Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars

These Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars are a sinless twist on the traditional Nestlé Crunch Bars we all love. However, these are made of homemade dark chocolate and airy brown rice crispy cereal in every bite—no artificial ingredients! These guilt-free no-bake chocolate bars are gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, nut-free, refined sugar-free, clean-eating, quick and easy, and only use 4 ingredients!

When Halloween season rolls around I reminiscence about the days of trick-or-treating and lots of CANDY! 👻🍬🍭🎃 Practically anything with chocolate got my tongue motor running, but one of my all-time favorites was a Nestlé Crunch Bar. 🍫

Is it making sense now why these Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars are right before your very eyes? 😏

Upon trying one, you might say it’s because they’re delicious, crunchy with airy puffs of brown rice, sweet, and oh so dark chocolaty rich. 😋 But that would be a partial lie because I really made them for myself. 🙊 It’s rare that I’m selfish, but since these were one of my obsessions growing up, it only seemed fitting that I made them for my needs. Nevertheless, I’m sharing them with you now so we can both relish them. 😘

Did I forget to say they’re made from homemade dark chocolate? Yes, HOMEMADE. 😯 This means there are no artificial ingredients in the chocolate whatsoever—just pure antioxidant raw cacao power, unrefined coconut oil, and pure maple syrup. ❤️ It’s a bizarre thing eating a SINLESS candy bar! 😈

Surprisingly, these Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars are actually beneficial to your health and don’t cause any harm to your body, unlike the traditional ones. So you can feel extremely good about eating these 4 ingredient crunch bars and skipping out on all of this…

MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, NONFAT MILK, MILKFAT, LACTOSE, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVORS) CRISPED RICE (RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, BARLEY MALT, SALT). CONTAINS: MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.

 MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS, NUTS, AND WHEAT.

 No thank you! 🙅🏻 I’ll take these four (healthy) ingredient Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars ANY day! 👇🏼

Nevertheless, besides looking forward to collecting a big pile of the kid-sized Nestlé Crunch Bars after hustling on Halloween night, I ate them on the regular. But, you know how it goes; I had to give them up. Sadly … very sadly. 😞

I wiped away the sorrow when these Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars emerged. 😍🙌🏼 These new and improved crunch bars are like the adult version of crunch bars. The homemade, rich dark chocolate gives your tongue a tingle as it melts in your mouth. Crunch factor with rich, melt-in-your-mouth dark chocolate … Oh yeahhh. 😋

Now you can have a quick, easy, simple, nutritious, and tasty Halloween—or anytime—treat with these Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars! 👻 If you or your eaters aren’t fans of dark chocolate you can increase the maple syrup by 1-4 tablespoons to adjust the sweetness. 👍🏼

What is/was one of your favorite Halloween candies? 😊 When you make these amazing crunch bars don’t forget to snap a picture 📷 and share it with me on social media tagging @sabrinassinlesssecrets and hashtagging #sabrinassinlesssecrets! I can’t wait to see them! 😘❤️ #becausesinlessisdelicious #TripleS #sinlesssunday

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Gluten-Free and Vegan Crunch Bars

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

 

Author: Sabrina's Sinless Secrets

Serves: 8 large bars or 16 squares

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup Barbara’s Brown Rice Crisps Cereal (45g)
• ¾ cup raw cacao powder (60g)
• ¾ cup organic unrefined extra virgin coconut oil (168g)
• ⅓ – ½ cup pure maple syrup (can sub raw honey, but it won’t be vegan)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
• ⅛ teaspoon sea salt (optional)

Instructions

1. Line an 8x8 or 9x9 inch pan with foil or parchment paper.
2. Then, in a double boiler add the coconut oil. Once it’s melted, whisk in the cacao powder, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and sea salt.
3. Thereafter, fold in the rice crispy cereal.
4. Transfer it to the prepared pan and move it to the refrigerator for about 2 hours, or until completely solidified. You can also put it in the freezer for about 20-30 minutes so it solidifies quicker.
5. Slice into bars or bites of preferred size and enjoy! 🙂

Notes

If you don't have a double boiler you can make one by filling water a little less than half way up a medium saucepan. Then, set a heat-safe bowl over the top and bring the water to a boil.
If you use a 9x9 inch pan your bars will be a bit thinner.
These will last about a month in the fridge in an airtight plastic bag or container and up to 3 months in the freezer in an airtight plastic bag or container. 🙂

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