The other day, when I spotted the new Larabar flavors at the store—chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate chip brownie, carrot cake, and peanut butter chocolate chip—my hand involuntarily reached out to snatch them.
(Well, I only got these two, so I did manage to not buy all the newest Larabar flavors.)
I love to make my own Homemade Cookie Dough Larabars, where I can put in extra-dark chippies and use whatever nuts I want (sometimes I like using almonds in place of the cashews). But then again, isn’t homemade always better?
As far as packaged bars go, I thought the cookie dough was Larabar’s best flavor yet! But the brownie bar was seriously lacking in the chocolatey department. Jocalats are much richer. I ended up giving the rest of the brownie bar to my dad (who really would eat anything!) and took all of 5 seconds to make myself a different snack:
Homemade Peanut Butter Larabars
Question of the Day:
Have you ever tried making your own Homemade Larabars?
If so, what’s your favorite flavor? If not, you really should try; it’s super-simple, quick, and much less expensive than buying pre-packaged bars. Plus, you get to make up your own flavors! Best part!!
I tried the peanut butter chocolate chip Larabar and really liked it, but the regular cookie dough was less impressive–Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Babies are much better. 🙂 I bet if I added some peanut butter or PB2 to the “dough” the Babies would come out tasting as good or better than the Larabar.
Thanks for the Larabar review – I have to admit I’ve been wanting to try some! (Never had them before!) Maybe I will make your homemade ones… 🙂
I still haven’t attempted fudge babies or home made larabars, and it is mostly the fact that there is so much fat in them. I know that it is all good and healthy fats, but I still can’t help but be a little afraid of it still. I’m sure they are to die for though!
I haven’t tried the new laras yet but when I heard about them I thought they were so superfluous because of Jocolat bars! Whatever, yours look WAY better! PB+B=Elvis!!! Love it!
The chocolate Jocalats are so good that I really wonder why they even TRIED to improve upon them! Boredom?
I made homemade peanut butter larabars from your recipe and loved them! I haven’t bought any larabars since. I like more nuts than dates – laras are just too sweet for me now! I’ve been anxious to try the new flavors, but your review just saved me the mucho bucks I would have dropped 🙂 I’m still curious about the carrot cake, though!
Me too! If you try it first, let me know!
Katie, I just tried the carrot cake larabar. It was horribly sweet. I think it might have been the pineapple that did it. Bleh. It needs more nuts 🙁
Thanks for telling me! Makes me glad I didn’t buy one!
I don’t buy larabars anymore because I agree that homemade ones taste sooo much better! I’m glad you reviewed the new flavors because I contemplated buying them yesterday. I’m gonna trust your judgement and stick to making my own! (It helps that making your own is so much cheaper, too!!)
Definitely make your own! Especially where the cookie dough ones are concerned. They really do taste… stale 🙁
Homemade certainly is always better! I’ve done several riffs on homemade larabars, my favorite was made with dried pears, dried mangos, and of course, chocolate! Your peanut butter version sounds wonderful, though; I’ll have to try that!
Haha thanks for the heads-up! I was wondering if I should try them, I heard they will be coming to canada this fall.
So far, my fave Larabar is their PB cookie. But since we always have cashews in our house, I like to do your Babies and Averie’s cookie dough balls 🙂
Aww you didn’t like em? 🙂 I actually haven’t tried any of them, but it was nice to read a perspective other than “AMAZING” like I’ve read on other blogs. I have a feeling I’ll end up liking the Larabars, but it’s also a good idea to make them at home, cause you can customize them to your tastes.
Hehehe many companies probably don’t like me… ’cause I definitely say what I TRULY think about a certain product, and that’s not always positive!
I’ve never tried my own Larabars..but homemade is ALWAYS better!!!! xx