Bao Bomb Bars (S)

Bomb your mouth with an explosion of lemony, apricot, maple and coconut flavor! Baobab stars with collagen and whey to boost your immune system, flood your body with antioxidants, give you energy, support your iron levels, up your vitamin C, supply you with a balanced amino acid protein source, and beautify your skin and hair. Using the Trim Healthy Optimized Vanilla Whey is an option if you want to add an optimized protein boost to your bars!!! This recipe was "featured" first in the Trim Healthy Living EZine~ Edition 17 and is part of the Trim Healthy Exclusive Collection.

Cooking Method: No-Bake, No-Cook

Courses: Dessert, Snacks

Servings: 5

Description

Bomb your mouth with an explosion of lemony, apricot, maple and coconut flavor! Baobab stars with collagen and whey to boost your immune system, flood your body with antioxidants, give you energy, support your iron levels, up your vitamin C, supply you with a balanced amino acid protein source, and beautify your skin and hair. Using the Trim Healthy Optimized Vanilla Whey is an option if you want to add an optimized protein boost to your bars!!! This recipe was "featured" first in the Trim Healthy Living EZine~ Edition 17 and is part of the Trim Healthy Exclusive Collection.

Ingredients

For the Dry Ingredients

1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup TH Baobab Boost Powder (plus 1 Tbs)
1/4 cup TH Integral Collagen
1/4 cup TH Pristine Whey Protein Powder (unflavored)
1/3 cup TH Baking Blend (if you don't have that, 3 Tbs each coconut and almond flour works)
2 1/2 Tbs TH Gentle Sweet (2 1/2-3 Tbs)
1/8 tsp TH Mineral Salt

For the Wet Ingredients

2 1/2 Tbs lemon juice (fresh preferred but bottled okay)
1 Tbs water
2 1/2 Tbs extra virgin coconut oil
1/2 tsp TH Natural Burst Apricot Extract (or other extract of choice))
3/4 tsp TH Natural Burst Maple Extract

Instructions

1
In a food processor whizz the dried coconut first into the finest flour consistency the food processor can form.
2
Add all other dry ingredients and whizz to combine.
3
Add wet ingredients and process until a ball forms. This can take several minutes. You might need to turn the machine off and rearrange the ingredients around the blade and down the sides of the container a few times. It may help to use the pulse button at first until everything is whizzing nicely and not stopping due to mixture going up the sides of the processor too much. You’ll know the ball is soon to form when the mixture starts to clump and make louder noises. Really, be patient with this.
4
For bars, take mixture out, form into a rectangle shape then cut into bar sizes. For balls simply take pieces of mixture out of processor and roll.

Note

Recipe Notes

Recipe Suggestions and Ideas

If you prefer slightly less of a tart lemony, flavor, use just 2 Tablespoons lemon juice instead of 2 & 1/2 and 1 & 1/2 Tablespoons water instead of just 1.
But if you prefer way out lemon taste… go all 3 & 1/2 Tablespoons lemon, baby!
The ratio of lemon juice and water is up to you… just make sure you get 3 & 1/2 Tablespoons of liquid total.

Storage - Keep bars or balls in the fridge for a week if you want. If you’d prefer to double the recipe, you can keep some in the freezer for extended storage. Throw bars or balls into zippies to take in your purse to enjoy when you are out and about. They’ll keep in your purse for a few days.

Processing Issues- Depending upon your food processor, it may be that the mixture won’t form a ball for you after several minutes. If that happens just process until you can squish the mixture together and form a bar worthy consistency, if so… pop it in a gallon zip lock and squish it all together then form. Also, if it looks like the coconut oil is slipping out of the bars when forming then don’t worry, it will go back in when you put the bars in the refrigerator.

Tartness- If you prefer a more tart lemony, flavor, use all lemon juice in place of the water.

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/bao-bomb-bars-s/