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Spiced Acai Energy Bars

Power packed, easy to digest, steady energy for your workout!

Gluten free raw vegan energy bar recipe: Sample recipe from Thrive Foods cookbook by vegan tri-athlete Brendan Brazier, review by Zoë Keeland.

It costs about $6 to make this energy bar recipe, which yields 8 bars - that’s 75 cents per bar. You can’t buy an energy bar nearly as good, for 4 times the price.

Total Prep & Cook Time: 60 Min

Yield: 10 Bars

Nutrition Data, 33g Serving: 121 cal, cal from fat 55, 10g sugars, 15g carb, 7g fat, 1mg sodium, 4g fiber, 3g protein, low cholesterol, good source Vit E. Estimated glycemic load 6

Ingredients:

3/4 cup raw almonds
3/4 cup pitted medjool dates
3 Tbsp acai powder
2 Tbsp raisins
1/4 cup dried apricots
1 Tbsp chia seeds
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Optional: tiny pinch of salt

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients together in a food processor just until dough has formed (allowing some almonds to remain coarsely chopped)
Place a sheet of plastic wrap on a cutting board and spill the dough out on top
Use your hands to press and form it into a 1-inch thick rectangle
Cover the rectangle of dough with plastic wrap and place it in the freezer for 30 minutes, then cut into 8-10 bars
These are best eaten cold, since they're stickier when they're warm

Cooking Tips:

The energy bars are ridiculously easy to make, as long as you have a food processor. You can store them in the freezer and they are chewy right away – no thaw time.

I could tell the dough was ready when it started clumping in the food processor. It stuck together, but was dry enough to dump out easily.

I shaped the dough into a brick and sliced it like a loaf.

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