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📋 Homemade Healthy Fig Bars

These no-bake homemade healthy fig bars are stuffed full of delicious goodness. They're easy to make. And gluten-free too!
Course Snack
Cuisine International
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 270kcal
Author Neil

Ingredients

  • 200 g dried figs chopped with stalks removed
  • 1 tablespoon coconut butter plus a little for greasing
  • 2 tablespoon honey
  • 150 g chopped mixed nuts peanuts/almonds/walnuts
  • 100 g dried cranberries
  • 50 g sultanas
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds

Instructions

  • Place figs in a small bowl and cover them with boiled (not boiling) water for 15 minutes.
  • Grease a 20cm x 20cm square baking tin with a little coconut oil and line with greaseproof paper.
  • In a small saucepan melt the coconut butter and honey together.
  • Place the rehydrated figs, melted coconut butter and honey mixture into a blender. Blend together for a few seconds.
  • Add the chopped mixed nuts, cranberries, sultanas, pumpkin seeds and chia seeds and blend again until thoroughly mixed.
  • Scrape the mixture from the blender into the baking tin and place in the freezer for one hour.
  • Remove from the freezer after one hour. Lift out from tin and cut into 8 bars. Keep sealed in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week.

Nutrition

Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 379mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 2mg