Dark chocolate: ally against stress

Dark chocolate helps to improve mood and regain concentration , especially among adults who are engaged in mental efforts but not only! It also has a powerful antioxidant action, helping to reduce inflammation and improve vascular health .

In stressful and gloomy days it can become our best friend by sweetening the day a little, so we offer you a quick and easy recipe that will soon make you return to a good mood, on the other hand, as Mary Poppins said, "just a little sugar and pill goes down! "

Ingredients

• 3 cups of rolled oats
• ½ cup of sunflower seeds
• ½ cup unsweetened grated coconut
• ¼ cup of brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of sea salt
• 1 cup of plain Greek yogurt
• ½ cup of natural, melted peanut butter
• 6 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
• cup of coconut oil, melted
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 cup vanilla protein powder
• 1 dark chocolate bar, chopped

Method

✔️ First step

• ⠀ Preheat the oven to 175 ° C. Grease a 33x23 cm pan.

✔️ Second step

• ⠀ Combine the oats, sunflower seeds, coconut, brown sugar, cinnamon and sea salt in a large bowl.

✔️ Third step

• ⠀ Mix the yogurt, peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut oil and vanilla extract in a separate bowl until smooth; add to the oat mixture. Mix protein powder and chocolate into the resulting mixture; spread in the prepared pan.

✔️ Fourth step

• ⠀ Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown, this will take about 15 minutes.