Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars
If you’re on the hunt for a healthy breakfast choice that will more than satisfy your chocolate cravings, these Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars will do the trick! Soft, sticky and easy to make, they’re the perfect way to start your day.
If you follow Basement Bakehouse regularly, you’ll know I have a bit of an obsession with meal prepped breakfast bars. I just think they’re an incredible way to start the day and make sure you’re actually eating breakfast. I was always one for skipping the first meal of the day and it would inevitably end up in snacking on unhealthy treats before lunch!
Planning ahead and making something like these Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars is a sure fire way to avoid any unnecessary sugar or calories and they’ll have everyone asking for a taste.
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A Slimming World Friendly Breakfast Recipe
Not only are these Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars a super healthy breakfast in their own right, they’re also totally Slimming World friendly! You’d never guess it though with how much of a chocolate fix they give you.
Each bar is just 2 syns plus half of your Healthy Extra B for the day! Not a half bad for something that tastes like chocolate cake…
The syn values work out as follows:
- 160g Porridge Oats – 4x HexB
- 90g Medjool Dates – 2x HexB
- 250g Banana – 7.5syns
- 2tbsp Cocoa Powder – 5 syns
- 2tbsp Honey – 5 syns
That works out at 22.5 syns plus six Healthy Extra B for the whole batch of 12 breakfast bars. When divided between the 12 bars that works out at just under 2 syns per bar (I’ve rounded up to help you protect your weight loss) plus half of your Healthy Extra B.
Meal Prep Magic
Meal prepping your meals, whether that be breakfast, lunch or dinner, is a great way to stay on track with healthy eating! By planning out your meals in advance, shopping for exactly what you need and making meals ahead of time to eat as and when you need them, you end up eating more healthily AND saving time and money. What’s not to love?
You can find my other Meal Prepped Breakfast Bar recipes here, and if you want to take a look at one of my latest meal plans for inspiration then head here to check it out.
Gluten & Dairy Free Breakfast Bars
Not only are these breakfast bars a low syn Slimming World friendly breakfast choice, they’re also gluten free AND dairy free! Just make you ensure you’re using oats that are marked as gluten free (some are manufactured in factories that make gluten products and therefore aren’t totally gluten free).
They contain no eggs, milk or butter, so you can tuck into these Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars whether you’re lactose intolerant or vegan, and of course they’re therefore suitable for vegetarians too.
All in all, between being Slimming World friendly and suitable for gluten free and dairy free diets, they’re the ultimate meal prep breakfast bar recipe!
To Make This Recipe You Will Need:
As well as the ingredients, you’ll need a few simple kitchen utensils and appliances to make these Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars. You probably have most of these to hand, but if not you can use the links below to order them so you’re ready to get your meal prep on!
- Food Processor – get one here.
- Rectangular Cake Tin – similar to this one. Small cake tin = small, thick bars. Larger cake tin = thinner larger bars.
- Silicone Spatula – get one here.
Making Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars – Step by Step Instructions
You can scroll down to find the ingredients list and printable recipe at the end of this post, but here are the step by step instructions and pictures to help make these super simple meal prepped breakfast bars even more simple!
Step One
Set aside 40g of your porridge oats to use in the chocolate layer.
In a blender, blitz half of the remaining oats until they form a fine flour.
Step Two
Add the rest of the oats along with 200g of banana, honey and the cinnamon.
Blend until they form a thick, sticky paste.
Step Three
Coat a rectangular cake tin (see information above) with half a teaspoon of your cocoa powder to prevent sticking.
Step Four
Tip out your banana and oat mix into the baking tin and press it out evenly with a spatula until it covers the whole tin and is evenly spread.
Step Five
Combine the dates, cocoa powder, remaining banana and the rest of the oats and blend until smooth.
Step Six
Tip out the chocolate mix onto the banana layer in your cake tin and carefully spread it using your spatula.
Make sure to do this gently so as not to lift the base layer off. The two layers will fuse as you press and during baking.
Step Seven
Bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool. They will still be soft and slightly sticky but should lift away from the sides and base of the tin once cooled.
Step Eight
Slice into 12 bars and refrigerate until you want them. Can be frozen – defrost completely before eating.
Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars – printable recipe
If you’re making these Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars then I’m sure you’ll enjoy them as much as I do! They’re a proper guilt free chocolate fix and they are so super simple to make. Remember, they’re Slimming World friendly as well as being gluten free and diary free too…
Cliona Keane
Yields 12 Bars
Serves 12
Healthy Meal Prep Chocolate & Banana Breakfast Bars - a gluten free and dairy free, Slimming World friendly breakfast.
10 minPrep Time
20 minCook Time
30 minTotal Time
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Ingredients
- 160g Porridge Oats
- 250g Banana
- 2tbsp Honey
- 90g Medjool Dates (pitted)
- 2tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 1tsp Cinnamon
- 1tsp Vanilla Essence
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160 degrees.
- Set aside 40g of your porridge oats to use in the chocolate layer.
- In a blender, blitz half of the remaining oats until they form a fine flour.
- Add the rest of the oats along with 200g of banana, honey, vanilla essence and the cinnamon.
- Blend until they form a thick, sticky paste.
- Coat a rectangular cake tin (see information above) with half a teaspoon of your cocoa powder to prevent sticking.
- Tip out your banana and oat mix into the baking tin and press it out evenly with a spatula until it covers the whole tin and is evenly spread.
- Combine the dates, cocoa powder, remaining banana and the rest of the oats and blend until smooth.
- Tip out the chocolate mix onto the banana layer in your cake tin and carefully spread it using your spatula.
- Make sure to do this gently so as not to lift the base layer off. The two layers will fuse as you press and during baking.
- Bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool. They will still be soft and slightly sticky but should lift away from the sides and base of the tin once cooled.
- Slice into 12 bars and refrigerate until you want them. Can be frozen - defrost completely before eating.
Notes
2 syns per bar plus 1/2 Healthy Extra B.
Syn values correct at time of writing.
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Full recipe contains 22.5 syns plus six Healthy Extra B portions. Serves 12.
I am not affiliated with Slimming World in any way and am not a trained Slimming World consultant.
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