Make your own Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Larabars at home with as little as five ingredients – ready to eat in just minutes.
Larabars are one of my go-to travel snacks. They taste delicious, they’re super convenient and, most importantly, they’re made with a handful of simple ingredients like dates, peanuts, cherries, cashews, etc.
Given my love of Larabars, when I saw these baking dates at a Middle Eastern grocery store recently I knew I had to pick them up. Homemade date paste is not difficult to make but if you can find baking dates online or at an international market, I highly recommend picking up a pack.
There are a million and one recipes you could make with date paste but I knew right away I wanted to try making homemade Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Larabars first. With all of the travel I’ve been doing lately, I’ve become quite smitten with these sweet, salty and chewy snack bars.
The entire recipe is just 5 simple ingredients and comes together in just minutes. We like to refrigerate them so that they can harden a bit before slicing.
But sometimes a certain toddler or two isn’t that patient and we eat them right away. And by eat them I mean take off all the chocolate chips first…
Once you get down this recipe you can mix and match the ingredients to create any number of flavors. Dried cherries and raw cashews are next on my list but the options are endless.
What are your favorite travel snacks?? I’m all ears.
No forks required.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
Ingredients
- 13 ounce package date paste store-bought or homemade
- 1 cup all-natural peanut butter salted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons chocolate chips
Instructions
- Place date paste, peanut butter, vanilla and salt in a high-speed food processor and pulse until smooth, adding 1-2 tablespoons of water if needed.
- When the mixture forms into one large ball, you know you’re ready to form the bars.
- Spray a 8 ½″ x 11″ baking dish with cooking spray. Remove the date and nut mixture from the food processor and press into a smooth, even layer in the dish.
- Press the chocolate chips evenly on to the top of the bars before refrigerating until chilled.
- Slice into 16 bars and store in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
Juliana
If i don’t have date paste, can i just start with real pitted dates? If so, what amount equates to the amout of date paste in your recipe? Equivalent? Or maybe 1.5 cups dates?
Liz DellaCroce
Yes exactly!!
Kbee36
Hi there! Do you think these would be just as good if you swapped the peanut butter for almond butter? Thanks!
Liz DellaCroce
Yes absolutely!
Marly
I think these homemade larabars are gonna rock my world!! :)
Liz DellaCroce
I think you’re right!
Joanne
How did you know I’m a larabar junkie?! Making them at home would save me so much money. Hmmm…I need to get on this.
Liz DellaCroce
haha I am SO a larabar junkie too!
Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog
I literally just discovered Larabars last month, and now I can’t get enough of them. Now you show homemade larabars? need need need to try!!
Liz DellaCroce
Aren’t Larabars the best?? You’ll love making homemade!
Leah
These look divine! I’m a sucker for Larabars, but an even bigger sucker for make-it-yourself recipes :) Can’t wait to try these!!
Liz DellaCroce
I am a sucker for them too!!
Dixya @ Food, Pleasure, and Health
i like when i have all the ingredients to make things! this looks divine.
Liz DellaCroce
Isn’t that the best?
Ishita
Liz looks yummy and right on time for travel
Elizabeth at Pineapples and Polka Dots
These look amazing! Thanks for sharing! I’ve never cooked with dates, but this might inspire me to try!
Liz DellaCroce
Let me know what you think!