Chocolate Hazelnut Granola Bars Recipe
These granola bars are fantastic for an on-the-go-breakfast, a delightful mid-day treat, or an irresistible midnight snack!
Servings: 27
Calories: 243kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup hazelnuts
- 2 cups Old Fashioned rolled oats
- 1½ cups Bob's Red Mill Hazelnut Meal/Flour
- 1 cup cacao nibs (see notes)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1½ tablespoons orange zest (from about 2 Naval oranges)
- ½ cup fresh orange juice
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1½ cups semisweet chocolate, finely chopped and then melted
Instructions
- Roast and peel hazelnuts. Preheat the oven to 375°F, and place the hazelnuts in a single layer on a baking sheet.When the oven is preheated, roast them until they are very aromatic and the skins are cracking, about 5 minutes. Let them cool for at least 5 minutes, and then they can be rubbed together in your hands, or in a dish towel, and the skins should flake away. (Some tiny bits of skin will remain, and that's okay.) Roughly chop the nuts and set them aside.
- Reset oven and prepare pans. Turn the oven down to 350°F, and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Make the batter. In a medium-sized mixing bowl combine the oats, hazelnut meal, cocao nibs, the chopped hazelnuts and salt. Mix and set aside.In a large mixing bowl, combine the softened butter, sugar, orange zest and juice and honey. Mix until smooth.Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix it until everything is evenly blended -- it will resemble cookie dough.
- Bake. Use a spatula to help you "pour" the granola batter onto one of the parchment-lined baking sheets. Use a flat-bottomed metal spatula to spread it evenly. It should be about ½-inch thick and cover the sheet. Bake in the preheated 350°F oven until it's a dark golden brown, about 30 minutes.
- Cool. Let it cool on the baking sheet until it's hard, but still soft enough to cut through without it cracking, about 10 minutes.
- Slice. With a Chef's knife, cut the cooked granola into about 27 evenly sized, rectangular bars.
- Drizzle with chocolate. Place the cut granola bars on the second, parchment-lined baking sheet, with 1 to 2 inches between them. Now use a small spoon to drizzle the melted chocolate over the bars. (This will work the best if your chocolate has just been melted and is still very warm.)
- Cool. Place the chocolate-drizzled bars on a large plate or platter to let the chocolate cool and harden completely. This might take an hour or so at room temperature. To speed it up, you can place the baking sheet in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes.
Notes
Calorie count is only an estimate.
Nutrition
Calories: 243kcal