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Gluten-Free Vegan Crunch Bars

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Call it your early

Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa

gift from me to you because

I’ve decided to extend this entire week to more:

(((We’re gonna need this especially after last night’s Real Housewives New Jersey Reunion!)))

I know. I know.

Hold your applause as I take my bow.

*”You’re welcome” and “I’m sorry”*

all rolled into one.

Today’s candy is dedicated to you,

*Hard-core Chocolate Lover*

Yeah, you know who you are–

I’m looking right at you.

And so is this:

Gluten-Free Vegan Crunch Bars - Fork & Beans

The Vegan/Gluten-free Crunch Bar.

GF and Vegan “Crunch” Bar Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 bag vegan chocolate chips
  • Enjoy Life’s Crunchy Rice Cereal (for the gluten-intolerant); Koala Crisps or Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice Cereal (for the vegan/gluten intolerant)
  • Break apart mold bought from here

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Melt chocolate chips in microwave. Depending on how many bars you want to make, start with 1 c. of chips at a time, melting in 30 second increments. Go for a total of 1 min 30 sec-2 minutes.
  2. Place a thin layer of melted chocolate into the mold just to get it entirely coated with it. Place approximated 1-2 tsp of cereal into mold. Gently press down with your fingers.
  3. Cover the remainder with chocolate to fill in the gaps.
  4. Freeze for 10 minutes.
  5. When attempting to remove from the molds and you are having problems, take a butter knife and gently get into the edges to help it pop out.
Gluten-Free Vegan Crunch Bars - Fork & Beans

A rice crunch-ity center, surrounded by nothing but decadent chocolate.

This is probably one of the easier chocolate bars to make!

Don’t get too comfortable however, because the week has just begun.

Wait until you see what’s in store…

You might just want to take off of work and stay in the kitchen.

About Cara

Based in Chicago with her husband and son, Cara is the creator behind the site Fork and Beans: A place where kids can have fun with their food.

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  1. naturalnoshing

    Woohoooo for another week of more candy and goodies!!!! Bring it on because I’m lovin’ it!!
    I looooove crunchy rice cereal in desserts, more specifically chocolate! Yummmmm and awesome texture!
    I want to take off work and make all your creations!!! 🙂

    • Cara

      And I have the sugar acne and belly aches to prove it too! 🙂 haha. I never thought I’d say that I can’t wait to stop eating candy…

    • Cara

      Oh yay, a bystander to witness death by chocolate! The rate that I’m going, that will be the message on my tombstone 🙂

  5. ameyfm

    oooh, fun, a whole week of homemade candy! One of the candies I really want to try making is Lokum, or Turkish delight. A few years ago we had a vegan candy-making party, which was SO fun – we make candy corn and chocolate covered caramels with pretty designs. It was so fancy. But, my turkish delight idea has never gone away.

    • Cara

      You know, I have never had a Turkish delight, can you believe it?? Looks like you will HAVE to make them and send me some 🙂 P.S. I wanna go to a vegan candy-making party. How fun does THAT sound??!! Jealous…

  6. Maggie Muggins

    Oh wow, those look super fantabulous.
    If you end up making homemade Mars bars I may end up stalking you, but not in a psycho killer kind of way, more of a I think I love you kind of way….just a heads up :p

    • Cara

      Keep your stalker eyes peeled, Maggie 🙂 You just might see them. Maybe. That’s all I can say. And I’d be okay with the psycho killer love. hehe

  7. Brooke

    Gnom gnom gnom! I love crunch bars! I am making chocolate frogs for a Halloween party and have been debating if I should fill them with anything. Now I think I’ll do this!! Unless you come up with something better for me this week… 🙂 (Hey, lookit! I remembered!)

      • Brooke

        Chocolate frogs are nothing to get too excited about… I bought a frog shaped chocolate mold, that’s all… I thought they would be cute hopping around on our food table, totally forgetting the whole “Harry Potter” tie-in. I debated about putting maybe a caramel filling inside, but I think that may be more trouble than it’s worth, especially if I can do gf rice crispies… 🙂

        • Cara

          Fun! They ARE something to get excited about, you watch your mouth. All of the above sound like good fillings. Caramel, rice crispies, or peanut butter! P.S. Kuddos on successfuly putting a happy face twice in a row. You are getting the hang of it 🙂 haha. P.P.S. You are never going to guess what I just made for tomorrow…

          • Cara

            Well, let’s just say that I can eat them (so they will be vegan and gluten free) and I’m sure there is a better recipe out there for you. BUT, with that said, yes, I am about to make you a very happy lady 🙂 Now…were you going to marry me if I did this or stalk me officially? I couldn’t remember which one you propositioned to me…

  10. Ashlae W.

    Crunch bars are my FAVORITE! And I just so happen to have a bag of chocolate chips and brown rice cereal lying around. You sure do make this grandma happy.

    • Cara

      Really they are too easy to make that when I was writing down the directions, I was thinking, “This is it? Really?” Ha. You got it, Angela!