Raw Energy Bars With Dates

These raw energy bars are just one answer of many.

Raw energy bars with dates.

This is an organic date orange bar i found on my lunch break at the local organic store. Coconut date bars are filled with almonds and cashews for an easy on the go snack filled with protein giving you energy for hiking or a busy day. One of the main themes of this website is to try and move people far and wide away from the extreme reliance we seem to have on overly processed foods. Pulse until coarsely chopped.

Derived from a famous raw food bar and the ultimate in foodie this is a great snack for the active lifestyle and impressive to hand out to others. Nuts can be used raw or roasted roasting adds toasty and nutty flavour to the bars. Because dates are so sweet dates provide the perfect natural alternative to added sugars in any date recipe. Healthy date bars are energy bars made by combining dates desiccated coconut walnuts and topped with chopped almond and pumpkin seeds.

Store the bars in the fridge for several weeks or in the freezer for up to 3 months. 20 organic medjool dates pitted and chopped 2 cups raw cashew nuts 1 2 cup hazelnuts 1 2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 3 4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tbsp. Room temperature bars are perfectly fine to eat and can be kept in a lunch bag or backpack all day but will be more soft and paste like. Mine disappeared in a.

Take a typical energy bar even a raw one. The on the go travel light snack bar. Vanilla extract 3 tbsp. Add coconut and extract.

Pitted dates water raw almond cacao powder the ultimate mnb energy bar move nourish believe boiling water dough dates cranberries medjool dates rolled oats and 7 more. Chill for at least an hour in the refrigerator. Look at all those ingredients. Pulse the chopped dates nuts cocoa powder and salt in a food processor and process until the texture is coarse.

Add a little water at time until it forms a dough ball in the food processor. The base of these energy bars is medjool dates sunflower seeds and cashews if nut allergies are a problem simply use all sunflower seeds and omit cashews. Using tahini as a binder as opposed to peanut butter or almond butter keeps these bars nut free as well. Pulse again adding water a little at a time until mixture makes a moist but not sticky dough.

Store these bars in an air tight container in fridge for a week or in freezer for up to 3 months. Press into the pan and cut into squares. The consistency should still be fairly dry.