Heavenly Hunks Copycat Recipe-Dark Chocolate Oat Bites

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Chewy, wholesome with just a touch of sweetness. This heavenly hunks copycat recipe is just like the ones we all love. With a taste and texture similar to oatmeal chocolate cookie dough, but all of the goodness of a homemade chocolate chip granola bar, these make the perfect snack.

After the first time making these, I knew these would become a household staple. My family agreed wholeheartedly!

What are Heavenly Hunks?

If you’ve never heard of Heavenly Hunks they are essentially no-bake small cookies made with oats, coconut, and chocolate held together with nut butter and sweetened with maple syrup. Made with organic, whole, nutrient-dense ingredients and plenty of healthy fats, this is a snack I can feel good about feeding my family. I usually buy these at Costco, but have also seen them at Target, your local Home goods Store, Amazon, and Walmart.

Sometimes the mood strikes for a sweet treat and you don’t want to run to the store. Thankfully these take such little effort to make, I find making them is easier than driving to the grocery store.

While vanilla extract isn’t on the ingredient list in the original heavenly hunks, adding this flavor just makes sense when I think of cookie dough. Feel free to leave it out if you’d like.

Why I Love This Heavenly Hunks Recipe

These are the real deal, tasting so much like the original recipe. Using all pantry staples and coming together in minutes, I can make these anytime. The small bite-size portions are perfect for a yummy treat after dinner or for an afternoon treat.

Using gluten-free oats makes these homemade heavenly hunks an easy gluten-free treat or use vegan chocolate chips for a vegan option. To make safe for anyone with a nut allergy, substitute sun butter in place of the almond butter.

This is such a high-quality snack, even though it tastes like a dessert, but made with less sugar. Each time you opt to make a better choice for your family, it matters! I used to wonder if the extra effort made a difference. I can buy snacks so easily, but I tell you what, I have learned so much by making small, intentional effort to feed my family. And each little effort compounds over all the years, like making small deposits into a bank account. So keep persevering and serving your family. it’s worth it!

Heavenly Hunk Ingredients

• Old-fashioned oats
• Oat flour (ground up oatmeal)
• Sweetened shredded coconut flakes
• Almond flour
• Coconut oil
• Maple syrup
• Brown sugar (optional)
• Vanilla extract (optional)
• Almond butter
• Dark chocolate chips

Instructions

Mix Heavenly Hunks Dry Ingredients:

To make the oat flour, place 1 cup oats into a food processor and pulse and grind until all of the oats have turned into a fine powder. Add the oat flour to a large mixing bowl.

I like the texture of the old-fashioned oats to be smaller than left whole, as well as the coconut, so I give them a rough chop in the food processor. Add the old-fashioned oats and shredded coconut into the food processor and pulse 3-5 times or until desired consistency. If you like the whole oats and larger pieces of shredded coconut as they are, then simply omit this step.

Add the coconut, roughly chopped oatmeal, and almond flour in the same bowl over the oat flour.

Mix Heavenly Hunks Wet Ingredients:

Add ½ cup coconut oil, ½ cup almond butter, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, and ½ cup maple syrup into a pan on the stove. Using medium heat, stir to incorporate the ingredients until the coconut oil is completely melted. Pour the wet ingredients over the oat mixture in the bowl, stirring to combine well making sure the get the dry ingredients at the bottom of the bowl. Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature before adding the chocolate.

While the oat mixture is cooling prep an 8X8 pan by lining it with a piece of parchment paper.

Chop 1 cup chocolate chips until the desired size. I chop mine until roughly half the size. You could use mini chocolate chips, but I like to use dark chocolate and I haven’t been able to find them in the mini size. Fold the chocolate into the bowl.

Next, press the oat mixture into the pan firmly, paying special attention to the corners. Compacting the mixture will help the bars to hold their shape when cut.

Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes allowing the fats to become solid. When the bars are firm, use the parchment paper to lift the bars onto a cutting board, and cut them into bite-size pieces with a sharp knife.

Tips/Substitutions for Heavenly Hunks

• Toast the oats if you want a nuttier taste. Place oats on an ungreased baking sheet and into a 350-degree oven. Toast for 8-12 minutes, stirring halfway, until lightly golden brown.
• Use peanut butter, sun butter, or cashew butter in place of almond butter. Cashew butter is a great option because of it’s mild flavor.  
• Use other liquid sweeteners instead of maple syrup such as honey, brown rice syrup, corn syrup, or agave syrup. I prefer to use maple syrup simply because it’s an easy resource for us since we tap our maple trees.
• If you prefer additional sweetness you can add 2 tbsp of brown sugar, cane sugar, or coconut sugar to the pan when melting the coconut oil.
• If you decide to use something other than coconut oil, be sure that the fat that turns solid at room temperature, such as palm oil. The fat helps to hold the bars together and you won’t get the same results with a liquid oil.
• This oatmeal-based snacks is best stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Store up to 2 weeks or freeze for 3 months, if they last that long!

I’d love to hear from you! Please rate the recipe and leave me a comment below! Don’t forget to tag #Lockremhomestead in your photos of Heavenly Hunks over on Instagram!