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EASY Cherry Garcia Gluten-Free Cookie Bars

July 8, 2017 by Rachel 8 Comments

Cherry Garcia Gluten-Free Cookie Bars are a combine two delicious desserts into one decadent yet healthier treat!

Confession: The best day of my life is when I tried a cookie bar.

Gluten-Free Cherry Garcia Cookie Bars are a combine two delicious desserts into one decadent yet healthier treat!

This post is kindly sponsored by Silver Ferns. As always, all opinions are my own.

Okay, maybe it wasn’t the best day of my life, but it was a darn good day because cookies in bar form = MAGICAL. Well actually, anything in bar form in amazing, If you look at many of our recipes you can guess that we’re pretty obsessed. This is the first time that we made cookie bars and they turned out pretty awesome if we do say so ourselves 🙂

Cookies in bar form are so much doughier and gooey-er than traditional cookies too! They are slightly unbaked in the center, making for that irresistible gooey texture. Another great thing about these Cherry Garcia Cookie Bars is that they are made with a boxed cookie mix, making them super easy! Not any boxed mix though, Silver Fern Brand Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix that is gluten-free and made with high-quality ingredients like teff flour, flaxseed meal and coconut oil.

Cookies + Cherry and chocolate are a match made in heaven, which is why we added a chocolate frosting topped with cherries and Silver Fern Brand No Sugar Chocolate Flats! Talk about a perfect addition to a gooey cookie bar.

These ingredients for these cookie bars include:

Silver Fern Brand Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

Coconut oil

Applesauce

Egg/flax egg

Coconut cream

Cocoa Powder

Maple syrup

Silver Fern Brand Chocolate Flats

Cherries

You and your family will go crazy over this decadent yet healthier dessert!

EASY Cherry Garcia Gluten-free Cookie Bars

Print Recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings 9 bars

Ingredients

Cookie Base
1 box Silver Fern Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
1/4 cup applesauce
2 eggs/flax eggs beaten
Frosting
Cream from 1 can full-fat coconut milk chilled for at least 2 hours or 1 cup greek yogurt
1-2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp maple syrup
Other
2-3 Silver Fern Brand Chocolate Flats
chopped
1 cup cherries pitted and chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and line an 8x8 or a 9x9 pan with parchment paper.
Add all cookie ingredients together and combine well, add to pan.
Bake for 15-20 mins, or until done and let cool.
Combine all frosting ingredients in a large bowl with a hand mixer until blended, spread on bars.
Add on cherries and chocolate and slice into 9 bars, enjoy!

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EASY Lemon Berry Pancake Bars {Made with Pancake Mix!}

February 16, 2017 by Bethany And Rachel 11 Comments

Lemon Berry Pancake Bars are an easy, healthy and delicious portable breakfast with only a few real ingredients! Also with a vegan and gluten-free option!

It’s no surprise that we are breakfast advocates. We both believe that breakfast should NEVER be missed, no matter how busy you are.

That’s why we have lot of on-the-go and make-ahead breakfast options here on Athletic Avocado to help those busy people that don’t have time to make a healthy breakfast because you know that being hangry is not a good way to start a work day.

One of the best, but arguably most time consuming breakfast options out there are pancakes. Yes they are pretty easy to make, but cooking them and flipping each one individually is not possible for a busy morning. That’s where the portable pancake idea came into play. Pancakes that are in bar form make it possible to eat pancakes for any day of the week. Sounds like a good idea right? Now, not only are these pancake bars super duper easy to make, but they are healthy too! You can use any boxed complete pancake mix that want, whether it be gluten-free, vegan, etc.

These Pancake Bars are:

Super easy-to-make

Slightly doughy on the inside

lemony

Naturally sweet

Sturdy

Hearty

Studded with fresh berries

Easily vegan and GF

Portable

Lemon Berry Pancake Bars

These pancake bars are super easy-to-make with a complete pancake mix and are a perfect portable on-the-go breakfast! They have a touch of lemon and are studded with a mixture of sweet berries. You can use any berries that you want but I used a triple combo of blueberries, cherries and strawberries! They are also sweet enough that there is no real need for syrup on top. Also with a vegan and gluten-free option!