These homemade date and nuts bars taste just like Larabars, and they're quick and easy to make!

You guys...these bars are a homemade version of the delicious Larabar. They're packed full of goodness, are absolutely delicious and make a great anytime snack for the whole family!

Larabars are expensive! This recipe allows you to make them at home...preservative free, and for a lot less money...plus you get more bars!

This recipe is my adaptation of one that I found on 100 Days of Real Food.  My version is very similar to the Cashew Cookie Bar on that site, and it's so yummy!

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Ingredients:

• food processor* - really essential (Note: if you have a Vitamix* blender you may get similar results, but other blenders won't break the ingredients down into uniform pieces and you'll be left with a big clump)
• 1 cup pitted dates - I like these ones from Walmart, they're 8 oz for about $3.50 (8 oz = 1 cup so no measuring...just throw the whole bagful into the food processor)
• 1 cup assorted nuts and/or seeds - I put my 1 cup measure on the counter and just start filling it with a little of my favorites (cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, whole almonds) and fill in the gaps at the end with whole flax seeds* and chia seeds* - don't go too overboard on the flax and chia as they're loaded with fiber and too much is hard to digest! Enough said :)
• 1/4 cup peanut butter - natural, organic peanut butter*, even almond butter* or cashew butter* will be healthier options
• 1 Tablespoon water

That's it!  Add everything to your food processor all at once.