Date Energy Bars
Loaded with nuts, seeds, dried fruits and granola, these energy bars are packed with nutrition.
Servings: 12 bars
Calories: 225.46kcal
Ingredients
- 500 grams date paste (approx. a cup of date paste)
- ½ cup almonds roughly chopped
- ½ cup dried fruits chopped roughly (raisins, cranberries, goji berries, apricots, figs, etc.)
- 2 tablespoons mixed seeds chia, sunflower, flax, sesame, pumpkin, etc.
- ¼ cup rolled oats toasted (or use granola or desiccated coconut)
- ¼ cup chocolate chips crushed
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (or cardamom or cinnamon powder)
- coconut oil to grease your hand while mixing
Instructions
- Add date paste, chopped nuts, dried fruits, seeds, and toasted oats into a large mixing bowl. You may choose to chop the nuts and dried fruits in a food processor or chopper. You may add any flavour like vanilla extract cinnamon or cardamom. Mix everything well with greased hands ensuring even distribution of nuts to date paste.
- Line a square cake pan with baking paper and transfer the mixture into it. Press with the back of a measuring cup or spoon to get a smooth surface. If you do not have a pan to use, you may choose to roll the mixture between two plastic sheets to the desired thickness and fix the edges to form a square and refrigerate.
- Make sure to chill this for at least two hours.
- Unwrap the chilled dough and use a sharp knife to cut with a top-to-bottom press motion and make equal-sized bars.
- You may choose to wrap each bar with wax paper but always keep it refrigerated in an airtight container. For longer shelf life, you may freeze them.
Notes
- If you plan to make a variety of energy bars like me, then divide the date paste and mix each portion with the planned ingredients.
Nutrition
Calories: 225.46kcal | Carbohydrates: 41.64g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6.67g
