Cashew Cookie Larabars
It all started with the Hot Chocolate Fudge Babies.
I love them. You love them. Everyone loves them. And so the time is ripe to introduce another flavor: cashew cookie. I initially created these to be a replica of the Cashew Cookie Larabars. However, this homemade version ended up tasting so much better than the packaged bars! I might even like them more than the chocolate version.
Yikes. Wait, you didn’t hear me say that!
Homemade Cashew Cookie Larabars
(Yields 110 grams, which is a bit more than the size of two Larabars)
- 30 grams unsalted cashews (1/4c)
- 80 grams dates, which is a scant 2/3c (I use SunMaid, as they’re softer.)
- tiny pinch salt (brings out the sweetness)
- Optional: a drop or two of good-quality vanilla extract (I use about 1/8 tsp)
Blend in your food processor (I use the Magic Bullet short cup. If you’re using a bigger food processor than that, I’d recommend at least doubling the homemade larabar recipe for smoother blending). Enjoy!
(Just like with the Hot Chocolate Fudge Babies, you can opt to make bars or balls or even cookie cutter-ed shapes.)
Variations
- Add cinnamon and raisins = Spice Babies
- Use peanuts in place of the cashews, and add dried banana = Elvis Babies
- Peppermint extract + cocoa + cacao nibs = Thin Mint Babies
- Throw in some coffee powder = Frappuccino Babies
- Roll in cinnamon sugar = Cinnabon Babies (or Snickerdoodle Babies)
Click to see all of my Homemade Larabar Recipes.
The first thing I would make in my Vita-Mix is Banana Soft Serve!!! And I would top it with Almond butter. And obviously I would make fudge babies!!
These sound amazing!
If I were to win the Vitamix I’d be so thrilled I’d make margaritas to celebrate!
I would DEFINITELY have this be the first thing I make in the Vitamixer.
Cashews and vanilla flavoring= best thing ever <3
Do I here a YUM here? 😀
These sound delicious – yumm!
These cashew cookie larabars/babies look so good! If I won the VitaMix, I would go wild with it….. I don’t think I can choose just one thing to make, but perhaps…. these babies!
These sound wonderful! I’d definitely make a version of them with cinnamon and raisins if I had a Vitamix. My current blender can only really handle liquids, unfortunately.
Yumm!! Love this!
I’d love to make this and then make other larabar like fudge babies in a vitamix! I’ve got a tiny little blender that can only really do smoothies (and struggles at that) so the vitamix would dramatically change what I eat!
The first thing I would make in a new Vita-Mix is a green smoothie. Probably Banana, Spinach, Almond Milk, Cinamon and maybe Cocao powder. Not too exciting, but a great breakfast for sure.
the first thing i would make in the vitamix is butternut squash soup.
I would like to make these larabar fudge babies in my new vitamix! And all of the other babies, too!