
I have to admit, I don’t love all Lara bars. The only one I love is the coconut cream pie and so I was trying to come up with a homemade version. I definitely failed in that attempt. So, I ask you readers-what did I do wrong? I’ve posted the recipe below, please give me your suggestions! Do you have a recipe for the coconut cream pie Lara bars? Do you know what ingredient brought down my dish? In the meantime, I think I’m going to stick to eating dates by themselves.

Date cookies
adapted from Pea Soup Eats
1/2 cup coconut, toasted
1 cup dates, remove seeds and quarter
1 teaspoon coconut oil
1/8 cup chia seeds
2 Tablespoon cocoa powder
1/4 cup whole raw pistachios
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 and toast the coconut for 5-10 minutes. Pulse the dates in the food processor until it becomes a ball. Add the coconut oil, chia seeds, cocoa powder, pistachios, toasted coconut and vanilla extract. Pulse until combined.
Turn the ball out onto waxed paper. Cover with another sheet of waxed paper and roll until flattened. Cut out cookies the size and shape you’d like. Wrap each cookie in waxed paper and chill for a few hours.
Cals (per cookie for 30 cookies): Cals: 31, Fat: 1, Carb: 5, Fiber: 1, Protein: 1