Need a a great gluten-free snack? This delicious recipe for Sweet and Salty Trail Mix bars is made with their Sea Salt Pretzels. A uniquely light and crunchy pretzel-snack that’s a healthier alternative to other high-sodium pretzels, these are chock full of exotic whole grains including brown rice, quinoa, amaranth and millet, as well as tasty and nutritious seeds including flax, sesame and chia seeds. In this recipe, the pretzels are broken into small pieces to provide a crunchy texture and utilize their pure nutty flavors.
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Mary’s Sweet and Salty Trail Mix Bars
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Mary’s Gone Crackers Sea Salt Pretzels, broken into small pieces
1 1/2 cups quinoa flakes
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup toasted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup toasted almonds, chopped
1/4 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup almond flour
1/2 cup plain, non-fat greek yogurt (or any plain vegan yogurt)
4 Tbsp. palm oil
3/4 cup sunflower seed butter
1/2 cup palm sugar
1/3 cup honey (or brown rice syrup, or tapioca syrup)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cup toasted coconut flakes
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Lightly coat a 9 x 13 pan with an organic nonstick cooking spray. In a double broiler, melt 1 cup chocolate chips and pour evenly into the pan to create a chocolate base.
3. In a large bowl, combine pretzel pieces, quinoa flakes, cranberries, sunflower seeds, almonds, brown rice flour, almond flour and yogurt.
4. Melt palm oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add sunflower seed butter, palm sugar, honey and vanilla. Stir until smooth.
5. Pour palm mixture into the dry pretzel mixture and stir quickly to thoroughly coat. Transfer mixture to prepared baking pan and press firmly and evenly. Bake until lightly browned, about 12-15 minutes.
6. After baking, immediately sprinkle toasted coconut flakes over bars. Melt remaining 3/4 cup of chocolate and drizzle over bars. Let the bars cool completely in pan on a wire rack in the refrigerator before cutting into bars.