Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookie Energy Bars
As the cycling season shifts into fall, these cookie bars bring all the warmth and comfort you crave on a crisp ride. Made with molasses, applesauce, and a touch of butter, they’re soft, chewy, and lightly spiced with ginger and cinnamon. Sweet chocolate chips and bits of crystallized ginger add just the right kick, making every bite cozy yet energizing.
Perfect for packing along on your rides, these bars offer a satisfying mix of carbs and healthy fats to fuel your legs while indulging your taste buds. Homemade and wholesome, they beat the average store-bought energy bar in taste, moisture, and digestibility — all while reducing packaging waste.
Enjoy one of these bars as a pre-ride boost, mid-ride snack, or post-ride treat as the leaves turn and the air gets crisp.
Makes 12 bars
Time 5 minutes prep, 20-25 minutes to bake
Ingredients
6 Tbsp melted unsalted butter
2 Tbsp molasses
2 Tbsp unsweetened applesauce
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour (substitute all-purpose flour)
⅓ cup sprouted quick oats
⅓ cup coconut sugar
⅓ cup cane sugar
⅛ tsp baking soda
⅛ tsp baking powder
½ tsp fine sea salt
2 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ cup dark chocolate chips or discs
⅓ cup chopped crystallized ginger
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Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line or grease an 8 or 9-inch square baking pan.
Add melted butter, molasses, applesauce, egg, and vanilla together in a large mixing bowl. Whisk to combine.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, rolled oats, coconut sugar, cane sugar, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, chocolate chips, and crystallized ginger.
Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredient bowl and stir to combine.
Scoop the dough into the prepared baking bin. Spread firmly and evenly into the pan with a rubber spatula.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool, cut into 12 bars, wrap, and enjoy!
Nutrition Tip
Cookies for fueling? You betcha! Compare the nutritional facts for 1 bar below to some of the mainstream packaged energy bars out on the market. You’ll find a very similar nutritional profile. What is the differentiator of homemade? A bar made by you that you’ll look forward to eating - containing more moisture, is easier to digest, and limits packaging and transportation waste!
Per 1 bar: 220 calories, 37g carbs, 9g fat, 2g protein
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