I LOVE Larabars. I love the taste and I love that they contain fewer ingredients than I can count on one hand. But, as with any prepackaged nutrition bars, they can get expensive. Especially when your kids discover their yummy, chewy goodness.
Here is an easy, personalized recipe that uses ingredients that you may already have around the house. In addition to my ideas, feel brave enough to try some of your own!
This is the easiest healthy recipe that I have ever made and can totally satisfy a sweet tooth without ANY of the guilt. Keep this one handy!
Ingredients
- • 2 Cups (pitted dates, raisins, dried cherries, craisins, dried figs)
- • 1 Cup (raw, unsalted cashews, peanuts or walnuts)
- • optional: 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter, coconut or almond butter
- • optional: dark chocolate chips, flaked coconut
Instructions
- 1. Pulverize nuts in a food processor.
- 2. Add either pre-chopped dates or figs, or whichever dried fruit you've chosen.
- 3. Process until the mixture begins to bond.
- 4. Add any final, optional ingredients of your choice and process until fully bonded.
- 5. Turn mixture out into saran wrap-lined loaf pan. Press into pan.
- 6. Slice into bars and store separately wrapped bars in an airtight container.
- 7. Enjoy!
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These look so good and they sound so simple to make. I will be trying these. Thanks.
Would you have the nutritional information by any chance? These look really good can’t wait to make them!
caloriecount.about.com has a recipe analyzer that tells you the breakdown of a recipe nutritionally. There are probably others out there, too, that’s just the one I use.
I made these today and I LOVE them! My calorie count though ended up being almost 300 calories for one!!! I did double the recipe to make more and added half a cup of dark choc chips. I plan in making them again, next time with fewer calories! Thanks for the recipe!
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I made these yesterday. Looked at a lot of wannabee recipes/videos and made mostly this recipe. 2 c each dates/pecans. + 1 TBSP cocoa powder, 2 TBSP cacao nibs, 2 TBSP mini semisweet choc chips, and chopped dried cherries. So, it’s a choc, cherry version. I just ate one. Yummy. Good work.