Black Forest bars recipe

Black Forest bars

These German-inspired bars make for a great grab-and-go snack, or as a superb lunchbox filler. What's more, chances are you have most of these ingredients at the back of your storecupboard, so making simple snacks has never been easier.

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  • Makes 12
  • 15 mins to prepare
  • 149 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 200g bar dark chocolate, chopped
  • 60g rice snaps
  • 50g oats
  • 80g glacé morello cherries

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Each serving contains

Energy
625kJ 149.0kcal
7%
Fat
6g
medium8%
Saturates
3g
high16%
Salt
0.1g
low2%
Sugars
13g
high14%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 22.7gProtein 1.9gFibre 1.1g

Method

  1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Remove, cool slightly, then stir in the rice snaps, oats, cherries and a pinch of salt.
  2. Pour into a lined 20cm square cake tin. Chill for 30 mins or until firm, then cut into 12 bars. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.

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