These granola bars were surprisingly light, and they tasted like chocolate-covered cracker jacks–only better!