{"id":7114,"date":"2017-02-08T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gousto.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2019-05-22T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:36:52","slug":"healthy-snack-bars-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gousto.co.uk\/blog\/healthy-snack-bars-recipe","title":{"rendered":"Coconut &#038; Chocolate Snack Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Let&#8217;s try\u00a0an old trick (you may well know it already):<\/p>\n<p><em>Try not to think about a white bear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chances are, the moment you read that all you can think about is a white bear.\u00a0This is how we feel when we&#8217;re trying to be healthy. All we can think about are sweets, chocolate, pastries and every other delicious thing we&#8217;re not meant to be eating. There&#8217;s only so much celery one person can\u00a0handle!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where these healthy snack bars come in handy. They&#8217;re deliciously indulgent, but they&#8217;re not bad for you (we promise!). Make a batch or two, pop them in the fridge and treat yourself when that chocolate-craving hour strikes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gousto.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GoustoPhotos-13.jpg\" alt=\"coconut &amp; chocolate snack bar recipe\" width=\"1365\" height=\"918\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooking tip:<br \/>\n<\/strong>You can make your own raw chocolate to drizzle over the bars: melt a thumb-sized piece of cocoa butter, mix in a tablespoon of sweetener of choice and a heaped tablespoon raw cocoa powder. Keep adding the ingredients until you reach a melted chocolate consistency. 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All we can think about are sweets, chocolate, pastries and every &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gousto.co.uk\/blog\/healthy-snack-bars-recipe\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Coconut &#038; Chocolate Snack Bars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[501,519,520],"tags":[17,143,409,475],"class_list":["post-7114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","category-dessert-recipes","category-snacks-sides-recipes","tag-chocolate","tag-dessert-ideas","tag-snack-ideas","tag-vegan"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gousto.gurucloud.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/healthy-snack-bars-recipe.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Will","author_link":"https:\/\/www.gousto.co.uk\/blog\/author\/will"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Healthy Coconut Chocolate Snack Bars Recipe | Gousto Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These coconut snack bars are indulgent, but healthy too! 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