Carrot cake oat bars

Delicious, healthy and full of vegetables, these carrot cake oat bars or bites make the perfect snack for children and toddlers. Even picky eaters that think they don’t like vegetables. 

“Mummy, I don’t like any vegetables. Especially not carrots.”

“What, even in a cake?”

“No, even in a cake.”

“I bet you’d like carrots in a cake.”

Actual conversation had with my three-year-old earlier this week.

A challenge if ever I heard one. So I came up with this recipe for these delicious hidden vegetable carrot cake oat bars. They make a perfect snack for picky eaters, both large and small. They are great for baby led weaning – be sure to use maple syrup rather than honey for under ones. They are low in sugar and are dairy and egg free and therefore vegan. If nuts are a concern, or if you want to make them to include in a packed lunch at a nut-free school or nursery, substitute more oats, raisins or seeds.

These were, of course, devoured by the aforementioned three-year-old. Carrots and all.

Here’s a short video that shows you how to make these carrot cake oat bites:

I made these in my Froothie Optimum G2.3 blender.* Read my review.

How to make carrot cake oat bars:

Mandy Mazliah

Serves 16 squares or 8 bars

Carrot cake oat bars

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Ingredients

• 120g rolled oats
• 40g nuts (hazelnuts or walnuts work well) or sunflower or pumpkin seeds
• 60g chopped dates or raisins
• 220g grated carrot
• 2 tbsp maple syrup or honey (no honey for under-ones)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 60ml sunflower oil
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• cold water (if needed)

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C(fan)/200°C/gas mark 6.
2. Grease and base line a 20cm square cake tin.
3. Place all the ingredients apart from the water into a food processor or high powered blender. If you don't have one you can mix and pulse with a hand hand stick blender but you may need to add a tiny bit of water to get the right consistency. Take care that it doesn't end up too runny.
4. Spoon into your prepared cake tin and smooth over the surface. Bake for 25-30 minutes until firm and slightly browned on top. Remove from the oven and immediately cut into squares or bars using a sharp knife. Then leave to cool in the tin. 
5. Enjoy!

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