As I mentioned in my peanut butter granola bar post, I have a thing for energy bars.
Although I have taste-tested energy bars from numerous brands through the years, I have yet to find an ideal bar for my preferences. However, if I were to pick a winner, it would be the Larabar. With only a few nutritious ingredients, Larabars are as simple as it gets. I love experimenting with recipes, and recently decided to make my own homemade “Larabars!”
Medjool dates, the primary ingredient in this recipe, hold the bars together beautifully and provide just enough natural sweetness. I love that they are also rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Seeds/nuts provide these bars with natural protein, nourishing fats, and an awesome crunch factor. I generally use a combination of sunflower and pumpkin seeds, which are also packed with nutrients such as magnesium, zinc, and antioxidant vitamin E!
Chocolate chips act like icing on a cake in this recipe. The bars are great without them, but they are fantastic with them. What can I say, I love to throw chocolate it any and everything that I can. Who doesn’t?!
These 3-ingredient bars take less than 10 minutes to whip up (not counting optional refrigeration before cutting), and they are loaded with naturally occurring nutrients, as well as delicious flavors! I had to practically beg Spencer for comments/suggestions for improving my recipe, and even then his only “suggestion” was to make them often enough so he could have one every day!
3-Ingredient Energy Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup nuts/seeds of choice
- 1 1/2 cups Medjool dates pitted and roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place seeds/nuts in a food processor, and pulse into finely chopped pieces.
- Add in the chopped dates and pulse, scraping down the sides as necessary, until the mixture sticks together well.
- Pulse in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the dough out onto the parchment-lined baking sheet, and form evenly into a compact rectangle, about 1/2-inch thick.
- Place in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes, then remove and slice into 10 bars.
Love love love
I added chia and a pinch of cayenne pepper
Also instead of sea salt, I used pink himalayan salt!
Amazing easy delish recipe!!!!
So glad you love the recipe! That combination sounds amazing!