Homemade Fruit And Nut Bars (5 Ingredients, Raw, Vegan, Whole30)

Only 5 ingredients in these homemade fruit and nut bars making them an easy, healthy snack! These no-bake fruit and nut bars are soft and chewy. Likewise, with a refreshing lemon blueberry flavor, these fruit and nut energy bars make an easy mid-day snack!

Why You’ll Love These Homemade Fruit & Nut Bars

Healthy, fueling snacks are essential to making busy days run smoothly as a mom. Thus, having something like no-bake fruit and nut bars on hand helps keep life simple! These bars are:

• easy to make (only 5 ingredients)
• refreshing
• loaded with energy
• contains wholesome ingredients making them very allergy-friendly
• kid-approved

Don’t overlook the importance of having healthy snacks on hand in grab-and-go situations. It’s a lifesaver! Likewise, focusing on snacks like this makes for super simple meal prep.

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Texture Of The Bars

The texture of these bars can easily be customized. Meaning, the less you grind up the walnuts, the more sustenance the bar will have.

On the other hand, processing the walnuts completely will make for a smoother fruit and nut bar with the exception of the blueberries.

However, keep in mind that if left at room temperature, the whole30 energy bars tend to get a bit too sticky. They’re best eaten chilled.

Ingredients

The ingredients in these homemade energy bars have one goal: fuel.

Although the dates provide a source of energy (sugar) and keep them sweet, the fats (walnuts) in them will help to stabilize the sugar rush.

How You Can Add MORE Fuel

Want to make the homemade fruit and nut bars a bit more fueling and well-rounded? Add in collagen powder!

Collagen is a beneficial part of bone broth and wonderful for your hair, skin, and nails. Learn more about collagen and why you may want to boost your intake. However, unlike bone broth, it doesn’t taste like well, bone broth.

Similarly, collagen powder is odorless and flavorless. Plus, if ethically sourced one of the purest forms of protein you can give to your kids! I grab my collagen from Perfect Supplements and while I love their big tub of powder, I love the individual packets even more!

I find collagen the easiest way to boost protein in smoothies, vegan yogurts, oatmeal, or any other dish. It blends and mixes well and there are zero flavors to it. Plus, Perfect Supplements sources their collagen from pasture-raised (grass-fed) cows. So, I trust it.

Grab some collagen powder and use code mamabear10 to save some money.

FAQ’s & Tips On Making Them

Because these fruit and nut bars don’t have a binding ingredient, they do come out a bit sticky. Thus wrap each bar in parchment paper to store. 

They can be stored in the fridge or the freezer and are best eaten chilled. Otherwise, they’re a bit too sticky.

Also, you can easily substitute another fruit for the blueberries or cherries to switch up the flavor! A few of our favorites are:

• dried strawberries
• chopped dried pears
• whole dried cranberries

Lastly, make sure to soak the dates prior to blending them. The softer they are, the better they process into “date paste” without having to add much water.

The Recipe

• 20 pitted dates, soaked in warm water for twenty minutes
• 1 cup chopped walnuts + 2 tbs walnuts for topping
• 1/2 cup dried cherries
• 1/4 cup dried blueberries
• Juice of 1/2 lemon

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

• Heavy-duty food processor
• 8 x 4 loaf pan
• Spatula

How To Make Them

Place the walnuts in the food processor and pulse until mostly ground (I use a vitamix for this recipe but it can get pretty sticky!).

Place the dates, cherries, and lemon juice into the food processor and blend until fully combined. You may need to stop and scrape down the sides.

Use a spatula to scrape the mixture into a bowl and stir in the blueberries.

Line an 8×4 loaf pan with parchment paper and put the bar mixture into the pan. Using another piece of parchment paper, press the mixture down evenly into the pan.

Remove the top piece of paper and top the mixture with 2 tbs of walnuts pressing them down slightly with the spatula.

Place the pan into the freezer for thirty minutes. Once mostly frozen, remove and cut into bars. Wrap the bars individually in parchment paper. 

Place the wrapped bars back in the freezer to enjoy when needed! 

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5 Ingredient Lemon Blueberry Energy (Raw/Vegan/Whole30)

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Only 5 ingredients in these homemade fruit and nut bars making them an easy, healthy snack! These no-bake fruit and nut bars are soft and chewy.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 0 mins

30 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 5

Calories 302 kcal

Equipment

• Powerful blender
• 8x4 baking tray
• Parchment paper

Ingredients

  

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• 20 dates soaked in warm water for twenty minutes
• 1 cup chopped walnuts more walnuts needed for topping
• 1/2 cup dried cherries
• 1/4 cup dried blueberries
• 1/2 lemon juiced

Instructions

 

• Place the walnuts in the food processor and pulse until mostly ground.
• Place the dates, cherries, and lemon juice into the food processor and blend until fully combined. You may need to scrape the sides down.
• Use a spatula to scrape the mixture into a bowl and stir in the blueberries.
• Line an 8x4 loaf pan with parchment paper and put the bar mixture into the pan. Using another piece of parchment paper, press the mixture down evenly into the pan. Remove the top piece of paper and top the mixture with 2 tbs of walnuts pressing them down slightly with the spatula.
• Place the pan into the freezer for thirty minutes. Once mostly frozen, remove and cut into bars. Wrap the bars individually in parchment paper. T
• Place the wrapped bars back in the freezer to enjoy when needed!

Notes

The bars come out a bit sticky so make sure to wrap each bar in parchment paper to store. 

They can be stored in the fridge or the freezer but are best eaten chilled. Otherwise, they're a bit too sticky.

Also, you can easily substitute another fruit for the blueberries or cherries to switch up the flavor!

Lastly, make sure to soak the dates prior to blending them. The softer they are, the better they process into “date paste” without having to add much water.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 302kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 5gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 362mgFiber: 6gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 440IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 1mg

Keyword fruit and nut bars, no bake bars, whole30 snack

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• Chocolate coconut energy bites
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Fruit and nut bars are easy to whip together and absolutely tasty. They’re a great mid-afternoon snack because they’re so full of energy and easy to munch on the go.

Thus, whip up a double batch, wrap them, store them and never worry about what to munch on!