I was wanting to make muesli bars that my children would enjoy to take in their lunch boxes, previous attempts have shown them turning up their noses and not wanting to eat them at all!

These muesli bites tick all the boxes, easy to eat being bite size, not too hard with the addition of puffed rice and roasted buckwheat groats and very aromatic with the cinnamon and cranberries, they do cook soft so make sure to leave them in the silicon moulds until they’ve cooled completely.

Muesli bites… smells like christmas coming out of the oven

Mix in a large bowl:

2 cups rolled oats

1/4 cup roasted buckwheat groats

1/4 cup sesame seeds

1/2 cup puffed rice

1/4 cup dessicated coconut

1/2 cup dried cranberries

1/4 cup cacao nibs (optional)

1 Tbs chia seeds

(You can adjust the dry ingredients to what you have available in the cupboard just try to keep the ratio for approx 4 cups with half being the rolled oats)

In a small jug mix together:

100gm melted butter

1/4 cup rice malt syrup (can swap for honey or a 50/50 mix of rice malt and maple)

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp Maca powder (optional)

1 tsp Vanilla extract

Pour the butter mixture through the muesli mix until well combined, taste the mix and add more cinnamon if not to taste and feel free to add 1 Tbsp Maple syrup of not quite sweet enough.

Pop into silicon mould tray, I used a tray of 12 small cupcake moulds and it made 36 ann bake at 120 degrees celsius for approx 20 mins. Take out of oven and let cool in mould before turning out, drizzle with melted dark chocolate if desired, I use Green & Blacks 70%.

A drizzle of good quality dark choc never goes astray