No Bake Power Bars or Balls

No bake power bars

Ingredients

1/2 cup large flake oats
1/4 cup unsalted raw peanuts
1/4 unsalted raw pumpkin seeds
1/4 raw sunflower seeds
1/4 cup flaked semi-sweet coconut
1/4 golden seedless raisins
2 TBSP dried cranberries
2 TBSP dark flax seeds
1 TBSP toasted sesame seeds
1 1/4 cups rice cereal
1 1/4 cups bran cereal

1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 liquid honey
1/3 cup corn syrup
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350
Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
Combine oats, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and coconut in a large shallow baking pan.
Bake in centre of pan for 8-10 minutes or until slightly golden. Remove from oven & cool to room temp.

Transfer to a large bowl. Add raisins, cranberries, flax seeds, sesame seeds & cereals. Stir to blend.
Combine remaining 4 ingredients in a small sauce pan over low heat. Stir to blend. Remove & slightly cool.
Add to ingredients in bowl, stir to blend, add a little more corn syrup to mixture if it isn't blending.
Transfer to cookie sheet, press mixture into an even layer. Cover with plastic wrap & refridgereate until firm.
Cut in 1 1/2 by 1 inch bars with a pizza cutter. Makes about 60 bars.

*for a crispy bar, bake in 350 oven for 12 minutes.*

I also added dried blueberries to the mix, these bars are delish! & will satisfy any sweet tooth! In the evenings when i get snacky, i will have 1-3....and don't feel guilty because they are quite healthy.

per 1 1/2 by 1 inch bar

44 calories
1 gram protein
1.8 grams fat
0 sat. fat, 0 trans fat
7.3 carbs
.6 grams fibre
22 mg sodium