Ingredients

1 cup rolled oats
2 tbsp cacao powder
2 pinches of salt

1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup cashew butter (or nut/seed butter of choice)

2 tbsp cacao nibs

1/2 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips

Method

1. Add rolled oats, cacao powder and salt to a food processor and blend until oats become oat flour – the flour can be as fine or textured as you would like for your bars.
2. Add honey and cashew butter and blend until the dough just comes together.
3. Add cacao nibs and pulse to incorporate into the dough.
4. Shape dough into a rectangle by pressing into the bottom of a parchment paper lined loaf pan, by hand shaping, or by rolling between two pieces of parchment paper. I like my bars to be no more than a centimetre thick.
5. Melt chocolate. You can do this by using a bain-marie method, but I prefer to do this quickly in the microwave. Add chocolate chips to a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 15 second increments, stirring in between increments. It is important to stir between increments to distribute heat and prevent burning the chocolate – by the 4th increment, the chocolate should look like it is not fully melted, but when stirred, will become silky smooth due to heat distribution.
6. Pour melted chocolate over the dough and spread evenly. This is easiest to do using a silicone spatula.
7. Place in the fridge overnight (or ~6-8 hours) for the dough to develop the best flavour.
8. Cut into bars!