Chocolate Hazelnut Lara Style Bar

These bars are really amazing! My husband is a cyclist and loves to take these bars on long rides. They are easy to pack for cycling or hiking and a great natural energy boost. I love that I can eat these when I want something sweet and know that I am eating a perfect whole food snack.

Chocolate Hazelnut Lara Style Bars

These yummy treats are so easy to make and taste remarkably like the Lara bars. A great grab and go snack full of whole food ingredients.

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Course Snacks

Cuisine American

Servings 8 Bars

Calories 213 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ⅓ cup roasted almonds
• ⅓ cup roasted hazelnuts available on amazon.com
• 3 tbsp cacao powder
• 1¾ cups medjool dates soft ( if not soft heat in microwave for 30 seconds at a time until soft)
• ⅓ to ½ cup chopped chocolate sweetened with coconut sugar I use Primal Chocolate or Hu Chocolate. If you don't mind using a little cane sugar, you could use any vegan mini chocolate chips. Available on amazon.com

Instructions

 

• Put both nuts and cacao powder in a food processor and pulse into coarse bits.
• Add the softened dates and pulse. This may take 30 seconds up to a minute to come together as a ball.
• Remove date mixture to a mixing bowl and fold in the chopped chocolate using your hands.
• Press mixture evenly in the bottom of a parchment lined 8" x 8" pan.
• Refrigerate for 30 to 40 minutes. Lift the parchment paper out of the pan with the date mixture and place on a cutting board. Cut into 8 pieces 2" x 4". Wrap individually in parchment paper or plastic wrap.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 213kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 1mgPotassium: 342mgFiber: 4gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 48IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 1mg

Keyword plant based, vegan, hazelnuts, chocolate

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