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These refined sugar free homemade larabars are the perfect healthier snack! Full of dried fruit, nuts, chocolate and a dash of sea salt, they are sticky, delicious, nutritious and very moreish! #larabars #healthysnack #vegansnacks #veganrecipes #sugarfree #healthysweetsnacks #thecookandhim #dates | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Homemade Chocolate and Peanut Larabars

Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 0 mins | Total: 15 mins | Quantity: approx 18 bars (more if you cut into squares)

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup (40g) toasted unsalted peanuts (see method)
  • 2 cups (310g) dates – pitted weight
  • 1/2 cup (90g) unstalted peanuts
  • 3 tblsp raw cacao powder
  • 1/4 cup (50g) dark chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup (110g) dried apricots
  • large pinch sea salt
  • 2 tblsp oat milk

Food processor

8 x 8 inch square tin

Instructions

  1. To make the toasted peanuts put 1/4 cup (40g) raw unsalted nuts into a dry frying pan and cook over a low/medium heat until golden and a little charred on the outside. Don't step away from them for too long as they can go from lovely and golden to black and acrid in a heart beat! Toss the pan a few times to shake the nuts round
  2. Once they're done set aside to cool down while you prepare the other ingredients
  3. Put the dates, the uncooked nuts, cacao powder, chocolate chips, apricots, salt and milk into a food processor
  4. Whizz until very well chopped and it starts to come together into a sticky ball
  5. Toss in the toasted nuts and whizz until they're just mixed in
  6. Line an 8 x 8 inch (20 x 20 cm) square tin with clingfilm or parchment
  7. Tip the mixture into the tin and spread/smooth out to fill the tin. I also use damp hands to push into the corners as it's quite a stiff mix!
  8. Put in the fridge for at least an hour then cut into bars and store in an airtight container in the fridge

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/homemade-chocolate-and-peanut-larabars/