TikTok foodie shares a recipe for healthy, five-ingredient KitKat bars (2024)

  • A home chef has shared an easy recipe for healthy KitKat bars in a TikTok video
  • Arman Liew, from Melbourne, said the bars are completely vegan and gluten free
  • The Australian foodie uses only five ingredients including dairy-free choc chips
  • As well as peanut butter, coconut oil, maple syrup, and gluten-free Chex cereal

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An Australian foodie has shared his easy and delicious recipe for healthy KitKat bars that only uses five ingredients and is completely vegan and gluten free.

Cookbook author and Instagram-famous chef, Arman Liew, who goes by The Big Man's World online, demonstrated how to make homemade KitKat bars in a video posted to TikTok.

In the clip, the Melbourne chef said he was 'obsessed' with KitKars bars so created his own 'healthy, homemade' version using dairy-free chocolate chips, coconut oil, peanut butter, maple syrup and gluten-free Chex cereal.

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Cookbook author and Instagram-famous chef, Arman Liew, who goes by The Big Man's World online, demonstrated how to make homemade KitKat bars that are vegan and gluten-free and only use five ingredients in a video posted to TikTok.

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Arman starts by adding the chocolate chips, coconut oil, peanut butter and maple syrup to a microwave-safe bowl.

He said although he used dairy free chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips will work just as well.

Arman then melts the ingredients together in the microwave stirring regularly to combine and make sure it doesn't burn or go lumpy.

Arman starts by adding the chocolate chips, coconut oil, peanut butter and maple syrup to a microwave-safe bowl and melting the ingredients together

He then adds the Chex cereal into the bowl with the melted chocolate and mixes to combine

He then adds the Chex cereal into the bowl with the melted chocolate and mixes to combine.

Arman transfers the mixture into a baking tray lined with parchment paper and puts it in the fridge for at least an hour until it is firm.

'Slice them up and try not to eat them all at once,' he finishes the clip.

Arman transfers the mixture into a baking tray lined with parchment paper and puts it in the fridge for at least an hour until it is firm

'Slice them up and try not to eat them all at once,' he finishes the clip

Recipe: Five-ingredient, vegan, gluten-free KitKat bars

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips of your choice

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup pure maple syrup

1/4 cup coconut oil

3 cups Rice Chex cereal (you can use any Chex cereal of your choice)

Method

1.In a microwave safe bowl or stovetop, combine the chocolate chips, peanut butter, maple syrup, and coconut oil and heat until melted

2. Remove from microwave/off stove and whisk until completely incorporated

3. Add the Chex cereal to the bowl with your melted ingredients and stir to combine

4. Line a 8x8inch deep dish or deep baking tray with parchment paper and pour the mixture in

5. Refrigerate until firm - at least an hour.

6. Remove and cut into bars

Source: The Big Man's World

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Arman's clips has racked up more than 116,300 views since it was posted last week with many viewers saying they're keen to try the recipe for themselves.

'Kit Kats were my favourite until I was diagnosed with celiac disease. I’m going to the store after work for these ingredients,' one fan wrote.

'I’ve made your recipe it’s awesome and my kids love it,' commented a second.

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TikTok foodie shares a recipe for healthy, five-ingredient KitKat bars (2024)

FAQs

What are the main ingredients in a KitKat bar? ›

Hershey's Kit Kat Crisp Wafers in Chocolate contain sugar, wheat flour, cocoa butter, nonfat milk, chocolate, refined palm kernel oil, lactose (milk), milk fat, contains 2% or less of: soy lecithin, PGPR (emulsifier), yeast, artificial flavor, salt, and sodium bicarbonate.

Are any KitKats gluten free? ›

Are KitKats® gluten free? Unfortunately they aren't but we're always working on new breaks that everyone can enjoy! Have you tried our KITKAT® Bunny, they're gluten free and delicious! Find the full list of products suitable for a gluten free diet here.

Is a Kit Kat bar healthy? ›

Basically, Kit Kats provide no nutritional benefit and are loaded with refined sugar, conventional dairy, emulsifiers and preservatives.

Why are Kit Kat bars called Kit Kat bars? ›

This delectable snack consisted of layers of wafer cake, covered in creamy milk chocolate. Fast forward to now, and we all know and love it as Nestle KitKat. This somewhat simple name was derived from the Kit Kat Club, an exclusive 18th-century club for the elite in London.

Can celiacs eat KitKats? ›

Are KitKats Gluten-Free? Unfortunately, most KitKat products on the market are made with wheat flour. Gluten is naturally found in wheat products, and wheat is used to make KitKat's wafer cookies. This means that all flavors of KitKat bars contain gluten.

Are KitKats vegan? ›

Are KitKat® 4 Finger White Chocolate bars suitable for vegans? Unfortunately, our KitKat® 2 Finger White Chocolate bars are not suitable for someone who follows a vegan lifestyle. You can now enjoy a Vegan break with KitKat® V, our first plant-based break. Find the full list of products suitable for a vegan diet here.

Is KitKat a chocolate or a biscuit? ›

KitKat is a delicious balance of creamy milk chocolate and crisp wafer fingers. Invented in York in 1935 as 'Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp', the name 'KitKat' was adopted a couple of years later.

What are the inside filling of KitKat candy? ›

It's a chocolate-covered wafer (or possibly just chocolate). But did you ever wonder what's inside the wafer? As it turns out, every break of a Kit Kat bar is its own little Kit Kat-ception. The wafers are filled with other Kit Kats.

What are the ingredients in chocolate? ›

Invented in Switzerland in 1875, solid chocolate usually involves combining cocoa mass (fermented, roasted and ground cocoa beans), cocoa butter (a rich, complex fat extracted during cocoa bean processing), sugar (of which there are many subtly-different kinds) and whole milk or dairy solids.

What are the ingredients in Nestle chocolate? ›

Sugar, Milk Solids, Fractionated Vegetable Fat, Hydrogenated Vegetable Fats, Cocoa Solids (5.5%), Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Contains Artificial Flavour (Artificial (Vanilla) Flavouring Substances). Contains Milk, Sesame, Soy, And Wheat.

What are the ingredients in Nestle KitKat dark chocolate? ›

Product contains 76% Dark chocolate and 24% Wafer fingers. Dark chocolate contains minimum 46% Cocoa solids. Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Fat [Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin)], Cocoa Butter, Milk Solids, Emulsifers (Soy Lecithin, 476), Cocoa, Salt, Yeast, Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate), Flavours.

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