Snickers Without Guilt

New week, new tricks! Many of us spend Mondays thinking it's time to start all over, fresh, with a clean table. Perhaps the past week you allowed yourself to have a little too many treats, a few too many glasses of wine, didn't quite eat by the book, didn't do as much sports as you should have, didn't get enough sleep etc. But now it's Monday again, new week, new chance to turn it all around.

I've always had a sweet (and salty) tooth, ever since I was a kid. It's hard to resist goodies if they're lurking around in your kitchen cupboards. After moving to France, there has been temptations around each corner and it has taken a lot of strength to keep making healthy choices. To choose the sad version of ryebread (in Finland it's just so much better) instead of the fresh baked baguette in the bakery by your quartier.

I don't believe in complete denial of cravings. In my opinion if you eat clean the majority of the week, you can have some guilty pleasures here and there (this doesn't mean eating a full packet of crisps and three chocolate bars in one go though).

If you're like me and have a craving for something sweet most days but want to still look out for your weight, I might have a solution for you! Instead of buying candy from the store which is packed in artificial colours, flavors and sugar, try this homemade snickers cake! It's a more natural choice and still so sweet that a small piece will definitely satisfy any sugar cravings! I made this a few weeks ago and even my hubby loved it. The recipe is originally from a Finnish lifestyle blog that I follow regularly. The original recipe can be found here in Finnish.

Snickers Cake

Base

180g salted peanuts

80g oat flakes

8 juicy dates

4 table spoons of water

Topping

2dl cream of choice

2 table spoons of honey

2 table spoons butter 

(replace half with coconut oil if you prefer)

30g sugar free dark chocolate 

Start with preparing the base. Crush all ingredients in a mixer but leave some nuts for decoration. Add the water at the end and mix until you have a base that's easy to handle. Take a plate (pie plate/casserole for example) and spread the base on it evenly. Place into freezer.

Prepare the topping by adding all ingredients expept the chocolate, to a teflon kettle. Let boil on medium temperature, stirring the whole time until you have a thicker mass with caramel colour. Now mix in the chocolate. Take the base from the freezer and spread the topping on. Add a couple crumbled peanuts on top and put back to freezer. 

After a couple hours, take the treat out, cut a slice and enjoy! The cake keeps well in the freezer!

PS. One of my favorite training songs at the moment!

Have an active and delicious Monday!