Just like a Larabar, but cheaper 🙂 I was craving some sort of nut/fruit bar the other day but didn’t have any, so I decided to bust out my new food processor and make some of my own! Thank goodness I don’t have to cover my ears anymore. At least not as much 😉
These Peanut Cinnamon Date Balls make a delicious, nutritious, and super quick and easy snack. They're portable, and ready in mere minutes.
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Yield
makes 6 balls (3 servings)
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Ingredients:
3/4 C pitted dried dates
1/2 C peanuts
1 Tbsp. oats
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. water (to help them stick)
Instructions:
Just toss it all into a food processor until ground/mixed, then form it into balls. Super easy!
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Nutritious, delicious, portable, and ready in mere minutes. Now that’s my kind of snack.Enjoy! And no, I don’t know the nutritional stats. But if any of you want to calculate them for me, please let me know and I’ll add them in 🙂Also, look what arrived in the mail yesterday — my new business cards!!!Love! They are shiny/glossy in person, too. So cute I kind of want to keep them all to myself 😉 Thanks again to Bailey, my graphic designer!I’m off to take both of my tests, gah! I spent the morning on the elliptical studying again so I think I should be good to go. I’ll be back with a fun post tomorrow about my afternoon today! After our tests, my Food Service Management group will be sticking around the kitchen at the UNC hospitals to make our Mexican Black Bean Burgers. I think some of their staff will be taste testing them with the possibility of actually selling them at their retail stores — cool! We’ll see how it goes 🙂 (For more details about this class project, check out this post.)
Good luck on your test. I absolutely love your business cards. I am anxious to know how many carbs are in those wonderful looking Peanut Cinnamon Date balls. Being a diabetic, I have to count carbs. I know that stuffed dates are high in carbs, but these could be ok for me for a mid morning or afternoon snack by themselves. They look great.
I love making homemade larabars. I have done a few flavors, love it with cocoa too! They are great to grab from the freezer. Business cards are awesome.
Super cute business cards- great, catching design! Good luck on exams!
DHP
Those look awesome -- the balls and the cards! Well done, good luck on the exams, and pls list the link to the wonderful post you did on the girl from your high school who was mean and then confessed years later...
Ditto on the awesomeness! I was thinking of making something like this for Valentine's day! Like a healthier truffle...maybe dipped in some dark chocolate and rolled in the shredded coconut! Yum! Thanks for sharing!
Your business cards look great!
What kind of dates are those? I'm curious if I can use Deglet Noors instead of Medjools (which are a little easier on my wallet from the bulk section of Whole Foods) :)
Love the business cards! And thanks for showing how easy it is to make "lara balls" - I definitely need to do it!
Ashley K
I have the same blender/food processor combo! However, mine has always been WAAAAY loud and I need to cover my ears when I use it. I need to contact Cuisinart...
Kris S
Love your snazzy cuisinart food processor! PS, way to have pop up ads.......
Thanks so much for posting this recipe! For months I've been toying with the idea of making my own Larabars. Because the ingredients are so simple, I knew it would be super easy. Thing is... I'm just kind of..... lazy. Now that you've made them, I'll need to do it, too! Maybe add some dried cherries, cranberries or chocolate chios, if I'm feeling nasty.
according to Caloriecount.com the nutrition facts for the date balls per serving according to your serving size are;
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 72 g
Amount Per Serving (2 balls)
Calories 270Calories from Fat 110
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.3g19%
Saturated Fat 1.7g8%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg0%
Sodium 5mg0%
Total Carbohydrates 38.6g13%
Dietary Fiber 5.9g24%
Sugars 29.2g
Protein 7.6g
Vitamin A 0% - Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 4% - Iron 9%
Nutrition Grade B+
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
3/4 c pitted dried dates (view)
1/2 c peanuts (view)
1 tbsp. oats (view)
1/4 tsp. cinnamon (view)
1 tsp. water (view)
Renie
Thank you Shelly, this is most helpful. Yeah, I can eat them. Looks delish.
I was craving some sort of nut/fruit bar the other day but didn’t have any, so I decided to bust out my new food processor and make some of my own!
Thank goodness I don’t have to cover my ears anymore. At least not as much 😉
Enjoy! And no, I don’t know the nutritional stats. But if any of you want to calculate them for me, please let me know and I’ll add them in 🙂
Also, look what arrived in the mail yesterday — my new business cards!!!
Love! They are shiny/glossy in person, too.
So cute I kind of want to keep them all to myself 😉 Thanks again to Bailey, my graphic designer!
I’m off to take both of my tests, gah! I spent the morning on the elliptical studying again so I think I should be good to go.
I’ll be back with a fun post tomorrow about my afternoon today! After our tests, my Food Service Management group will be sticking around the kitchen at the UNC hospitals to make our Mexican Black Bean Burgers. I think some of their staff will be taste testing them with the possibility of actually selling them at their retail stores — cool! We’ll see how it goes 🙂 (For more details about this class project, check out this post.)
I was craving some sort of nut/fruit bar the other day but didn’t have any, so I decided to bust out my new food processor and make some of my own!
Thank goodness I don’t have to cover my ears anymore. At least not as much 😉
Enjoy! And no, I don’t know the nutritional stats. But if any of you want to calculate them for me, please let me know and I’ll add them in 🙂
Also, look what arrived in the mail yesterday — my new business cards!!!
Love! They are shiny/glossy in person, too.
So cute I kind of want to keep them all to myself 😉 Thanks again to Bailey, my graphic designer!
I’m off to take both of my tests, gah! I spent the morning on the elliptical studying again so I think I should be good to go.
I’ll be back with a fun post tomorrow about my afternoon today! After our tests, my Food Service Management group will be sticking around the kitchen at the UNC hospitals to make our Mexican Black Bean Burgers. I think some of their staff will be taste testing them with the possibility of actually selling them at their retail stores — cool! We’ll see how it goes 🙂 (For more details about this class project, check out this post.)
