Nuts and fruit. Which ever bar you choose, those are the ingredients to greatness. No sweeteners, fillers, supplements, flavorings or preservatives. How good is that? Just real food, nothing more.
I thought I would make my own but before I run out and buy a new food processor, i thought I would share the roundup of awesome sites that make these wonderful bars.
The husband, like most of the male humans I know, swear by the Power bars and other highly processed mechanical mixtures to give them "energy". Well lets take a look at what they have to offer.
Powerbar Triple Treat Energy :
Ingredients
CORN SYRUP, SOY CRISPS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, RICE FLOUR, ALKALIZED COCOA), CHOCOLATEY COATING (SUGAR, FRACTIONATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA, WHEY, NONFAT MILK, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR), WHOLE OATS, DRY ROASTED PEANUTS, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, INULIN (FROM CHICORY), NATURAL FLAVORS (CONTAINS PEANUT, MILK, SOY LECITHIN), RICE CRISPS (MILLED RICE, SUGAR, SALT, BARLEY MALT), SALTED PEANUT BUTTER, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, AND LESS THAN 2% OF PEANUT FLOUR, ALMOND BUTTER, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, MINERALS: CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, FERROUS FUMARATE (IRON), VITAMINS: ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), VITAMIN B6 HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1). CONTAINS ALMOND, MILK, PEANUT AND SOY INGREDIENTS. MADE ON EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO PROCESSES WHEAT.
Larabar Cherry Pie:
- Dates
- Almonds
- Unsweetened Cherries
- Dates
- Almonds
- Unsweetened Cherries
Word to those who are trying to lose weight while being primal: moderation. Even though they are fruit and nuts, dried fruit has a lot of natural, but concentrated sugars. Make them for the kids or bring them on a long hike.
Roundup:
- Cherry Pie: My fav larabar is cherrypie. This recipe from enlightened cooking looks like the one I am going to try first.
- Cashew Cookie: larabar – sweet salty snack, make them at home cost $9.50 for 14 bars. a cost of $0.67 per bar. save yourself around $1 per bar.
- Banana Bread: Homemade Banana Bread Larabars Learned how to dry a banana!
- Nuts About Chocolate .fitnessandspice.com has a nice bar with added chocolate
- Chili and Chocolate has recipes for Lemon Coconut Larabars and Chocolate Larabars (add a pinch of cyanne to the chocolate bar to make it with a mexican flair)
- Gracious Pantry has a recipe for Cherry Pecan Larabars I can't get enough cherries
- 8 Larabar recipes found on Livestrong
Try one or two and let me know which ones you like and any tweaks you have done. When I get my food processor, I'll post my own with step by step pics.
