Today I’m sharing an easy to make bar you can use for snacking, lunches, and breakfasts too. In fact, I won’t call out one of the kids by name, but know that said child can eat 1/3 of a batch for breakfast. Just cuts a long line, picks it up, says thanks, and walks off. I can’t help but smile and laugh when this happens.
For those of you with picky eaters, easy recipes like these are a great way to have them help. Or “help”. Getting them involved can aide in the reduction of picky eating, and increases the chances that they’ll be willing to take a bite.
How to Add Variety with This Recipe
You’ll notice that these are cherry bars. This recipe also works with strawberry, mango, peach, and blueberries. Each of these fruits can be purchased in a freeze dried (or powdered) form. Should you choose to use peach or mango, don’t be afraid to double up on the amount of fruit used to make sure the flavour really bursts through.
Depending on your taste preferences, you can also add white chocolate chips (as photoed) or regular chocolate chips to the top of your bars. Cool/easy “hack”: once the bars are pressed into the pan, add a decent amount of chocolate chips and spread evenly, then bake. As soon as the bars come out of the oven, spread them with an angled spatula. When the bars cool completely, you’ll have a cool chocolate layer on top that didn’t require extra melting or tempering steps.
Allergy Status
Free From: Wheat/Gluten, Dairy, Egg, Soy, Tree Nut (including Coconut), Peanut, Fish, Shellfish, Top 9 Allergens, Sesame, Alliums, Apple, Avocado, Banana, Beans & Lentils, Berries, Buckwheat, Cane/Refined Sugar, Carrot, Celery, Cinnamon, Citrus, Cruciferous, Garlic, Latex Cross Reactive Foods (H/M), Legume, Lupin, Mushroom, Mustard, Nightshade, Onion, Pea & Pea Protein, Potato (Nightshade Variety), Poultry, Red Meat, Rice, Seeds, Squash & Gourd, Strawberry, Sweet Potato & Yam, Tapioca/Cassava/Yuca/Manioc, Tomato, Yeast
Friendly To: Diabetic, EOE, Low Histamine
Compatible With: Stone Fruit Free, Vegan, Pollen Cross Reactive Free (Alder, Grass)
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