Shaeanne’s Chocolate No Bake Bars!

You need these in your life right now. These are a healthy treat that doesn’t taste healthy! Go ahead, trick your taste buds.

Shae’s No Bake Bars

• 1 cup sugar free organic peanut butter
• ¼ cup raw honey (sub stevia if you prefer lower sugar options following stevia proportions also can use brown sugar but will need to add some water for consistency)
• 1/2 cup organic coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups GF organic oats (old fashioned/rolled works best) Quick oats will break apart with moisture but still works
• 1 cup unsweetened organic shredded coconut or coconut flakes
• 1 1/4 cups dairy free chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup total of anything you like (nuts especially walnuts/dried fruit/marshmallows/crushed pretzels)
  • (If you are feeling like Fall or Christmas, you can also add in pumpkin pie spices or peppermint! Possible add in theme: smashed graham crackers and marshmallows to make s’more treats, colored sprinkles for specific occasions)

Combine honey (or alternative), coconut oil, and peanut butter over low heat on the stove or in microwave.

Once melted, turn off heat and add in the vanilla extract, oats, coconut, chocolate, and preferred add ins (nuts/fruit), and vanilla. Stir until the chocolate melts. Be careful to not burn chocolate if you leave the burner on.

  

Pour into a parchment lined or oiled pan. Cool quickly in the freezer or refrigerator. Slice in portion sizes that fit your macros! My 8X8” pan makes 36 servings cut 6 times horizontally and 6 times vertically.

177 Cals / 13G Fat / 13G Carb / 3G Protein (In MyFitnessPal as Shae’s No Bake Bars)

Nutrition w/out honey subtract 240 calories from recipe (68 Carbs):

Nutrition Facts
Servings 36.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 177
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 13 g	19 %
Saturated Fat 7 g	35 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg	0 %
Sodium 10 mg	0 %
Potassium 32 mg	1 %
Total Carbohydrate 13 g	4 %
Dietary Fiber 2 g	9 %
Sugars 6 g
Protein 3 g	7 %

 

Vitamin A	0 %
Vitamin C	0 %
Calcium	1 %
Iron	5 %

 

 

Whole Food Nice-cream!

As someone who has a milk allergy, I am always excited to find new and tasty “ice-cream” alternatives. However, I don’t do well with super sugary foods these days. When the idea of a nice cream came about, I had to check it out! The concept is to create your own dessert using whole food ingredients.

I came across a Unicorn themed treat and had to give it a go.

photo credit: PopSugar

It’s actually super simple. Blended fruit (colors of choice) and one option for a healthy spirulina ingredient for that green color.

It’s so simple to just through these together and there is how mine turned out! Click here for recipe!

Photo credit: Shaeanne Karschner

Super Simple Coconut Macaroons

I was looking for a low carb day dessert that still had good fiber and boom coconut macaroons! These have all the fit fats from the coconut but with the added fiber. Pair it with a little stevia and they are a perfect low glycemic treat. I used liquid egg whites and have used both liquid and granulated stevia.

Photo Credit: Rabbit Food For My Bunny Teeth

Here is how mine turned out:

Preheat oven to 350

1 Cup Shredded Coconut

1/4 cup egg whites

Stevia to taste

optional cinnamon topping

combine ingredients and scoop tablespoon amounts onto parchment paper

bake 15 minutes

broil 1-2 minutes but watch so they don’t burn