Healthy amaranth snaps

I love making super healthy cakes and I had had some amaranth in for a while and not known what to do with it. It is an ancient super grain/seed used a lot in ancient Egypt with a plethora of health benefits. I adapted a recipe and changed it quite a bit to make these a bit more raw and healthy than using processed chocoalte and they are absolutely delicious I ate almost the whole lot I made in a day :o thats a lot of cacao even though cocao is healthy that was too much lol but the way they snap and crunch is just addictive as hell!

I am a bit of a throw it in type cook or uncook as I like to eat raw food mostly but I'll do my best to tell you what I did.

HOW TO MAKE:

You have to start by popping the amaranth grains, you need to heat a saucepan so its super hot and then drop in a table spoon at a time of amaranth seeds and move them around with a wooden spoon till they start popping like mini popcorn (you'll probably need a lid or something to use as a lid). I used about 10 tablespoons of seeds.

once popped I then made some raw cacao. To make raw cacao I gently melted 1 small cup of cacao butter over hot water (you can use coconut oil if you like) then stirred in cacao and a tiny bit of maple syrup to taste. I added a tablespoon of almond butter into this mix and a tablespoon or two of coconut oil. I then poured this into my popped amaranth and added some salt to taste, a few shakes of cacao nibs and a little vanilla. I then spread them out in a baking tin and popped them in the freezer for a couple of hours. Once set you can just snap off or cut into little bars and enjoy! be careful though although they are healthy they are VERY addictive.