Sunshine bars

The solution for any picnic or open air event – a no-bake bar packed with good stuff

  • Prep:25 mins
    Plus 2 hours setting time
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 190
  • fat 11g
  • saturates 6g
  • carbs 22g
  • sugars 11g
  • fibre 2g
  • protein 2g
  • salt 0.26g

Ingredients

  • 100g dried ready-to-eat tropical medley or other mixed dried fruits
  • 100g porridge oats
  • 50g puffed rice cereal, such as Rice Krispies
  • 85g desiccated coconut
  • 50g blanched hazelnuts or shelled peanuts or other nuts
  • 50g sunflower, sesame or pumpkin seeds
  • 100g light muscovado sugar
  • 125ml golden syrup
  • 100g butter, chopped up

Method

  1. Chop the tropical medley into pieces using kitchen scissors. Tip the oats, cereal, coconut and fruit into a large bowl and mix well, using a wooden spoon or clean hands. Put the hazelnuts and sunflower, sesame or pumpkin seeds in a frying pan with no oil and, over a moderate heat, stir until they are lightly toasted. Leave to cool a little then tip into the bowl and mix.

  2. Put the sugar, syrup and butter in a small pan and heat gently, stirring with a wooden spoon until melted, then simmer for 2 minutes until slightly thicker and syrupy.

  3. Quickly stir the syrup into the dry mix, stirring until it all starts to bind and there are no dry patches.

  4. Quickly tip into a 20cm square tin and press down with the back of a spoon to even out the surface. Leave to cool and set – about 2 hours. Cut the mixture into 6 one way and 3 the other to make 18 bars. Store in a tin, or wrapped tightly in foil for up to a week.

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