Date Power Bars Recipe. All Variations
Date Power Bars
Date power bars is all your perfect-snack prayers answered. Easy versatile gluten-free naturally date-sweetened treats, as nutrition-packed as mini meals.
ALL the Ingredients in this Recipe are Bought Ready to Use!
Once you have all ingredients on hand, it takes minutes to mix and spread!
I am including links to all ingredients in the recipe. I order everything from Amazon, but you can also find them in health food stores; the dates are in paste form; all nuts and seeds are roasted. The super high protein lupin flour is roasted.
Commercial Power Bars Are NOT the Healthy Snacks They Are Cracked Up To Be!
I am sorry to have to say this, but I think you should be aware of it! Have you ever taken the time to read the ingredient list in most commercial brands of power bars?
By contrast, just look at this lineup of ingredients in my date power bars: Why even bother shopping for snacks, if ten minutes of work will get you dozens of these scrumptious power bars? Each one is like having a meal: You just can’t miss! When I am on the road, they are my best friends. They keep very well, in a tin or in the freezer, no need to wipe them all out, so behave yourself please, and save some for later, and for your buddies! I know it’s hard to keep your hands off these treats, but the freezer is always great help. Talk about the perfect back to school treats!
Date Power Bars are Real Nutritional Powerhouses!
You will find several variations below, including one I make all the time and love, with just dates, toasted nuts and orange flower.
Nothing beats homemade granola!
My granola recipe has no sugar. It is pretty awesome, and comes with several variations to suit your preferences, and to vary from one delicious granola to another. I even sprinkle granola on salads! Send your kids to schools with little baggies of granola, and you got yourself the perfect snack!
Ingredients
I start with this basic mixture, and mix and match from all the variations i am listing below.
Makes about 2 dozen bars.
- 4 cups soft and plump pitted dates, packed (about 1 ½ pounds). Soak them briefly in warm water if they need softening, but make sure you drain them thoroughly
- 1/2 cup agave
- 1 cup tehina (sesame paste)
- 1 cup flax meal (ground flax seeds: Health food stores)
- 3-4 cups crunchy granola, larger pieces crumbled
- 2 cups toasted sesame seeds (10-12 minutes in a preheated 300°F oven)
Instructions
In a food processor, process the dates and agave until a perfectly smooth paste forms. Transfer to a bowl, and add all but last ingredient. Combine thoroughly (it will be sticky: be patient). Press the mixture firmly into a greased cookie sheet, about 1/2 inch high. Press the sesame seeds firmly and evenly over the whole top. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into 1x3 inch bars. You might also shape the mixture into logs, wrap the logs tightly in plastic wrap,refrigerate or freeze the logs, and slice as needed, even straight out of the freezer. Store refrigerated in airtight tins.
Variations:
- Substitute other dry fruit for the dates, anything except prunes.
- Substitute 2 cups chopped toasted nuts for the granola. The resulting bars will be somewhat less firm, more chewy.
- Throw in 1 cup unsweetened grated coconut
- Substitute other ground seed or nut flour for the flax meal.
- Substitute any nut butter for the tehina
- Substitute a natural fruit syrup (health food stores), maple syrup or honey for the agave
- Make them High Protein: throw in 1 cup collagen or other good quality protein powder.
- For a super simple bar, just the ground dates and granola or nuts, some orange flower water for a nice Sephardi/Moroccan touch, and nothing more.
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