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.
Krzysia
These sound really tasty & I love recipes that use up bits you have lying around.
Camilla
Thanks Krzysia, they are fab-)
Sam McKean
These sound absolutely incredible, I can’t wait to try making them!
Camilla
Great Sam, do let me know what you think;-)
Martina Evans
Fab combo, these look really delicious! Love the idea of banoffee flapjacks!
Lisa Williams
what a delicious idea …. I never thought to add banana and its so good to have a way of getting through those over ripe ones 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Lisa, yes it’s great for using up those ripe bananas:-)
Tina deacon
Wow these look and sound amazing will be trying there soon
Camilla
Thanks Tina, do let me know what you think:-)
Paul Wilson
Love a bit of flapjack.
Tracy Nixon
These sound delicious! Love banoffee and flapjack !
Camilla
Thanks Tracy:-)
Christine Lockley
Love this recipe and it doesn’t last too long in the tin so it’s now a regular make
Camilla
Brilliant, so pleased to hear that:-)
Maya Russell
I love the way you put the dark chocolate on – lovely recipe.
Camilla
Thank you Maya:-)
Claire
Wow! These look delicious 🙂 I’m definitely going to make them for my friends.
Keep smiling 🙂
Claire
Camilla
Great, do let me know what you think-)
Ursula Hunt
These are the best flapjacks ever!
Camilla
Thank you Ursula:-)
Nora Saab
These look so good. I will be trying your recipe using regular oats. Thanks 🙂
Camilla
Fab Nora:-)
Anne Dalzell
i haven’t been on your blog in a while (i haven’t had a chance to check out any of my favourite blogs in a while) but it looks like you’re going from strength to strength – well done on The sun feature. gorgeous recipes as always Anne x
Camilla
Aaw, thank you Anne – yes we don’t always get enough free hours in a day!
Nayna Kanabar
These look really lovely and I love the chocolate coating on them making them super delicious
Camilla
Thanks Nayna the chocolate makes all the difference:-)
Anne Wallwin
very nice! this recipe will come in handy for the next school cake sale!
Camilla
That’s a great idea:-)
Marion Weir
Anything with chocolate gets a thumb up from me 😀
Heather Haigh
Love the idea of the mashed banana in the flapjack – definitely one to try.
Camilla
Thanks Heather, a moment of inspiration:-)
Gwen Maynard
Yum. Must give these a try.
Camilla
Even my niece has made these twice, so popular:-)
melanie crumpton
these look delicious
Yasmine choudhry
This looks so yummy x
Alison MacDonald
This looks really good it’s quite different from the usual flapjacks 🙂
Camilla
Thanks, they seem to be proving really popular with readers and family alike;-)
James Travis
Great recipe
kris
looks amazing!
Ursula Hunt
Passed this onto my daughter who was delighted
Camilla
Fabulous:-)
Sarah James
Yum, bananas & chocolate. I’ve never tried spelt oats before, on my shopping list 🙂
Camilla
I should really try making some porridge with them now LOL;-)
Sarah Maison Cupcake
I love a flapjack and they’re never better than when half dipped in chocolate. These look fab!
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, yes the chocolate just takes Flapjak to another level:-)
Carolann99
These look mouth-watering x
Camilla
Thank you Caralann:-)
Paul Wilson
Make a great special treat.
michelleclaire
Looking at these make me very hungry, WANT!
tracy sinclair
My kind of treat, shame I’m on a diet, they sound lovely, or maybe they don’t contain many calories 🙂
Camilla
Calories with plenty of nutrients and fibre so far better than a slab of cake:-)
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:-)
William Gould
Wow! All of these are going on my list, except the peanut butter one….
Camilla
Great William, do let me know when you’ve sampled some:-)
Katie Bryson
These look delicious Camila, wonderful combination of flavours and i’m sure amazing with an afternoon cup of tea!
Camilla
Thank you Katie – and an almost guilt free treat:-)
Jane McColl
We are always making flapjack and I love this flavour combination, it was a hit with my son and his friends
Camilla
Oh wow Jane, you’ve made it already:-) So glad your son and his friends enjoyed it:-)
Ursula Hunt
Banoffee flapjacks! wow this is one to try
Camilla
Thank you Ursula, I’m sure you’ll love them:-)
Elizabeth
Ooh these sound lovely! Love the addition of banana and chocolate, and spelt… and all of it! Pass us over one, will you? 🙂 Thank you for linking up with the No Waste Food Challenge!
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth, I’m afraid they were wolfed up here!
Nayna Kanabar
These look really delicious I am going to book mark and try them soon.
Camilla
Thanks Nayna:-)
YOLANDA DAVIS
This sounds delicious. I can’t wait to try making them myself.
Camilla
Thank you Yolanda:-)
Lucy
What delicious flapjacks, I bet the banana made these really good. dont tell them about the out of date porridge, I like it!
#creditcrunchmunch
Camilla
Thanks Lucy – yes it’s best before not eat by and as it hadn’t been opened I knew it would be fine;-)
tiggerific1973
Now I love these kind of treats! Sounds lovely 🙂 x
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Janice
oh these look fabulous and made with store cupboard staples, just perfect!
Camilla
Thank you Janice, yes it’s good to be able to use up what you have:-)