Cricket Bars — Recipe Of The Day

Cricket bars are a yumalicious snack for the kids or anybody.

1/4 Oz live crickets
112/ Cups unflavored whey protein
1/2 Cup rolled oats
1/2 Cup unsweetened shredded coconut.
1/2 Cup water
2 Tsp vanilla extract
1 Cup unsweetened almond butter
Put the crickets in the freezer for a couple of hours to kill them, then roast them in a skillet for one to two hours at 200 degrees F.
Put the crickets in a ziplock bag and crush them with a rolling pin until a corse powder. Blend by hand all ingredients in a mixing bow. Press the mix into a 8-inch square baking pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes and cut in bars.
Yum.
Hat tip Tim Ferriss and Outside magazine.

4 thoughts on “Cricket Bars — Recipe Of The Day”

  1. Crciket Crunch
    Here’s a cricket treat for the kids on Thanksgiving
    1/2 cup butter, melted
    1/2 cup honey
    1 bag of popped pop corn
    1 cup dry roasted insects, chopped You can use grasshoppers instead of crickets.

    Blend the butter and honey together in a saucepan and heat gently. Mix the popcorn with the insects and pour the
    butter-honey mixture over it. Mix well. Spread on a cookie sheet in a thin layer. Bake at 350° 10 to 15 minutes, or until crisp. Enjoy!.

  2. That’s just….nasty. Who kills and eats crickets? I don’t eat any meat, but I love hearing those horny little guys trying to get a girl at night.

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