{"id":1360,"date":"2011-10-03T06:11:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T06:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2013-03-01T20:38:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T03:38:08","slug":"chocolate-coconut-chew-lara-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1360","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Coconut Chew Lara Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Homemade<\/p>\n

I love Lara bars. Best travel snack evaaaa. They have saved my life many times.<\/p>\n

But I try not to buy them for my every day at home snacking rituals. It could get a little pricey the way I go through them. So I save my store-bought favourites for when I\u2019m traveling (like now!).<\/p>\n

Before I left on this trip I made a huge batch of one of my favourite flavours\u2026Chocolate Coconut Chew Bars. They are kind of amazing. I individually wrapped each bar in cling wrap, popped them in a big Ziploc, and dropped them in the cooler. This recipe made about 10 bars\u2026that\u2019s 10 afternoon snacks right there! So easy to pop in your bag\/purse on the way to work or school.<\/p>\n

Chocolate Coconut Chew Lara Bars<\/h2>\n
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  1. 1 cup raw almonds<\/li>\n
  2. 1 \u00bd cups dates (I used Medjool)<\/li>\n
  3. \u00bc cup pure cocoa<\/li>\n
  4. \u00bd cup dried coconut<\/li>\n
  5. 1 cup raw walnuts (soaked)<\/li>\n
  6. Add a little water to help the processing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The process is super simple\u2026just whip all the ingredients up in your food processor, shape into bars, and walaa\u2026.all done. But I think it\u2019s a good idea to soak your walnuts (and rinse) before you use them\u2026it helps take away a bit of that bitter taste that walnuts often have.<\/p>\n

    Tip: You can make bite-size versions of this by rolling the batter in small balls. I love doing it this way too.<\/p>\n

    \"Homemade<\/p>\n

    For this recipe, you could use any dates but I\u2019m so in love with Medjool dates\u2026they\u2019re great big, juicy dates that are so sweet and succulent they\u2019re really a dessert by themselves. Their flavour is distinctively caramel.<\/p>\n

    \"Homemade<\/p>\n

    And I love almonds. Actually, something I used to do when I was craving something sugary, was to stuff a Medjool date with a little almond butter and then stick in a whole almond. It really does taste fantastic, like a raw version of a little mini date pastry.<\/p>\n

    \"Homemade<\/p>\n

    \"Homemade<\/p>\n

    \"Homemade<\/p>\n

    Nutritional Info (per bar):<\/span><\/strong> Cals: 226, Fat: 14g, Sodium: 2mg, Carbs: 25g, Fibre: 5g, Sugars: 17g, Protein: 6g<\/p>\n

    What is your favourite Lara bar flavour?<\/em><\/strong> Maybe I can try to recreate it sometime! Any other bars you love that are great for travel? <\/strong>I\u2019d love some new ideas\/flavours to try while I\u2019m on my tour.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I love Lara bars. Best travel snack evaaaa. They have saved my life many times. But I try not to buy them for my every day at home snacking rituals. It could get a little pricey the way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,3,225,290,8,57,4],"tags":[366,2102,2101,367,365,2100,368],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4114,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions\/4114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}