Well, hello there! So glad you wandered onto this blog post - have I got a treat for you! Have you ever tried a Lara Bar? they are all natural snacks made out of a few natural ingredients including nuts & fruit. Some are ok and some are amazing. They are $2 a bar. That's expensive! no! So when I came across Chocolate Covered Katie, a vegan who loves chocolate, she had so many different flavors of Lara Bar's that she has been making all on her own. I decided I was going to try it out too considering:
-They are Raw- No cooking! Yay!
-They are Vegan
-They are All Natural
-The Price!
This recipe makes about 5 bars or 10 balls. 5 Lara Bars = $10. I made half & half. I calculated a round about estimate on how much this recipe is worth, considering how much of each ingredient I used & I came up with $5. That's half of the price of a regular Lara Bar!
It took me around 10-15 minutes total to blend it all, including the time's when I stopped to mix & stir everything around. It's essential unless you want full sized dated (yuck, i don't!)
After everything was blended, I went ahead & threw in some more whole cacao chips. I also forgot to include the shredded coconut so I went ahead and threw that into the mix too!
I wasn't sure if I liked dates so I decided to give one a try and I was right: I didn't like them! I made the Lara Bars/Balls anyways and gave more than half of them away. When I seen everyone chowing down on them in front of me I figured I would give them a try even if there are dates. Let me tell you, they were really good! Something about the chocolate makes the dates much less "date-y"- So even if dates are not your thing, you just might like these! I wish I would have given them a chance before I gave them all away!
I wasn't sure if I liked dates so I decided to give one a try and I was right: I didn't like them! I made the Lara Bars/Balls anyways and gave more than half of them away. When I seen everyone chowing down on them in front of me I figured I would give them a try even if there are dates. Let me tell you, they were really good! Something about the chocolate makes the dates much less "date-y"- So even if dates are not your thing, you just might like these! I wish I would have given them a chance before I gave them all away!
The only thing I hated about it? I didn't make enough. This may have been my most successful healthy dessert attempt yet! I hope you guys really try these "fudge babies"(as Katie would say) out! Also, make sure you go check out Katie's blog! It's really a skinny dessert lovers dream!
What do you think, are you guys going to try it?
It's so easy! I urge you to try it! Make one up on your own, even!
Can you think of any other variations I can try?
Thank you so much for reading!
xoxo
Erica
5 comments:
They look do good!! Might give them a try!
Found you through the blog hop :) can't wait to read your posts :)
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Xoxo
yum! i love larabars, so i'll definitely be trying this recipe. thanks!
Hi Erica! *waves* I'm not much of a health nut, but that recipe seems like something my sister-in-law would love! I'm gunna have to pass it on! Thanks again for joining my hop and I'm here to follow you back! Nice to meet you! :)
This looks delicious and I agree the price of Lara bar is high! I am totally going to try this. Stopping by from the blog hop, would you like to follow each other?
hey ladies! for the people that wanna try it, please let me know how they turn out!
Eveli: thank you for the hop! I have been getting into them alot lately, your is a alot of fun!
Bravoe: I will be checking you out, girl!
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