Vegan & Gluten-free Homemade Kudos Bars
These homemade Kudos bars are a fun gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, & refined sugar-free version of the childhood classic!
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
- 3 cups gluten-free puffed brown rice cereal of choice
- ½ cup gluten-free oats
- pinch salt
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup maple syrup can sub honey if not vegan
- ¼ cup nut or seed butter I used sunflower seed butter!
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup nondairy chocolate chips
Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper. In a small saucepan, add the nut butter, coconut oil, and maple syrup. Cook on medium heat until thickened and well combined, continuously stirring.
Mix in the vanilla and salt. Remove from heat and let cool. In a separate large bowl, mix the brown rice cereal and oats together.
Once the nut butter mixture has cooled a bit, pour it over the dry ingredients and mix until well incorporated. Press the sticky mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Let harden for about an hour.
Slice into 8-10 bars. Melt the chocolate. Dip each bar in the chocolate to coat the bottom and lay upside down on a baking sheet to let the chocolate harden. Once hardened, drizzle remaining chocolate over top of the bars. Enjoy!
Keyword bar, dairy free, gluten-free, healthy, vegan