After discovering how easy it is to make larabars at home I’ve been on the lookout for dried fruit at the local natural food store. This week I found a favorite, wild blueberries. Unsweetened wild blueberries that is. I couldn’t hold back my excitement.
I didn’t realise until I was writing this blog post that Larabar has a Blueberry muffin Larabar. They must have concluded the same thing I did, that cashews go better with blueberries than almonds. They need a milder flavored nut to bring out the taste.
I did soak my blueberries a little before using them. It makes the product a little more perishable, but the dried wild blueberries were so hard that I was worried that the flavor would be locked into the crunchy bites.
Recipe: Wild blueberries Larabar
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 1 cup medjool dates, pitted
- 2/3 cup dried wild blueberries, soaked for 1 hour
Instructions
- Place cashews in a food processor. Blend until nuts are small pieces.
- Pit dates. Process drained soaked blueberries and dates with cashew pieces pieces.
- Make a ball out of the larabar “dough”. Split “dough” into smaller balls. Shape balls into bars.
- Keep refrigerated
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Diet type: Vegan
Diet tags: Gluten free, Raw
These bars are naturally raw and gluten free and make a great snack or hiking food. Mariah of Pictures Pups and Pies also posted a recipe for Blueberry Larabar recipe last week.
I’m sorry if my posts have been straight to the point lately. I would love to share some of the developments in my life but I don’t want to jinx anything.
What’s your favorite dried fruit? I have some dried mango and papaya that I can’t convince myself to try yet.
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Well don’t those look good?? You have the best colored food, I do believe. I wish dates & cashews were cheaper, I’d love to try this recipe–could go raisins and almonds, but I feel like that would de-class the bars. And dried mango is delish! Trader Joe’s sells chili-covered dried mango that I bought on a whim and ended up loving. For dried fruit, though, I have to go old-school and stick with raisins as a favorite. Guess I’m just un-adventurous like that
Can I tell you a secret? I often “cut” my dates with raisins. It’s true. When I started making Oh She Glow’s Date Squares I couldn’t bring myself to spend that much money on a dessert for mixed company so the date filling was half raisins.
You should try the larabar with raisins and cinnamon. I bet it would be wonderful. If you do it, report back to me. If you don’t that will be my next experiment
Ohh, half and half=genius. I always look at it as all or nothing, and think raisins alone wouldn’t have the flavor needed. Experimenting with raisin larabars just got put on the top of my to-do list, I’ll definitely let you know the results!
I gave them a try this weekend! Just posted about it on my blog
oh yes, dried mango is where it’s at! love, love, love it! i’ve never been to a trader joe’s (we don’t have them up in canada) but chilli-covered mango? sounds so good!
i am loving your larabars.. i am tropical person.. so i can put mango in anything..:)
in cakes, yeat breads, or just about anything.. i am thinking i might like a mango nut bar like banana nut..
keep on posting!
Richa @http://hobbyandmore.blogspot.com/
Wow thanks for this!!! i just happened to find this recipe when i was browsing finding vegan and i saw it and i couldn’t click fast enough haha.. i’m going to have to see if i can find some dried blueberries now. thanks
How many bars should I expect to make from the “dough”?
Thanks for the recipe, I came up with my own larabars and was surprised to find them easy to make and delicious: medjool dates, pecans and cinnamon. I love dried fruit, by far my favorites are apricots, medjool dates and prunes. Good luck, I enjoy your blog very much, keep up the good work.
How perishable are the bars? Do they hold for a day? A week? I got all the ingredients at the store and I was going to whip up a batch to snack on for the week but now I am afraid they will go bad
I have kept mine in the fridge for several weeks no problem. They seem to do fine, they just tend to dehydrate a little in my fridge.
I made these Blueberry Larabars the other day. Loved them.
And mentioned them, and your blog, on mine the other day.
Thanks for the recipe and tips.
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Is it possible to use fresh blueberries instead of the sugar loaded dried ones?
I’m lucky enough to have a natural food market that sells unsweetened blueberries. I’ve never tried doing it with fresh blueberries. I would be concerned about the shelf life. If you have a dehydrator you should definitely try it. I’m certainly not an expert in dehydrating food yet.
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