Larabars made at home!

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Shawnalee0703
Shawnalee0703 Posts: 1,093
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Save some money and make your own!!!
Here is a link to a page of recipe links for MANY different flavors of larabars. I made a couple cashew cookie bars tonight. They taste exactly the same! I am planning on doing a chocolate one next! And to mix it up, I may partially dehydrate some strawberries to add to the cherries in the PB&J one. YUM! Let me know if you try any and how they turned out! If you have never had a larabar or heard of them; They are bars that use dates for sweetening and there are very few ingredients. Cashew cookie has 2 ingredients: dates and cashews. :-D unprocessed goodness. Enjoy.

http://www.healthhabits.ca/2010/06/18/homemade-larabar-recipes/
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  • BryanAir
    BryanAir Posts: 434
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    Interesting. I've been tempted by the bulk dates at my grocery store but never had anything to make with them. I'm going to have to try some of these recipes, although I have never had a LaraBar.

    The ease of copying a product made with few and whole ingrediants might be an indication of why there aren't more of them on the market. :smile:

    Thanks for the link.
  • CrankyButt
    CrankyButt Posts: 14
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    Thank you for sharing. Some of these flavors sound better than the originals!
  • idream2bgwen
    idream2bgwen Posts: 424 Member
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    Mmmmm... :)
  • dracobaby82
    dracobaby82 Posts: 380 Member
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    awesome! Thanks, I have never heard of these, but its' worth a try, and something that doesn't have to many ingredients is a plus!
  • Shawnalee0703
    Shawnalee0703 Posts: 1,093
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    http://www.larabar.com/
    here is the original product's site if you want to do some comparisons. It seriously took me 4 minutes to make 4 bars!! :-D And that site has ENDLESS recipes. There are soo many flavors! I want to make the tiramisu one and the smores one! haha This could be trouble.
    Consume in moderation: I must remind myself!
    The cool thing about making it yourself is that you can control the size, instead of having only 2 options "mini" and regular.
    I really like larabar's cherry pie and apple pie.... so I will probably try making those too!
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  • TacoGibbons
    TacoGibbons Posts: 136 Member
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    Thanks Shawna--I need to get to Winco for some bulk goodness so I can make these and almond milk!
  • Shawnalee0703
    Shawnalee0703 Posts: 1,093
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    Thanks Shawna--I need to get to Winco for some bulk goodness so I can make these and almond milk!
    YEP! Dates are the almond milk too!! :-D Let me know how it turns out!
  • BryanAir
    BryanAir Posts: 434
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    I just went to Winco and bought a bunch of dates. You can get a surprisingly large number of them for $1.20. Now I am going to make my own concoction based on some of the recipes I read from your link.
  • Tamiash
    Tamiash Posts: 106 Member
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    A great site...Thank you for sharing it :smile:
  • modernmom70
    modernmom70 Posts: 373 Member
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    Awesome!
  • Jaedynmoon
    Jaedynmoon Posts: 280 Member
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    Thank you for sharing! Can't wait to make some tomorrow!! Love LaraBars!!
  • Shawnalee0703
    Shawnalee0703 Posts: 1,093
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    I am very glad so many of you will enjoy these! I picked up some dried bing cherries from Trader Joe's today and some more peanuts! PB&J are next! :-D
  • BryanAir
    BryanAir Posts: 434
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    I am very glad so many of you will enjoy these! I picked up some dried bing cherries from Trader Joe's today and some more peanuts! PB&J are next! :-D

    If it isn't too much trouble, post a follow-up after you make more. I'd like to get reviews and links to recipes that people have liked.

    I made some with 30g almonds, 80g dates, 2 squares of Lindt 85% cacao chocolate, and some water. It tastes really good, but is a little too high in calories to recommend.
  • Shawnalee0703
    Shawnalee0703 Posts: 1,093
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    I am very glad so many of you will enjoy these! I picked up some dried bing cherries from Trader Joe's today and some more peanuts! PB&J are next! :-D

    If it isn't too much trouble, post a follow-up after you make more. I'd like to get reviews and links to recipes that people have liked.

    I made some with 30g almonds, 80g dates, 2 squares of Lindt 85% cacao chocolate, and some water. It tastes really good, but is a little too high in calories to recommend.
    Those ingredients don't scare me one bit! I am not afraid of calories-believe me! Especially if the calories come from nutrient dense food. :-D I thought about doing almonds, dates and dark chocolate powder myself! Soon! Since I have POUNDS of raw almond in the snack cupboard- I may as well use them for something yummy (other than almond milk). Thanks for the idea!
    My cashew cookie ones turned out just like the Larabars. 1/2c raw cashews and 8oz dates. Although my man requested more cashews next time. :-D
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    cwunderlich Posts: 35 Member
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    edgehollow2 Posts: 43
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  • misschristi
    misschristi Posts: 119 Member
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    omg i just clicked on the chocolatecoveredkatie.com link and i cant stop looking at recipes!! looks like im going to the store! lol thanks!
  • Shawnalee0703
    Shawnalee0703 Posts: 1,093
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    omg i just clicked on the chocolatecoveredkatie.com link and i cant stop looking at recipes!! looks like im going to the store! lol thanks!
    Let us know what one you try??! :-D
  • craftylatvian
    craftylatvian Posts: 599 Member
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    Tagging for later!
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
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    Thanks so much Shawna for sharing this with us!:flowerforyou:

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