Making healthy nutrition bars from scratch

Andy and I ran into some Larabars when we went to a grocery store in the ferry building in SF. We immediately fell in love with these bars. With no sugar and chemical stuff added, these bars are 100% natural. The sweetness comes from the dried fruit. Unfortunately by being natural, these bars are kinda pricy at least for us poor graduate students.

The good news is, since the ingredients are so simple, we can make them ourselves.

Here is our recipe for Larabars. 


What You Need

Dried fruit (dates, jujubes, or even apricots. It's your call.)
Ground Coconut
Coconut oil
Pecans (or almonds)
Mortar and pestle

1. Crush pecans and dried fruit separately. In the pictures I made two flavors: jujube and apricot.
2. Mix ground coconut and coconut oil with the crushed dried fruit. Keep crushing the mixture a little longer.
3. Add the crushed pecans. Mix well.
4. Shape the mixture using an ice cream scoop or an ice cube tray.
5. Munch time.

 

Apricot flavor

Jujube flavor