I love it when things just randomly turn out for the best! Don’t you!? That is totally what happened with the recipe for this delicious little Chocolate & Sea Salt Mini Loaf!
Here’s what happened:
I was perusing around Instagram and stumbled across the Rx Bar insta page and was very intrigued by these simple, healthy, protein bars! Unfortunately, I have never seen these bars in Canada, let alone my hometown and I really wanted to try one! So, being the DIYer that I am, I thought I might be able to recreate the bars in my kitch!
As I started mixing and mashing ingredients together I ended up with a much thinner bar mixture than I had hoped I would get. It was actually like a batter. So, I improvised and poured the batter into a mini loaf pan!
I turned on the oven, crossed my fingers, and said a little prayer in hopes that the batter would rise and I’d get a nice, dense, delicious chocolate “bread” that I could top with sea salt!
20-minutes later, total and utter shock. IT WORKED! To be totally honest, I’ve never been much of a baker (which is why you don’t see a ton of baked goods on the blog). When I do bake I’m often peering into the oven with one eye open whispering “pretty please, pretty please, pretty please work, work, work” , and luckily, this time was a serious win.
I was also super impressed when I calculated the nutritional information for this recipe! There is 26g of protein as well as 11g of awesome dietary fibre in the loaf! Considering how rich, dense, and delicious it is, I’d say those numbers are a big nutritional win!
Who says chocolaty baked goods can’t balance blood sugars and give you a boost of protein!? They need to give this recipe a whirl!
The loaf was so delicious, moist, chocolaty, fudgy, and seriously easy to whip up! Topped with that extra pinch of sea salt and a smear of Earth Balance spread it was the pièce de résistance!
So, I encourage you, my lovely readers who shy away from baking because you are just like me, anticipating the disaster that could be, give this Chocolate & Sea Salt Mini Loaf a go!!
- ½ cup egg whites (4 whites)
- 4 large pitted dates
- ⅓ cup raw almonds
- 1 heaping tablespoon coconut flour
- 3 squares (15g or ½ oz) of Endangered Species Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt & Almonds(alternatively you could use 3 squares of 70% dark chocolate + ⅛ tsp sea salt)
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Blend the ingredients together in a blender until smooth.
- Generously grease 2 mini loaf pans with coconut oil.
- Pour in the batter.
- Place the loaf pans in the centre of the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick pulls clean in each loaf.
- Sprinkle each loaf with a pinch of sea salt. Let cool completely before slicing and serving.
Thank you to Rx Bar for the inspiration! I still hope to track down those Chocolate & Sea Salt Protein bars sometime soon! If anyone knows if they are available in Canada, do let me know!
Have a wonderful Sunday!
Christal
Nutritionist in the Kitch
Hi there! This loaf sounds ahhmazing! Can’t wait to try it! But I was wondering if instead of using 4 egg whites, could I use two whole eggs? I only have two in the fridge right now and I just went to the grocery store and guess what I forgot to buy…
Thanks!
You most definitely could use 2 whole eggs! 🙂
Thank you! I know what I’ll de making tonight 🙂
Awesome! Enjoy! 🙂
Looks delicious. Please can you tell me what you would use instead of egg white? Thanks
Hi Charlotte, you can use egg replacer, or you could make flax or chia “eggs” instead of the egg whites in the recipe! Do you know how to do this?
Did you blend everything including chocolate squares all at one? Or grate/chop them first? Whizzzzz….
Yep, even the squares went in the blender!! 🙂
This looks incredible Christal! And I cannot believe there are literally only a handful of ingredients in it 😀 Divine! x
Love that word Jules – DIVINE! I agree! 🙂
Holy goodness, this mini loaf sounds incredible! Sea salt and dark chocolate is heaven!
Haha it is heavenly!! Such a great combo right?!
I am planning to make this recipe as it looks amazing!
Please could you give us the actual weight of the chocolate [ as opposed to just squares]. Depending on the size of the chocolate bar the squares will be larger or smaller!
Thank you so much.
Clare Gallant
Sure! It is about 15g of chocolate! Or 1/2 an ounce!