Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Natural Delights Medjool Dates. I am teaming up with the company this week and hope you guys enjoy the recipe below!
This week I teamed up with Natural Delights Medjool Dates to come up with a recipe for a delicious grab-n-go snack.
Tropical energy bars!
I combined coconut (I can never have enough coconut!), sweet mango and flavorful pineapple to make a simple, no-bake energy bar that you can throw together in no time at all.
I figured this batch of bars would last for a few days in our house, but after two days they miraculously vanished! I suppose that’s a good sign, right!?
Tropical Energy Bars
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Tropical Energy Bars
- Prep Time: 5 - 60 minutes
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 9 Large Squares 1x
- Category: dessert, recipes
- Cuisine: dessert
Description
When I make healthy snacks myself, I know the food I’m consuming is doing something good for my body and will help me feel energetic for much longer than the cookies or crackers that always seem to be available.
Ingredients
- 15 dates, pits removed
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut (coconut shavings, chips or shredded coconut will work)
- 1/2 cup dried mango, chopped
- 1/2 cup dried pineapple, chopped
Instructions
- Place all ingredients except for 1/2 cup of the coconut into a large food processor
- Pulse ingredients a few times, stirring if the dates begin to clump together
- Process until ingredients begin to form a large ball of “dough” (Stir if necessary but continue to process until thick dough forms)
- Line an 8×8 baking dish with plastic wrap
- Sprinkle remaining coconut onto plastic wrap
- Press large ball of dough into dish, shaping it into a large square
- Cover and chill for an hour or overnight
- Cut into squares, flip over and enjoy
I hope these help to satisfy your snack time cravings!
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these sound GREAT. I can NOT wait to try them out.
Hope you love them!!
Mhmm these look great! I actually haven’t experimented too much with dates, but I bet they bring a great natural sweetness to the bars along with the other fruit! I’ve only made energy bars with some sort of oat/nut butter in the past, so these are a fun change up!
Great recipe!
I love to make my own energy bars, balls and bites. Dates are an awesome ingredient, I can’t wait to try these. Perfect for summer!
This sounds great!
i love anything and everything with dates – they’re like candy!!
These sound so delicious! I am definitely going to try these out at some point.
Love this!! I need to get my hands on some dates, I’ve been dying to create a recipe with them.
Love date balls and bars! I always use Natural Delights dates. Can’t wait to give this combo a try! Perfect for summer!
YUM!!!! I need to try these!!! Do you think raisins could be added?
Definitely!
Oh my gosh, you had me at the title! These sound delicious!
Haha I do that too! Open fridge – please miraculously provide me with a grab and go delight!
These bars look great for on the go snackage! I love dates and any kind of date, nut energy number 🙂
These energy bars look fantastic! They kind of remind of Larabars, which I just so happen to love! 🙂
OH MAN!! I love dates! My favorite way to have them is just pitted with a small dollop of peanut butter inside. It’s so easy and delicious! But I do also love to make energy bars or bites with them too…especially raw brownies… 😉
Dates and peanut butter = Amazing!
Love these!!! You really can’t beat Medjool dates!
This is going to sound crazy but I don’t know that I’ve ever had a date! I really want to try them now!
I agree, Julie. I always feel better after nutritious snacks too. I love dates and coconut – can’t wait to try your recipe!
I love making date bars. You should try adding half dates and half figs as a base. It is so good!
That sounds fabulous!
These look delicious! A healthy yet satisfying and filling snack!
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These look great! I love all of the tropical flavors you put in. I am with you, I feel so much better if I have healthy, homemade snacks on hand.
Coconut + mangos + pineapple?! That’s the next best thing to actually being in the Caribbean on the beach 🙂
Those look so good!! Such a great snack to make and save for later!
I love dates — especially when they’re stuffed with almond butter. These bars look delicious — like a homemade Larabar. Yum!
Thanks, Julie! These look amazing! I’m thinking of making these for a bro-sis Rocky Mntn hiking trip I have coming up in June. Do you think they’d hold up in the heat or are these better off room temp or in the fridge?
I’d worry about them in the heat. I store them in the fridge but they’ve been totally fine in a ziplock baggie in the break room as well. I think they might be too gooey in the heat though.
Great, good to know! I can keep them back in our hotel room (fridge) for a post-hike snack 😉
These look delicious. I always am on the look out for new healthy energy bar recipes! Great for on the go healthy eating.
I turn to granola and energy bars a lot. I’d like to try baking more of my own to stay away from eating as many processed foods. These sound great for summertime too with the pineapple!
I love baking with dates! They are such an awesome natural sweetener. I can’t wait to try these!
I have recently started a new-found obsession with dates. My favorite are the pitted ones with an almond in the middle, in fact I eat them at night when I need something sweet. These bars look fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Yum!!! I love anything with coconut so these sound amazing!
These look fantastic! I really love incorporating dates into a chocolate type bar, but this more fruity twist looks stellar. Can’t wait to try!
Mmmmmmm!!!!
These sound so good! I love tropical mixes especially in the warmer months.
yum! these look delicious 🙂 love date based bars!
These looks yummy! I haven’t cooked with dates before. Definitely on my to-do list.
i make similar bars and add chia seeds to them. so quick and easy, love it!
These are making my mouth water! I’m totally with you on homemade snacks. I try to make a batch of something on Sundays for the week. I’m definitely going to try these.
where can you buy the dates? I’ve never had them before! I am so curious!! 🙂
These look so delicious! I love anything with coconut!
Does anybody have any recommendations on what to substitute in for the walnuts? I’m mildly allergic and can’t do nuts (or some seeds, for that matter, ie: sunflower seeds). Thanks!
Is it weird that I’ve never had a date? I see recipes like this all the time, but am too scared to try them!
They’re delicious! I would say they’re most similar in taste to a raisin but I like them even more. 🙂
You always create the best bar recipes (huge lover of your no-bake granola bars)! Can’t wait to try these too!
These look and sound so wonderful. Love the Medjool dates. Do you have any nutritional info such as calories and carbs. I’m diabetic and have to watch my diet. Would love to have some of these to have when my sugar is down too.
Tropical flavors and no bake?? Sounds like a winner in my book!
These look so yummy! I’ve never tried putting dates into a recipe… I’ll have to try this!
Look delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
I love dates and I can’t wait to make these!!
I love coconut, you’re right you can never have too much 🙂
These look yum but reeeeeally high in sugar! Yikes!
So mine came out a little different I ended up rolling mine into balls and coating with coconut. I love them and can’t wait to make more.
looks great, and simple to make. Sweet =p