Larabar Copycat (Raw Food)

This is a great basic recipe. Like it says, the variations are endless. I reduced it down to 1/3 cup dates and 1 cup cashews/almonds/dried cherries/dried apricots because I want to try out some different flavor combinations before I commit to a whole batch of something. It's very easy to do and they came out tasty. A very healthy treat.

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made up a batch w/ OJ soaked dates, and a mix of cashew, flax, sunflower, and sesame (whole,chopped and ground mixes for different textures) added a pinch of cinnamon and sea salt...rolled and press in parchment paper and cut into 9 bars...wonderful, love the possibilities!! -thanks :)

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A REAL GEM OF A RECIPE! Two ingredient wonder, dates and cashews.

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I can't rate this recipe as I don't feel like it was enough dates. The nuts wouldn't hold together with the dates. So I didn't get bars. Instead it's more like granola that will be eaten with a spoon. Thanks vigilant. I'll give it another try later. Made for Healthy tag game

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I just made a batch, and it is soooo delicious! I am on a program for 33 days of raw food and Ashtanga yoga, so I am looking for ideas on what and how to eat. I used 3 cups of mixed raw nuts (cashews, almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts and walnuts) and a little more than 1 cup of dates (like a cup then added 2 more dates). I used a coffee grinder to grind up the nuts first. Then I used a food processor to chop up the dates, then combined the 2 in the food processor. Afterwards, I shaped them into breakfast bar size/shape on my chopping board and wrapped them individually for convenience. I am very pleasantly surprised at how well they stay together (I have a feeling, grinding the nuts helped to make it more a paste than loose chopped nuts really helped), and how yummy it tastes! This is really great, and not so hard to make!

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so great! I only added raisins and cinnamon to mine and i love them!!! they will be part of my on-the-go breakfast each day until i run out! thanks so much!

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Wow, this was very good! I didn't want to use that many dates and cashews so I started off with 1 cup cashews and threw in a few dates until it held together. I also threw in a few walnuts. I pressed the mixture into a pan and placed it in the freezer to harden a bit. These hold up better when they are chilled. I will be making these often since I'm eating nothing but RAW Foods. Thanks for sharing!

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I'm not giving stars in the review, because I think there's a big problem with the ratio. I started to half the recipe by putting 1.5 c cashews in my little processor. I put that in a bowl and did .5 c dates in the processor. There was no way that was going to stick together. I added 2 more cups of dates and that worked fine and looked like the picture posted to the recipe. So that was 2.5 c dates and 1.5 c cashews. I think 1:3 would work, but the 1 should be the cashews. Reviewed for Healthy Choices ABC tag game.

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