Raw Energy Bars With Dates

Chill for at least an hour in the refrigerator.

Raw energy bars with dates.

Store these bars in an air tight container in fridge for a week or in freezer for up to 3 months. Store the bars in the fridge for several weeks or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Using tahini as a binder as opposed to peanut butter or almond butter keeps these bars nut free as well. Vanilla extract 3 tbsp.

These raw energy bars are just one answer of many. This is an organic date orange bar i found on my lunch break at the local organic store. Because dates are so sweet dates provide the perfect natural alternative to added sugars in any date recipe. Place dates cashews cocoa powder almonds and sea salt in a 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. The bars can be eaten straight from the fridge or freezer and will be firm but chewy. Add a little water at time until it forms a dough ball in the food processor. Add coconut and extract.

Mine disappeared in a. Pulse again adding water a little at a time until mixture makes a moist but not sticky dough. Pulse the chopped dates nuts cocoa powder and salt in a food processor and process until the texture is coarse. Pulse until coarsely chopped.

In fact dates are such a great source of natural sugar they have been processed to make natural sweeteners such as date juice date sugar dehydrated dates date paste ground dates and even diced dates that you can add to recipes you want to sweeten up naturally. Look at all those ingredients. The on the go travel light snack bar. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

Nuts can be used raw or roasted roasting adds toasty and nutty flavour to the bars. Healthy date bars are energy bars made by combining dates desiccated coconut walnuts and topped with chopped almond and pumpkin seeds. Take a typical energy bar even a raw one.