Make This: Canteen's Jiminy Bars

These popular energy bars from O&B's Canteen have been super-sized with...cricket flour?! Yep.

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Serves two

Preparation time 10 minutes

Cooking time 25 minutes

Alternate proteins was one of the top food trends of 2015 and one way people explored this was by eating different insects and bugs. Don't worry though - the below is not a recipe fit for Survivor. We're adventurous but not quite there yet.

Lucky for us, Chef Michael Hay of Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants has come up with a slightly more safe but unique way to pack extra nutrition and iron into everyone’s favourite part of a meal: dessert. He started by experimenting with ground cricket flour and took the already popular energy bars from Canteen to make something chewy, soft and sweet with an extra shot of protein.

The best part? They are easy enough to make at home. Check out the recipe below:

Ingredients

  • 260 grams walnut pieces
  • 275 grams ground almonds
  • 300 grams pumpkin seeds
  • 200 grams chopped dates (soaked/drained)
  • 5 grams salt
  • 10 grams vanilla extract
  • 30 grams cricket flour
  • 300 grams honey
  • 125 grams cocoa nibs
  • 250 grams goji berries 

Method

  1. Combine nuts and pumpkin seeds in food processor until fine but still textured. Mix in dates. Add all other ingredients to nut mixture and combine well.
  2. Press into half sheet pan. Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes until lightly browned.
  3. Let cool. Cut into desired size.
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