This Healthy Quinoa Chocolate Bark is full of superfoods, like quinoa, chia, hemp, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, nuts and coconut oil. It's deliciously addictive.
½teaspoonflaky sea salt,plus more for sprinkling on chocolate
1cupdried quinoa,a pre-rinsed brand *
½cupraw pecans,roughly chopped
½cupraw pumpkin seeds,roughly chopped
¼cupraw sunflower seeds
2tablespoonhemp seeds
2tablespoonchia seeds
12ozdark chocolate,melted and tempered
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a small saucepan over low heat, stir maple syrup and coconut oil until oil has melted. Remove from heat and add vanilla and salt.
In a medium bowl, stir together quinoa, pecans, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds and optional espresso powder. Add maple syrup mixture and stir until well combined.
Spread evenly on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until golden brown. Watch carefully and remove from oven if edges are beginning to brown too quickly.
Meanwhile, melt ¾ of the chocolate in a glass bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Once melted, remove from heat and add the remaining chocolate pieces. Stir until completely melted.
Spread over baked quinoa mixture. Refrigerate for 30 minutes (or freeze for 15 minutes) until chocolate has set. Break into pieces. Store extra at room temperature or in the refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
Using a quality dark chocolate like Ghirardelli or Bernard Callebaut or a quality vegan chocolate will make all the difference in the world to this bark.* using a pre-rinsed brand of quinoa, like Ancient Harvest, in which the natural coating called saponin has been removed, works well for this recipe.