Oats- Choco Blocks

These chocolaty granola bars is the best after snack to satisfy your sweet tooth. Flavors of honey, cinnamon and chocolate combined together to make it a perfect granola bar for everyone. It is also healthy as it has health king Oats as an ingredient. While I was eagerly looking for some healthy and nutritious recipe,which I can make and gift to my friend on our Christmas party cum play date at her place, I finally found this recipe. So I decided to give it a try! It came out so perfectly well that everyone in her family liked it so much that she couldn't resist to call and tell me the reviews. Sincerely, I would like to thank my friend divya for making me feel so proud of my efforts. I hope you will also like this simple and healthy recipe.

Nutritional benefits:

Oats are generally considered "healthy", or a health food, being touted as nutritious. The established property of their cholesterol-lowering effects  has led to acceptance of oats as a health food. Oats contain more soluble fiber than any other grain, resulting in slower digestion, a feeling of satiety and suppression of appetite. Oat protein is nearly equivalent in quality to soy protein, which World Health Organization research has shown to be equal to meat, milk and egg protein.

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 40 mins

Serves- 2 heart shape size

Ingredients:

Oats - 1/2 cup
Refined flour (maida) - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup
Nuts and raisins- 1/4 cup
Honey - 1/2 cup
Cooking Oil - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence- 1tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
White Chocolate - 1/2 cup
Dark Chocolate - 1/2 cup

Method:

1. Mix refined flour,Oats, cinnamon powder, baking soda, brown sugar and salt. Keep aside
2. Chop some dark chocolate and add to the dry ingredients. Chocolate chips can also be added
3. Now add raisins, nuts, honey, cooking oil and essence. Mix all the ingredients well
4. Pour this mixture into desired moulds. I used silicon moulds for baking these bars
5. Preheat the convection at 180 deg. Bake it at 180 deg for first 20 mins and then at 160 deg for next 10 mins or till it turns brown
6. Remove from oven and let it cool
7. Melt the dark and white chocolate separately by double boiler method
8. Now keep the grains bar inverted with smooth surface facing up
9. Now first pour melted white chocolate over the bar sparingly. Now pour dark chocolate all over the bar. Refrigerate for 1 - 2 hr and let it set
10. Cut into slices and serve

Notes:

1. These granola bars can be stored at room temperature in winters and in refrigerator in summers for a week or two
2. This can be made ahead of time when guests are coming
3. If you are using Museli instead of oats then adjust the nuts accordingly as museli contains nuts