This week’s recipe is a favourite of mine : Cocoa Nibbles! These raw bars rival any over-priced, mass-produced bars you can find in your local supermarket or health food store and are quick and easy to make.
I admit to using carob powder in lieu of cocoa powder, just because. The recipe provides some great add-in ideas, keeping this recipe fresh and different depending on your mood (and what you have on hand). This time around I added cinnamon and ground Vanilla Rooibos Tea. Rooibos or Red Tea is just full of anti-oxidants, and I love the vanilla flavour it adds. I often add a teaspoon of rooibos to my smoothies or raw bars…that’s just the kind of girl I am.
I’m not the best bar-shaper, mostly because I don’t really care about their visual aesthetic. I just want them to be delicious. After I roll them out into a log-shape and chill, I cut them up, and set them on a piece of foil. You can use the foil to push them into a square or bar shape, and your fingers stay clean!
You don’t have to individually wrap these, but I like to have them as on-the-go snacks. Don’t they look so “Lost In Space”esque?
Ready for the best part? You can make these, even if you don’t have Sweet Freedom yet! Visit Diet, Dessert and Dogs for the Cocoa Nibbles recipe!
Have you made anything yummy from Sweet Freedom this week ? Stay tuned next Saturday for another installment of “Sweet Freedom Saturdays”. We’ve also got a brand new Sweet Freedom Flickr Group – come join us! Other Sweet Freedom Saturday deliciousness here in the Fishbowl : Mrs. K’s Date Cake, Raw Apricot Bars, Tomato Spice Cake, Carrot Snack Cake, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, Gingered Apple Muffins, Spiced Pumpkin Millet Pudding.
I love making raw bars, they’re so much cheaper than store bought and always taste as good!
those look sooooo good.
Another recipe I must try from this book!
Mmmm, must try those nibbles. DS has one choconut Larabar a day! Would love to make me own when I’m in we get our new place!
ok i tried these out tonight and wow…just wow. that was the best cure for my chocolate craving. i think i’ll be making a lot of these from now on. good pic
Looks fabulous! I’m in a no-bake mode and these would be just right.
Basht – I’m so glad you like them! They are so quick to make, perfect for a quick-fix!
It’s been such a loooong time since I’ve had carob, and I was thinking lately I should make something carob-y again – and here you come with the perfect recipe suggestion! Awesome!
Ooooh yummy yummy yummy. These would be great for breakfast!
And dinner and tea……..
They look like really rich, pure chocolate, fudgy bars! I can’t keep looking, as I’m getting hungry! I just referred you to a friend of mine who needs recipes for the vegan/vegetarian part of his menu in his new restaurant opening next week in the city. He’s loking for a black bean burger to start
I think their shape is fantastic! Thank you for linking to the recipe.
thanks, Shelly – i’ve gotta make Ricki’s cocoa nibbles! we buy those raw bars every once in a while – and sure, they’re tasty – but i feel bad about the plastic packaging, and they get kinda expensive, too. sadface. i bet Ricki’s cocoa nibbles = the absolute best! oooooh, i cannot wait to make some! yay!
Lovin’ the raw dessert!!
Looks yummy. I had to take a break from raw, I couldn’t handle it 100% but I’m trying to slowly incorporate it all back into my life
i need to get on that cookbook! when i find some time…