The Best Quick Snack To Make: Chocolate Quinoa Crunch Bars

by John Griffith
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Who doesn’t love some chocolaty crunchy bars? Having the chocolate melt in your mouth, while crunching on some quinoa seeds is a heavenly experience. These bars are super easy to make, and they can easily satisfy your sweet tooth. Here is how to make these amazing chocolate quinoa crunch bars.

Who doesn’t love some chocolaty crunchy bars?

chocolate crunchy crunch bars ingedients in bowl

Chocolate Quinoa Crunch Bars Video Tutorial

We personally think it’s much easier to recreate a recipe better if you have a visual guide for how to do it. So, we recommend you take a look at our easy-to-follow guide before diving into making these yummy bars. Here is how to make these chocolate quinoa crunch bars.

Check out this cool video tutorial for these crunchy bars

Chocolate Quinoa Crunch Bars Recipe

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Total time: 120 minutes

Equipment:

  • Pan
  • Stove Top
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Bowls
  • Baking Paper
  • Refrigerator
  • Knife

Ingredients:

  • 180 grams White Quinoa
  • Melted Milk Chocolate
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • Pinch of Salt

Step-by-Step Instructions:

  1. Line a loaf pan with some baking paper and put aside.
  2. Heat a pan on medium heat. Pour in the quinoa and stir constantly until the seeds have slightly darkened.
  3. In a large bowl pour in the melted milk chocolate. Add in the vanilla extract and pinch of salt and mix until everything is combined.
  4. To the melted chocolate add the quinoa seeds. Mix until everything is incorporated.
  5. Pour the chocolate quinoa mixture into the lined pan.
  6. Refrigerate for 120 minutes or 2 hours until it is firm.
  7. Take the chocolate quinoa crunch mold out of the lined pan and cut it into bars. Enjoy!

Visual Steps

First step: Heat a pan on medium heat and pour in the quinoa and stir

quinoa bars quinoa seeds browned in pan

Second step: Stir constantly until the seeds have slightly darkened

crisped brown quinoa seeds

Third step: In a large bowl pour in the melted milk chocolate

melted chocolate in a bowl

Fourth step: Add in the vanilla extract

vanilla extraxt added to melted chocolate

Fifth step: Add in a pinch of salt  

pinch of salt added into melted chocolate

Sixth step: Mix until everything is combined

melted chocolatre and pink spatula

Seventh step: To the melted chocolate add the quinoa seeds and mix 

quinoa and melted chocolate in a bowl

Eighth step: Pour the chocolate quinoa mixture into the lined pan

chocolate quinoa crunch bars mixture getting poured in pan

Ninth step: Refrigerate for 120 minutes or 2 hours until it is firm

quinoa bars in baking powder

Tenth step: Cut into bars

cutting quinoa and chocolate bars

Eleventh step: Enjoy!

cut quinoa bara

Tips and Tricks

Every dish has its tips and tricks. The secrets that make it as perfect as possible. These tips are what make the dish exceptional and not just good. That’s why we’ve gathered some things we think you need to know in order to perfect the chocolate quinoa crunch bar recipe. However, always keep in mind that cooking is a form of art, and you are the artist. So, make any changes you deem fit and make it, so the recipe fits your taste buds. And remember to have fun with the process!

Every dish has its tips and tricks

bowl of quinoa seeds

Prep Your Quinoa

In order to have good tasting bars, you need to prep your quinoa a bit beforehand. If the quinoa is not rinsed before use, it can sometimes have a bitter taste, which isn’t something you want in your chocolate bars. That’s why it’s best to make sure to rinse and drain your quinoa before starting out.

Melting Chocolate

Melting chocolate can be done multiple ways. You can melt it in the microwave, however that can sometimes cause the chocolate to burn or splat all over your microwave. If you decide to melt it in the microwave make sure to melt it at 30 second intervals and stir in between each stop. Do so until all the chocolate is melted. The stove top method on the other hand gets the job done perfectly, but is slower. Here is how to do it. Place a pot of water and bring it to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer. Then place a metal bowl with chocolate over the top of the pot of water and fit it snugly. Finally, stir often until the chocolate is melted.

Add Some Seeds

Who said you have to put only quinoa? You can make a superfood bomb with these bars by adding more seeds such as nuts, flaxseed, chia seeds and so on. As we said, make this recipe your own.

Melting chocolate can be done multiple ways

melted chocolate in a measuring cup

We hope you enjoyed this recipe of the easiest snack ever!! If you did make sure to check out our other recipes over on our YouTube channel. There you can find a ton of yummy recipes for every craving. Sweets on your mind – check out this deep-dish, peach pancake. Or, savory if what you prefer – some fluffy vegan veggie muffin. Make sure to tell us what you would like to see from us next time in the comments under our YouTube videos.

We hope you enjoyed this recipe

three stacked qunioa chocolate bars

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John Griffith

John Griffith is a young, passionate journalist. Writing has been John’s hobby ever since he was a boy. He has worked in some of the UK’s most successful news portals over the course of his professional career but found his forever home at Archzine.