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Fruit & Nut Bars

July 17, 2020 by Katie

For an easy-to-prepare and quick snack on the go, make a batch of these raw bars made from purely dried fruit and nuts.  – Jump to Recipe

If you like LÄRABARs, this recipe is for you. I shared this simple bar recipe several years ago as I was trying to mix up my go-to snacks. With only 5 ingredients (plus water), this is one of those recipes that you may already have the ingredients for in your pantry. If not, it’s easy to sub different dried fruits or unsalted nuts/seeds. But for me, I’m a big fan of what you see below.

Dates, dried cranberries, raw almonds, unsalted peanuts, and unsweetened coconut—boom. This combo is pleasantly sweet and is a great pick-me-up when you need some energy. You could also roll these into little energy bites, but I find it easier to just smash them into bar form.

Another great quality of this recipe, similar to my Nut and Seed Granola Bars, is it’s a no-bake bar concoction. Which means you can just throw it all in a food processor, flatten it into a dish, refrigerate it for a few hours, and cut it to serve! I always forget how fast it is to make these, and then I wonder why I don’t make these more often. Oh right, because my Trail Mix Granola Bars have chocolate and chocolate always wins.

But anywho, these wannaba LÄRABARs are also delish and have less sugar, so they’ve got that going for them, which is nice.

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Fruit & Nut Bars

Servings 8 bars

Ingredients

  • 1 cup pitted dates
  • 1/2 cup raw almonds
  • 1/2 cup peanuts unsalted
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1-3 Tbs water

Instructions

  • Combine all the fruits and nuts in a food processor, blending until it becomes a fine consistency. Add 1 tablespoon of water at a time, processing after each addition. Only add as much as you need to get the mixture to stick together.
  • Line an 8×8 baking dish with wax or parchment paper. Pour the mixture into the pan and pat until firmly packed and even across the top.
  • Refrigerate for about 4 hours and then cut into 8 bars.

Depending on how much water you add (to help them stay in their bar form), these can get a bit sticky when left at room temperature. That’s why I prefer and would recommend to store these in the fridge. Hope you find them to be a tasty and healthy snack like we do!

The original version of this post was published January 26, 2015.

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Comments

  1. Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says

    January 26, 2015 at 5:15 am

    I’ve been wanting to make my own bars! These look really easy to do and yummy!

    • Katie says

      January 26, 2015 at 6:05 am

      Do it! I’ve been wanting to make some for AGES and am so pumped how these turned out.

  2. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    January 26, 2015 at 5:28 am

    Love it! I eat a “bar” everyday!

    • Katie says

      January 26, 2015 at 6:07 am

      Nice! I want to make them a recurring option. Confession: I scrolled through your Pinterest board of bar recipes for inspiration. 🙂

  3. Leucadia Chiropractor says

    January 28, 2015 at 7:48 am

    Wonderful! We have been in a health kick lately, and this would serve great as a snack staple for my siblings. I have never tried dates, are they close in taste to prunes?

    • Katie says

      January 28, 2015 at 8:11 am

      I haven’t really had prunes or dates much by themselves, but I think they do taste different. You could probably use one or both in this recipe though, and it should still work well.

  4. Doug says

    October 22, 2016 at 3:34 pm

    How long will these last in the fridge, room temp? I plan on making some for a hiking trip. Can you use something else instead of water?
    Thanks

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