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I probably ate a larabar every other day back in college because they’re so tasty and have so many delicious flavors. Recreating these at home was so fun because I got to test them a few different times and always have some on hand haha. They’re naturally sweetened from dates so they have no added sugar. I added a tiny bit of salt and vanilla to give them more of that cookie taste as well.

Recipe Tips:

This recipe is pretty straight forward but my biggest tip would be using the biggest food processor you can. I haven’t tested these in a blender but if you only have that option, I would recommend soaking the cashews and dates beforehand for a few hours to soften them up. That will allow them to blend easier.

Recipe Steps:

First, you’ll chop your dates and add them to a food processor

Pulse the dates until a nice paste like texture has formed. It shouldn’t take long, about 30 seconds.

Remove the dates from the food processor. Use a spatula to remove it from the food processor. Add the cashews in next.

Pulse the cashews for about 30 seconds, until they’re chopped up.

Add the cashews into a bowl with the dates then add the rest of the ingredients. Mix together well with a spatula until a batter forms. Press into a pan lined with parchment paper and place in the freezer for 1 hour.

Remove from the freezer and slice into about 8 bars.

Store in the fridge or the freezer! Hope you enjoy this copycat cashew cookie larabar recipe as much as we have over here.

Other Meal Prep Breakfast Options:

Healthy Meal Prep Breakfast

Vanilla Blueberry Oatmeal Cups

Paleo Chocolate Donuts

Copycat Cashew Cookie Larabar

These copycat cashew cookie larabars are paleo, gluten free, whole30 approved, vegan, and no bake. The perfect whole30 breakfast or snack to have on hand. #paleo #whole30recipes #whole30breakfast #veganbreakfast

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Ingredients

15 Medjool Dates (pitted) 

1 cup cashews
1/4 cup cashew butter 
1 tsp vanilla 
1/4 tsp sea salt

Method

1- in a food processor, add the chopped and pitted dates and blend together until they form a paste. Remove and put into a mixing bowl.
2- add the cashews and mix until they’re finely chopped. Add in with the mashed dates
3- add the cashew butter, vanilla, and sea salt into the bowl as well
4- mix together well with a spatula
5- line a brownie pan (any size works, just depends on how think you want the bars. I used an 8×8 square) with parchment paper
6- take the batter and press it into the pan, use your hands to even it out across the pan
7- place in the freezer 1 hour
8- remove and slice
9- you can store in the fridge or freezer. In the freezer they last longer!

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The best part about these paleo protein bites? They’re soooo customizable! You can use any kind of protein powder you want to change the flavor. I used chocolate protein powder in these but you could use vanilla, strawberry, seriously anything. Also you can use any nut butter you want. If you’re paleo, use almond butter, cashew butter, or pecan butter.

For this recipe- you need a sweet potato that’s already cooked. You can either prep it before by baking it. If you go that method- bake at 400F for 45 minutes. If you need a faster method- microwave it! Most microwaves have a potato setting so just turn that on and pop the sweet potato in. You’ll want to make sure you poke holes in it with a fork beforehand so it doesn’t explode though haha.

These little bites are ready in only 18 minutes. Seriously- such a a quick and easy option. If you want other easy, healthy, paleo recipes- check out my easy paleo waffles, easy chipotle turkey burgers, or easy paleo taco stuffed sweet potatoes.

I topped these paleo protein bites with cashew butter and dairy free chocolate chips which gave them the best flavor. You won’t be able to stop eating them- I made a batch of 14 on Sunday and by Monday afternoon, we only had 1 left haha. Luckily they’re easy enough to make again and don’t require crazy ingredients! My favorite kind of recipes

Hope you all are having a great start to your week!

Paleo Protein Bites

These easy, healthy paleo protein bites are so simple to make with only 6 ingredients!

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Ingredients

2 eggs

1/2 cup mashed sweet potato (cooked)

1/2 mashed banana

1/4 cup almond butter

1 tsp cinnamon

2 scoops protein powder

Method

1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. In a bowl- whisk two eggs. Add in 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato that’s cooked. You can either bake it in the oven beforehand (400F for 45 minutes) or microwave it.
3. Add in 1/2 mashed banana, cinnamon, almond butter, and protein powder.
4. Use whatever flavor protein powder you want. I used this Chocolate Collagen Protein that is so so delicious.
5. Blend all ingredients with a hand mixer of immersion blender
6. Spray a mini cupcake pan with nonstick spray.
7. Add scoops of the batter into the pan
8. Makes 12-14 mini cupcakes
9. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
10. Remove and top with whatever you want! I used cashew butter and dairy free chocolate chips.

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It’s one of those sneaky food items that has lots of added sugar without you even thinking about it. Luckily though you can make these BBQ cauliflower bites with any sauce you want- as little or as much sugar as you want

For this recipe, I used almond flour and almond milk to keep them gluten free and mostly dairy free (I did use ghee). I prefer almond milk to dairy milk because for me personally, large amounts of dairy can make my stomach hurt. And I knew I’d want to eat large amounts of these haha. So almond milk it was

I mixed almond flour, garlic, paprika, cumin, ghee, coconut aminos. and almond milk together. Then I chopped my cauliflower and coated the cauliflower in the mixture. I tried to make sure each piece was pretty evenly coated. This is the ‘breading’ part of the bites.

It looks disgusting haha. But you can see I got each piece coated pretty evenly. Then I lined a baking sheet with parchment paper and put the cauliflower on it. I baked for 20 minutes to get the breading nice and crispy on the cauliflower.

After the 20 minutes, I took the cauliflower out and brushed it with BBQ sauce. I used Annie’s organic BBQ sauce (find my other recipe with it here- BBQ stuffed sweet potatoes yummmm). It’s not sugar free but it’s relatively low in sugar!

Put the cauliflower back in the oven for 25 more minutes- I took them out after 10 minutes to move them around. I wanted mine to be really crispy though so you could get away with baking them less.

Served here with carrots, onions, and mashed avocado! We hate ranch over here so there was no way I was ruining these delicious bbq cauliflower bites with that nasty stuff haha. Jk- not to offend all of the rand diehards out there. They’re great with whatever dipping sauce you prefer

Perfect healthy super bowl snack or snack for any party! Hope you enjoy

BBQ Cauliflower Bites

These healthy, gluten free bbq cauliflower bites are so tasty and easy to make!

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Ingredients

1 Head of cauliflower

1 cup BBQ Sauce

1 cup almond flour

1 cup almond milk

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp cumin

2 tbsp ghee

1 tbsp coconut aminos

Method

1. Preheat oven to 450F
2. Chop cauliflower into florets
3. In a bowl, mix together: almond flour, almond milk, cumin, paprika, garlic powder, melted ghee, and coconut aminos.
4. Add in the cauliflower and make sure each piece is coated well.
5. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add the cauliflower onto it.
6. Bake for 20 minutes, remove, and brush on bbq sauce making sure to coat each piece evenly.
7. I wanted mine really crispy so I baked for 25 more minutes, flipping them halfway through.
8. Serve with whatever you’d like!

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