I’m 100% addicted to these. Which, outside of chocolate & peanut butter, is a pretty hard thing to say about something that only contains 2 ingredients.
I know all my Larabar fans out there know what I’m talking about! These bars just prove that sometimes, less really is more.
I especially love these because if you can utilize the bulk bins, you can make these suckers for about $0.50 a piece!
Another bonus is that you have more control of the ingredients. For example, I chose the unsalted dry roasted peanuts and I omitted adding any extra salt so as to control the sodium in these bars.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts
- 1 cup dates*
Instructions
- Process the peanuts in the food processor until they look like coarse crumbs.
- Remove the peanuts from the food processor and place in a separate bowl.
- If soaking the dates in warm water, remove from the water and add to the food processor.
- Pulse until well broken up and no large chunks remain.
- Add the peanuts back to the food processor and process until well combined.
- Roll into one big ball and wrap in plastic wrap then press into an even square with your hands (about 1/2 inch thick)
- Open up plastic wrap, slice into 4 bars then wrap individually in plastic wrap for later use.
Notes
*My Cook's Illustrated cookbook recommends soaking the dates in hot water (this is what I did for about 5 minutes) in order to help with their stickiness. You can also grease your food processor blade with canola oil to help with this.
** You can also choose to roll into small balls rather than bars!
I just made these with cocoa roasted almonds (didn’t have any peanuts at home), and they are so, so good. Thank you for the recipe!
P.s. love your blog/instagram!
Yaaaay! I’m so glad! And I actually LOVE the idea of using cocoa roasted almonds – I definitely need to try that 🙂 And thank you so much – I’m so happy you like it!
Yum two of my favorite flavors!! YUM!
They come together beautifully 🙂