Gooey and yummy Spelt Banoffee Flapjacks with Dark Chocolate are healthier than your average flapjack!
Today I’m sharing my Spelt Banoffee Flapjacks with Dark Chocolate with you!
It was my mother’s birthday last week and one of the home-baked treats we had was a lovely chocolate flapjack.
I came away with the recipe (it was one from her head) and decided to give it a makeover.
I was toying with adding apple but on seeing a very ripe small banana in the bowl decided it might be perfect for a Banoffee flavour. Then I decided to use some Organic Spelt Porridge Oats in the cupboard too.
Well, the result was a very healthy(ish), gooey and tasty flapjack!
The spelt porridge flakes have a lovely grainy texture and are packed with fibre and minerals that you don’t get with ordinary porridge oats. Dark chocolate is also good for you and contains iron and bananas packed with potassium, so I think these flapjacks are a very virtuous treat.
My son is currently studying for his GCSEs, and I keep stressing to him how good bananas are for you, particularly for the brain and memory.
My Spelt Banoffee Flapjacks with Dark Chocolate didn’t last long here as everyone had a couple of slices after dinner the other night.
These flapjacks would be a great treat to put in your kid’s lunch boxes or to take on a picnic.
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Spelt Banoffee Flapjacks with Dark Chocolate
Ingredients
- 75 g Butter lightly salted
- 75 g Light Brown Muscovado sugar
- 1 Small ripe banana (about 120g in skin), mashed
- 125 g Spelt porridge flakes or porridge oats
- 50 g Dark chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180⁰C.
- Grease and line a 17.5cm/7” round shallow cake tin.
- Melt the butter and sugar in a saucepan over low heat until melted.
- Stir in the mashed banana.
- Add the spelt porridge flakes and mix in thoroughly.
- Tip the mixture into the cake tin and pat down and even surface with the back of a spoon.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes or until firm to the touch and golden.
- Whilst still warm mark into 8 sections and allow to cool in tin.
- Once cool remove from tin and place on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile melt the 50g of dark chocolate over a bowl of barely simmering water.
- Pour chocolate over the middle of the cooled flapjack and spread in a circular motion with the back of a spoon.
- Allow to cool before cutting up and serving.
Leila Benhamida
Looks fabulous and delicious
Camilla
Thank you Leila;-)
Petra (@BeHealthyFeelGd)
I really like this recipe. Where do you buy your Organic Spelt Porridge Oats from? Do you think that I could use coconut oil instead of butter? And maybe honey or maple syrup instead of sugar?
Petra
Camilla
Petra I was sent the Spelt Porridge Oats but I think you might be able to get them in Waitrose? I have never used coconut oil and have only ever seen recipes with a combination of sugar and golden syrup so wouldn’t like to say if you could use purely just syrup or honey – they are both a form of sugar anyway!
Joanne T Ferguson
These look absolutely delicious and wish I could try one right now!
Camilla
Thanks Joanne:-)
Ursula Hunt
You come up with some great recipes, where do you get your inspiration?
Camilla
Well like it says in this post often it’s a family recipe that I put my own twist on or sometimes I’ll want to use a glut of something I have or best of all I like being challenged to come up with a recipe using an ingredient I might otherwise not have thought to use:-) I won the school prize for Home-Economics and I’ve just loved cooking and creating since childhood (which was a very long time ago now LOL)!
Food Glorious Food
Beautiful, looks and sounds delish x
Natally
What an amazing combo, chocolate and banana in a flapjack!
Camilla
Thanks Natally:-)
Heather Haigh
Those look gorgeous, I do love flapjacks and that sounds like a great variation
Camilla
Thank you Heather – hope you get a chance to try them:-)
Sandi Gaertner (@sandigtweets)
Looks like a wonderful dessert. Love the added chocolate!
Camilla
Thank you Sandi:-)
Nicole Neverman
These flapjacks look absolutely delicious! I love the beautiful flavors you have included 🙂 A must try!
Camilla
Thank you so much Nicole, I just love bananas oh and chocolate:-)
Laura@howtocookgoodfood
Now these are something I could enjoy any time. I have a soft spot for anything flapjack. Yours are truly gorgeous!
Camilla
Aah, thanks Laura:-)