5 minutes. No cooking. Major money saving! You can make Larabar’s classic chocolate chip cookie Larabar right at home!

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Here’s my take on the classic chocolate chip cookie fruit and nut bar from Larabar – feel free to use whatever nuts you have on hand! Classic Larabars use cashews – I like the taste of pecans better but use whatever you have! This batch will make at least 12 bars so you can stash them away in the freezer! They will go from freezer to lunchbox super quick.

Print Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookie Fruit & Nut Bar (Compare to Larabar!)

5 minutes. No cooking. Major money saving! You can make Larabar’s classic chocolate chip cookie Larabar right at home!

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Total Time5 minutes mins

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate chip date bar recipe, chocolate chip date bars, homemade lara bars

Servings: 8 bars

Author: Renee - www.raisinggenerationnourished.com

Ingredients

• 1 lb Medjool dates Our local grocer carries this brand
• 3 cups pecans I soak and dehydrate mine to reduce phytic acid
• 1 vanilla bean scraped (this is optional but makes it taste really good! Do NOT use vanilla extract - the end produce will be too wet/slimy - I even tried adding coconut flour to dry it up and that didn't work! Only vanilla bean if you want the vanilla added)
• 1/3 - 1/2 cup Enjoy Life chocolate chips

Instructions

• Everything EXCEPT the chocolate chips into your food processor (I think a blender would work too) and blend to combine. (It should press together when you push on the mixture).
• Add the chocolate chips and pulse to combine, or just mix them into the mixture by hand.
• Press the mixture into a small baking dish lined with parchment paper. Put it into the fridge to firm up so cutting is easier. You can cut them right away if you want - they really are ready to eat right away! I freeze them cut into bars so they pop into the lunchbox super easy.

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