Easy Homemade Larabars Recipe (4 Favorite Flavors!)

These Homemade Larabars are an easy, healthy energy bar recipe made with real ingredients. Choose your adventure: Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Carrot Cake, or Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!

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• Are easy to make
• Save you money
• Can be batch made in advance
• Taste like store bought

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That’s the name of the game with these homemade Larabars. They’re decadent, packed with real ingredients, and come in the four most popular Larabar flavors: Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Carrot Cake, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!

I reverse engineered these Larabar copycats, using only the ingredients listed on the Larabar label to create these homemade versions. That means no added flavors or ingredients, no fluff – just simple ingredients for great energy bars. Let’s do this!

How to Make Homemade Larabars

Making homemade Larabars is as simple as blitzing the ingredients in a food processor until evenly mixed, forming into a rectangle, then cutting into bars. (I like to freeze the rectangle for 30 minutes before cutting to give the bars crisp edges!)

The recipes for each of our favorite four flavors are below, but they all generally follow this master Larabar recipe:

• 1 ½ cups dried fruit: In almost every bar, dates act as a natural sweetener and glue to hold everything together. Then we throw in more dried fruits for flavor (like apples, pineapple, cherries, and raisins!)
• 1 cup nuts: Larabars often use almonds, though walnuts and pecans go great in them too.

Apple Pie Larabars

Everything you love about apple pie – the wintery spices, raisins, and nuts – all packed into a tasty little bar! To make this apple pie flavor you’ll need:

• Dates: Medjool dates add natural sweetness and help glue our Larabars together.
• Raisins: Feel free to use dark or golden raisins here.
• Dried Apples: Wouldn’t be apple pie without the apples! Rather than using fresh apples, which would make these bars too watery (and less shelf stable), we’re going with dried. Find them online here.
• Almonds: Almonds are another ingredient commonly found in Larabars. They add a nice dose of crunch and healthy fats!
• Walnuts: With both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, these are more than just a tasty addition to the bars, they’re healthy too!
• Cinnamon: Gotta have the apple pie spice! Ground cinnamon plays the part perfectly (feel free to go wild and throw in ground nutmeg and cloves as well).

You’ll basically just throw all of your Apple Pie Larabar ingredients into a food processor and blitz until the nuts and apples are finely broken down and evenly combined.

These bars hold their shape well, but I still like to pop them in the freezer after forming them into a rectangle to make cutting them easier.

Cherry Pie Larabars

Next up, Cherry Pie. These win the award for “Shortest Ingredients List” – you’ll just need three!

• Dates: Medjool dates add natural sweetness and help glue our Larabars together.
• Dried Cherries: Dried cherries aren’t overly sweet, but bring all the flavor of cherry pie! Find them online here.
• Almonds: Add a little crunch and nutty flavor.

Throw all your Cherry Pie Larabar ingredients in a food processor and blitz to combine!

These bars are a bit more moist, so definitely pop them into the freezer after forming the dough into a rectangle to help make cutting easier.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Larabars

We switched up our a recipe a bit from the Larabars ingredients list, nixing the cashews and adding rolled oats for that perfect cookie dough flavor. I know you’re not supposed to have favorite children but…this one is mine!

• Dates: Medjool dates add natural sweetness and help glue our Larabars together.
• Chocolate Chips: I went with semi-sweet, though dark chocolate would be delicious (and vegan!)
• Rolled Oats: Rolled (aka old fashioned) oats add a nutty flavor and make these bars utterly addictive! In a pinch you could also use instant oats, though the texture might be different (steel cut oats will not work here).
• Salt: Salt brings out the flavors of the oats and chocolate, amplifying that cookie dough flavor!
• Vanilla: Finish it off with good quality vanilla extract.

To make these Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Larabars, blitz together all ingredients except the chocolate chips.

Once you have a well-combined dough, stir in the chocolate chips and form into a rectangle. Pop in the freezer for 30 minutes then cut into bars.

Carrot Cake Larabars

The ingredients list may be longer, but each plays a crucial role in creating these scrumptious Carrot Cake Larabars!

• Dates: Medjool dates add natural sweetness and help glue our Larabars together.
• Raisins: A carrot cake classic, these bring a deep sweetness reminiscent of the traditional cake!
• Dried Pineapple: Even more sweetness for our cake bars. If you have trouble finding them on, get them online here!
• Almonds: Throw almonds in for some crunch and substance.
• Walnuts: With both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, these are more than just a tasty addition to the bars, they’re healthy too!
• Unsweetened Shredded Coconut: Be sure to use unsweetened coconut here!
• Carrot: We’ll use fresh shredded carrots, meaning the shelf life of these bars will be less than with the other flavors.
• Cinnamon: Gotta have the spice! Ground cinnamon plays the part perfectly (feel free to go wild and throw in ground nutmeg and cloves as well).
• Coconut Oil: Tie it all together with a spoonful of extra virgin coconut oil.

Pack all those ingredients into a food processor and blitz until evenly combined.

These bars are the softest of all the flavors, so pop them in the freezer for at least 30 minutes before cutting into bars.

Easy Homemade Larabars Recipe

4.86 from 7 votes

Prep: 15 minutes minutes

Total: 5 minutes minutes

Author: Sarah Bond

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Servings: 6 bars per flavor

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These Homemade Larabars are an easy, healthy energy bar recipe made with real ingredients. Choose your adventure: Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Carrot Cake, or Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!

Ingredients

Apple Pie

• ▢ ½ cup dates about 5
• ▢ ¼ cup raisins 35 g
• ▢ 1 cup dried apples 115 g
• ▢ ¼ cup almonds 35 g
• ▢ ¼ cup walnuts 35 g
• ▢ ½ tsp cinnamon

Cherry pie

• ▢ ½ cup dates about 5
• ▢ 1 cup dried cherries 140 g
• ▢ ½ cup almonds 35 g

Cookie Dough

• ▢ ½ cup dates about 5
• ▢ ¼ tsp salt
• ▢ ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ ½ cup rolled oats 45 g
• ▢ ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 40 g

Carrot Cake

• ▢ ½ cup dates about 5
• ▢ ¼ cup raisins 35 g
• ▢ ¼ cup dried pineapple 35 g
• ▢ ¼ cup almonds 35 g
• ▢ ¼ cup walnuts 35 g
• ▢ ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut 25 g
• ▢ ¼ cup shredded carrot 25 g
• ▢ 1 tsp cinnamon
• ▢ 1 tsp coconut oil 5 mL

Instructions 

• Soak: Pick the flavor you're going to make. It's best if you soak the dates (and if your recipe has them, the raisins) in hot water for 30 minutes before using.
• Blitz: Add all the ingredients to a food processor (if making Cookie Dough bars, do not add chocolate chips yet). Blitz until the ingredients are finely broken down and evenly combined.
• Shape: Shape dough into a rectangle. It should be about ½ inch (1½ cm) thick. For best cutting results, transfer to a plate or cutting board and freeze for 30 minutes.
• Cut: Cut rectangle into bars. Wrap each bar in parchment or wax paper. Store in the fridge until ready to eat.

Tips & Tricks

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 to 3 weeks (the Carrot Cake Larabars have a shorter shelf life, and should be enjoyed within 1 week.)

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