Chocolate energy bars

Adding health-helping ingredients makes these sweet treats extra good

Keep things sweet, whatever your dietary requirements

STEP 1 Prepare Set aside an hour to slice, dice and mix a few ingredients (see our recipes, opposite). STEP 2 Create We’ve colour-coded the recipes here and referenced them in the ingredients lists ov

SERVES 8-10 PREP 20 mins plus cooling and overnight chilling COOK 10 mins MORE EFFORT V 100g unsalted butter, plus extrafor the tin300g dark chocolate200ml double creamcocoa powder, for dustingcréme f

■ Makes 12-15 ■ Prep 40 mins plus cooling, chilling and 1 hr setting ■ Cook 15 mins unbaked dough only 175g softened butter, plusextra for the tin100g golden caster sugar250g plain flour, plus extrafo

Serves 4 Prep time 10 min Cook time 20 min • 10 small figs • Squeeze lemon juice • 1 tsp caster sugar • 4 tbsp mascarpone to serve For the crumble top • 4 fig rolls • 50g plain flour • 20g soft brown