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Dehydrator Free Raw Vegan Energy Bars

This article was syndicated from Choosing Raw.

For a good while now, I’ve been meaning to create a homemade raw, vegan energy bar. My primary motivation is economic: this is going to be a lean autumn, and I can no longer afford to drop $$ on Larabars and Lydia’s buckwheat bars (even though I love them both, and would buy them by the bushel if I could afford to). Another motive is culinary: I like challenging myself to new things in the kitchen, and I’ve never really tried a bar recipe before, raw or cooked! My main motive, though, is the simple fact that I’m a tough customer. I have various dissatisfactions with most of the raw/vegan snack bars I’ve purchased–even ones that I like. Lydias, are heavenly, but they’re outrageously expensive. Larabars taste incredible, and I love munching on them along with a salad or other meal components, but they seem to offer me very little in the satiety department. Raw Revolution bars are great, and they’re calorically dense enough to keep me full, but I find them (and Larabars, for that matter) to be a little sugary.  Sigh. I know I’m a tough critic, but couldn’t someone give me a bar that’s inexpensive, tasty, not too sweet, and also filling? Last week, when it occurred to me that I might create such a snack for myself, I set out to make my first raw snack bar. For a first try, it was a winner! It isn’t perfect, and I imagine it’ll go through some tweaks in the coming months, but it’s super easy, pre[...]

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