Heart-Healthy Dark Chocolate Oat Bars

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Dark Chocolate Oat Bars

These chewy oat bars are loaded with heart-healthy ingredients like oats, dark chocolate, and flax seeds. Better yet, this sweet treat is even gout and gluten-free friendly!


Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup fat-free Greek yogurt (plain or vanilla)
  • ½ cup artificial sweetener brown sugar blend
  • 1 ½ cups quick oats
  • 2 tablespoons milled flaxseed
  • ¼ cup bittersweet chocolate chips or bittersweet baking bar broken into small chunks

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray an 8X8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Whisk together the egg, yogurt, and brown sugar. Blend in oats and flaxseed. Add chocolate chips. Spread mixture in an 8-inch-square pan coated with cooking spray. Bake for 30 minutes. Cut into 12 bars.


Nutrition Facts

Each serving (using plain yogurt) contains:

  • 92 calories
  • 3 g protein
  • 3 g fat
  • 18mg cholesterol
  • 15 g carbohydrates
  • 1.5 g fiber
  • 12 mg sodium

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