These Energy Bars are perfectly sweet, fudgy, chewy and seriously satisfying! They're no-bake, require just 3 ingredients and are easily customisable. They're nutritious, a good source of protein and fibre, easily transportable, and take just 15 minutes to make. They're vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, paleo, date-sweetened, refined sugar free and nut-free optional too.
How to make this recipe
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- Place all the ingredients in a food processor.
- Whizz until smooth but still retaining some texture.
Tip: It needs to be sticky enough to be able to easily mould into balls. However, be careful not to over-blend, as the mixture will become very greasy as the oils will be released from the nuts.
- Transfer the mixture to a one-pound loaf tin lined with baking paper.
- Smooth over the top.
- Decorate with goji berries and chopped pistachios, if desired.
- Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes for it to firm up before cutting.
- Remove from the loaf tin and cut into bars - you should be able to cut into 6 bars.
How long do these keep for?
These keep covered in the fridge for a good few days.
Substitutions you can make
- You can replace the walnuts with any other nuts or seeds: almonds, cashew nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds etc.
- You can replace the almond butter with peanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter or tahini.
- You can replace the dates with raisins, prunes or dried apricots.
- For a nut-free version, use sunflower seeds instead of walnuts, and use tahini instead of almond butter.
- You can add cocoa powder or matcha powder.
- You can add chocolate chips.
- You can drizzle over melted dark chocolate.
More vegan no-bake treats
- Chocolate Pudding Pots
- Chocolate Truffles
- Fudge
- Strawberry Trifle
- Key Lime Pie
- Brownies
- Protein Bars
- Blueberry Cheesecake
- Energy Bites
- Protein Balls
- Energy Balls
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Watch how to make it
Energy Bars (Vegan + GF)
Ingredients
- 180 g (1 cup) pitted dates
- 190 g (1 ½ cup) walnuts
- 2 tablespoons smooth almond butter (or sub peanut butter or tahini)
To decorate (optional):
- Pistachio nuts , chopped
- Desiccated coconut
- Freeze-dried raspberries
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a food processor.
- Blend until combined but still retaining some texture – it needs to be sticky enough to be able to easily stick together. However, be careful not to over-blend, as the mixture will become very greasy as the oils will be released from the nuts.
- Transfer the mixture to a loaf tin lined with greaseproof baking paper (I used a one-pound loaf tin).
- Smooth over the top .
- Decorate with chopped pistachios, desiccated coconut and freeze-dried raspberries, if desired.
- Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes for it to firm up before cutting.
- Remove from the loaf tin and cut into bars - you should be able to cut into 6 bars.
- Keeps covered in the fridge for a good few days.
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Notes
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Jim
I have been “adjusting” my diet. I find all your recipes to be easy to follow and ingredients are readily available. Thank you very much for helping me in my journey.
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much, so glad you think so!