Carmageddon Cupcakes

While I don't normally advocate eating in your car, desperate circumstances call for desperate measures! Don't allow yourself to get stuck in a traffic standstill without a healthy, portable snack.

2/3 cup honey

1/4 cup almond or peanut butter

3/4 cup old-fashioned oats

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/8 cup oat bran

1/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries (opt.)

1/4 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (opt.)

1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (opt.)

1/4 cup sunflower or pumpkin seeds (opt.)

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Combine the honey, vanilla, salt and nut butter in a medium-sized saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about three minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in remaining ingredients, adding the chocolate chips last. Fill paper muffin cups about half full with the mixture than refrigerate for an hour or longer. If you’re in a hurry, freeze them for fifteen minutes.

Makes 4 large or 8 mini cupcakes.