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3 Ingredient Healthy Energy Bars

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3 Ingredient Healthy Energy Bars – these delicious energy bars are simple to make, require no cooking and no fuss. Just pulse, refrigerate and enjoy.

3 Ingredient Healthy Energy Bars - these delicious energy bars are simple to make, require no cooking and no fuss. Just pulse, refrigerate and enjoy.

You know I love recipes that require 5 ingredients or less, so I’m super happy to share a simple and healthy recipe for energy bars, and all it takes are 3 simple ingredients.

While some of my favorite ingredients are bacon, Nutella, and butter, and although I always say bacon makes everything better, sometimes we just have to try something else. But I am a huge fan of these kind of fruit bars and the beauty of this recipe is that you can really substitute any dried fruit or nut that you want. Some great substitutions would be pecans instead of peanuts, or macadamia nuts, raisins instead of apricots, or cranberries, or whatever dried fruit you fancy. In the end you will end up with these amazing bars that are the perfect snack.

Ingredients

  • Peanuts – Preferably unsalted. Feel free to use other nuts such as almonds, pecans, etc.
  • Dates – Dried dates that is. They’re so good for us, full of antioxidants, can reduce blood pressure, food for blood sugar balance and they contain a brain booster. Why wouldn’t we eat these?
  • Apricots – We need dried apricots. These are also good for us, they help build up our immune system!

How To Make Energy Bars

  1. Place the nuts, dates and apricots in a food processor. Pulse a few times just to break them up. Separate the dates if they start to clump together.
  2. Scrape the edges of the bowl as needed and continue processing for another 1-2 minutes, until the ingredients clump together and gather into a ball.
  3. Lay a piece of parchment paper on your work surface about the size of a baking sheet. Press the dough with your hands until it forms a thick square, roughly 8″ x 8″ in size. I found it easy to roll it with a rolling pin to get it nice and smooth. Wrap it with plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour or overnight.
  4. Unwrap the chilled power bar dough and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 8 large bars or 16 small squares, as desired. Wrap each bar in plastic wrap or wax paper.
a stack of energy bars on a white plate

Other Healthy Snacks To Try:

  • Berry Yogurt Bark
  • Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms
  • Baba Ganoush
  • Pumpkin Zucchini Muffins
  • Cheesy Cauliflower Tots
  • Eggplant Dip
  • Acai Bowl
  • Cucumber Sandwich Bites

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3 Ingredient Healthy Energy Bars

Prep 10 minutes minutes
Cook 0 minutes minutes
Total 10 minutes minutes
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3 Ingredient Healthy Energy Bars – these delicious energy bars are simple to make, require no cooking and no fuss. Just pulse, refrigerate and enjoy.
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanuts
  • 1 cup dates (pitted)
  • 1 cup dried apricots

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Instructions 

  • Place the nuts, dates and apricots in a food processor. Pulse a few times just to break them up. Separate the dates if they start to clump together.
  • Scrape the edges of the bowl as needed and continue processing for another 1-2 minutes, until the ingredients clump together and gather into a ball.
  • Lay a piece of parchment paper on your work surface about the size of a baking sheet. Press the dough with your hands until it forms a thick square, roughly 8″ x 8″ in size. I found it easy to roll it with a rolling pin to get it nice and smooth. Wrap it with plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour or overnight.
  • Unwrap the chilled power bar dough and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 8 large bars or 16 small squares, as desired. Wrap each bar in plastic wrap or wax paper.

Equipment

  • KitchenAid 7-cup Food Processor
  • Parchment Paper

Notes

  1. Bars can be stored in fridge for several weeks or freezer for up to 3 months.
  2. Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1pieceCalories: 98kcal (5%)Carbohydrates: 13g (4%)Protein: 3g (6%)Fat: 5g (8%)Saturated Fat: 1g (6%)Sodium: 3mgPotassium: 223mg (6%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 10g (11%)Vitamin A: 293IU (6%)Vitamin C: 1mg (1%)Calcium: 18mg (2%)Iron: 1mg (6%)
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Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

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Carolyn
Carolyn
Posted: 2 years ago

What would be an acceptable substitution for the apricots?

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Jo Cooks Team
Jo Cooks Team
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Posted: 2 years ago

You can use whatever you’d like! Dates, peaches, etc. Anything you want will work!

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Kathryn Neill
Kathryn Neill
Posted: 2 years ago

I am wondering if 98Kcal = 98,000 Calories. Is this correct? For one piece? Sounds deliious!

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Jo Cooks Team
Jo Cooks Team
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Posted: 2 years ago

Yes! You’re correct 🙂

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Minnie
Minnie
Posted: 3 years ago

Jo, nuts – salted or unsalted?

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Joanna Cismaru
Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 3 years ago

Unsalted!

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Debbi Herman
Debbi Herman
Posted: 3 years ago

5 stars
98 calories for the large bars 1 of 8 or small 1 of 16. Thank you.

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Jo Cooks Team
Jo Cooks Team
Reply to  Debbi Herman
Posted: 3 years ago

For the smaller bars.

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Louise
Louise
Posted: 3 years ago

You mention bacon how would you use this in the recipe?

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Joanna Cismaru
Joanna Cismaru
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Reply to  Louise
Posted: 3 years ago

Ha! I’d crumble it up and add it to the food processor to mix everything together.

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Hanna
Hanna
Posted: 6 years ago

do the peanuts need to be raw or roasted?

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Joanna Cismaru
Joanna Cismaru
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Reply to  Hanna
Posted: 6 years ago

Mine weren’t roasted, just raw dry peanuts.

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Michelle
Michelle
Posted: 6 years ago

5 stars
QuIck, easy, and delicious (I substituted the peanuts with pecans)

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Thalia @ butter and brioche
Thalia @ butter and brioche
Posted: 8 years ago

5 stars
Wow only three ingredients and healthy too?! These bars are definitely something I need to make!

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Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
Posted: 8 years ago

5 stars
How simple and they look amazingly good.

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