Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups (250 g) old-fashioned certified gluten free rolled oats (if gluten free isn’t necessary, use any oats)
- 1 1/2 scoops (54 g) gluten free protein powder (I like Vega essentials chocolate flavor protein powder, but you can use whey protein, or your favorite protein powder (vanilla or chocolate))
- 1/2 cup (40 g) unsweetened cocoa powder (natural or Dutch-processed) (can replace with more protein powder)
- 3/4 cup (192 g) smooth natural nut butter (I have used peanut butter, almond butter and cashew butter—all work well)
- 1/4 cup (84 g) pure maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup (2 fluid ounces) milk (any kind), plus more as necessary
- One 300 mg bottle of Elixinol Hemp Oil Tincture or your favorite CBD hemp oil.
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped and melted (can replace with 2 tablespoons more nut butter + 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup)
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped and melted (optional, for coating)
Directions
Line an 8-inch square baking pan or standard 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan with unbleached parchment paper and set it aside.
Place the oats in a food processor fitted with the steel blade and process until ground into a flour. Add the protein powder, cocoa powder (or more protein powder), nut butter, maple syrup, salt, 1/4 cup milk and melted unsweetened chocolate (or more nut butter and maple syrup). Add in the CBD hemp oil. Process until the mixture is well-combined and is tacky (but not sticky) to the touch. Add more milk by the teaspoonful and process, only as necessary for the mixture to reach the proper consistency.
Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and press firmly into an even layer, smoothing the top as much as possible. Cover with parchment and place in the refrigerator or freezer to chill until firm (about 1 hour in the refrigerator, or 20 minutes in the freezer). Remove the bars from the pan and slice into 30 equal-sized rectangular bars. Dip in the optional melted bittersweet chocolate to coat or simply drizzle some melted chocolate over the top, and allow to sit at room temperature until set. Wrap the bars individually in waxed paper, and store in the refrigerator.
Cut into 30 bars. Each piece will have approximately 10 mg CBD. Add a larger bottle to increase the amount of CBD in each bar.
Recipe adapted from gluten free on a shoestring