Date Bar Recipes

[surgtech1956]

I'm looking for a recipe for date bars. Thank you

[shootingstar]

Would be great if it was a recipe that didn't require much sugar too.

[spokewench]

Haven't tried the recipe, but looked one up on Whole Foods - no sugar; just look up date bars no sugar and the recipe should come up for you.

I am always looking for new recipes on the internet. It is a great source.

[indysteel]

This may not be exactly what you have in mind, but you might look up the various recipes for Larabars. They are primarily sweetened with dates and are gluten free and vegan. There's often very little to them but dates and nuts. Throw in the other "flavor," e.g., cherries, lemon, coconut, etc., and you basically have a pretty tasty bar, without the butter and sugar that a lot of recipes call for. Or you can just buy Larabars. I wait until they're on sale; 10 for $10 at my local Kroger. Since dates and nuts aren't cheap, I don't know that I could make that at home for much less than that.

[GLC1968]

Here is one from Elena's Pantry that I saved to try at some point. I like that it's vanilla as I can't handle chocolate when exercising and I typically use date bars for bike or hike food.

http://www.elanaspantry.com/page/3/

I also just realized that it's a fig bar...not a date bar. Sorry! Maybe you'll like it anyway (or maybe dates can sub for figs?).

[Chile Pepper]

These look good, and I generally trust David Lebovitz's recipes (although this isn't his original recipe, but he did post it on his site).

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2011/12/date-bars-recipe/