Why spend $2 per bar for food that you can make yourself? Who needs puffed rice and soy lecithin anyway? Not me.
These are so easy to make, and delicious. I have a major sweet tooth and being off refined sugar has been a bit of a transition. Plus I am out long hours these days and am sick of eating overpriced food bars that have weird stuff in them.
RECIPE:
6 fresh medjool dates
1/2 cup raw almonds
2-3 Tbs almond butter (can sub another nut butter if you like. Raw butter=raw energy ball)
dried unsweetened coconut flakes or sesame seeds (optional)
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Pit dates and chop fine. Place in bowl and mash with a fork till smooth.
Grind raw almonds in blender or Magic Bullet (love this thing) till you get almond meal. You can leave them a bit chunky if you prefer. Add almond meal to dates and combine well.
Add nut butter, mixing well
roll into balls. roll balls in coconut or sesame seeds.
Wrap in plastic or wax paper and refrigerate to firm. Yum!
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Of course this will work with other additions – chopped dried apricots and walnut pieces, for instance. Enjoy!
