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Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spread oats and uncooked quinoa on a cookie sheet and toast in the preheated oven for 8 minutes.
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Remove from oven.
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Place the toasted quinoa/oats mixture in a large bowl and add nuts and/or dried fruit.
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In a medium saucepan, combine salt, peanut butter, honey, oil and brown sugar.
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Bring to a boil over medium heat and once it hits a boil immediately remove from heat.
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Pour the peanut butter mixture over the oats mixture and combine until the dry ingredients are evenly coated.
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Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.
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Spread the mixture evenly into the baking dish, pressing it down into the pan.
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Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.
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Remove it from the oven and set dish on a rack.
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Let it cool for up to 2 hours.
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After the mixture has cooled, pour the dark chocolate chips and final 1 tablespoon of oil in a microwave safe bowl.
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Microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring in between, and continuing until smooth.
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Cut the baked mixture into bars.
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Dip each bar in the melted dark chocolate and set on parchment paper to harden.
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Enjoy!
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Recipe adapted from Super Healthy Kids.
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Note: For step 2 I used sunflower seeds and roughly chopped walnuts.
