Nutty Special K Bars with Dark Chocolate Drizzle:

Recipe by Ilse van der Merwe – www.thefoodfox.com

Ingredients:

• 150 g mixed nuts
• 2 cups Special K, crushed/processed to a volume of about 1 cup
• 1 cup oats
• ½ cup sunflower seeds
• 2/3 cup dried cranberries (make sure they don’t stick together)
• ½ t ground cinnamon
• Pinch of ground nutmeg
• Pinch of salt
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed with a fork
• 1/3 cup honey
• 40-80 g dark chocolate, melted

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 C.
2. Spread nuts out on a baking tray, then toast for 10 min in the oven. Remove from oven, then chop roughly.
3. In a large mixing bowl, add toasted chopped nuts, crushed Special K, oats, sunflower seeds, cranberries, cinnamon, nutmeg and pinch of salt. Mix well.
4. In a small mixing bowl, mix mashed bananas with honey. Then add to Special K mixture and mix well.
5. Spread mixture out into a 23cm square, lined baking tin and smooth the surface with wet hands. Bake for 15 minutes at 180 C.
6. Remove from oven and cool completely (at least 1 hour). Remove uncut slab with lining onto a wooden cutting board, and cut into bars.
7. Drizzle bars diagonally with melted dark chocolate. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.