Dairy-Free Fruit And Nut Bars

Three date energy bars wrapped in parchment paper and lined up.

Only 5 ingredients in these homemade, whole30-approved lemon blueberry bars! A soft, chewy, fruit and nut bar that requires zero baking.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

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

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 0

Total Time 50

Servings

Calories 302kcal

Author Shelby Stover

Equipment

Powerful blender
8x4 baking tray
Parchment paper

Ingredients

20 Medijol dates soaked in warm water for twenty minutes
1 cup chopped walnuts more walnuts needed for topping
½ cup dried cherries
¼ cup dried blueberries
½ 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!

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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 interchange the dried fruits 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.

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