Chocolate Topped Rice Cake Fruit Bars

Chocolate Topped Rice Cake Fruit Bars

Ingredients:
 
1 cup toasted walnuts
1 cup golden raisins
¾ cup unsweetened dried cranberries
5 brown rice cakes (broken into chunks)
2 tbsp agave nectar
2 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp vanilla extract
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ cup splenda brown suagr
5 oz. 70% dark bittersweet chocolate bar(broken into chunks)
5 tbsp orange juice mixed with 2 tbsp splenda brown sugar

Directions:

• In a food processor chop walnuts then add raisins and cranberries, chop up.

• Then add rice cakes and chop some more.

• Add agave nectar, orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, and splenda , process until mixture gets sticky and holds together.

• Transfer mixture to an 8-inch-square baking dish; cover with plastic wrap and press into a firm, even thickness. Remove plastic wrap.

• Combine chocolate and orange juice over a double boiler of simmering water. Cook, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and smooth.

• Spread chocolate evenly over rice cake mixture, cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving, cut into 24 bars.