Healthy Chocolate Orange Flapjacks

I love making flapjacks, there are so many healthier alternatives for making them. This isn't my healthiest recipe, but these taste incredible and they have a lot of goodness in them too! They are higher in sugar and fat then I would normally use, which makes them great for an occasional treat, and you can feel good knowing you're still getting fibre, healthy fats and vitamins and minerals from these too

Ingredients

(Makes 10)

100g coconut oil
90g black treacle
15g muscovado sugar
25g agave nectar
240g oats
50g chopped pecans
20g cocoa nibs
grated rind of one orange
optional desiccated coconut to decorate!

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
2. Gently heat the coconut oil, treacle, sugar and agave nectar in a pan over a low heat
3. When the ingredients have melted and combined, mix the remaining ingredients into the pan and give it a good stir
4. Spread the mixture into a baking tray (I used 8 inch by 8 inch but it depends how deep you want your flapjacks), sprinkle with desiccated coconut if you want to, and bake for 18-20 minutes
5. Remove from the oven and leave on a cooling rack
6. When cool, using a sharp knife cut the mixture into bitesize pieces. I made these into 10 flapjacks, which works out at around 250 kcals a flapjack, but feel free to adjust how many you want!

Gluten Free Alternative Replace oats with gluten free oats