Chocolate Date Bars

I know I'm the last person to find out about fads, but this is too good not to share, even if it's old news.

Chocolate Date Bars

1/2 c. oats

2 T cocoa powder

8 large pitted dates

1/2 c shredded coconut

3/4 c cashews

Put everything in a dry vitamix blender and push it down with the mixer.

Dump out and press together in a pan on wax paper, and refrigerate.

Cut into squares.

Dates are great because they make a gooey but not sticky consistency and add a perfect amount of sweetness. Costco was having samples of their newest "date bars" with no sugar added and healthy this and that. This is bizarre and morbid, but a friend of mine once told me that after people die they are preserved for a Long time because of all the preservatives we eat. It was a very picturesque way to make me aware of all the preservatives we eat, and if there's something I can do to cut down on them, I sometimes do. Convenience is always nice in our world, but homemade is ALWAYS better.

This is a mixture of different recipes I found on pinterest, and the combination I like best. I've also started putting dates in our smoothies and love it!!!

Happy Snacking!

Date Benefits...

Iron for your blood, fiber for roughage, vitamin A for your eyes, potassium for your heart, B-vitamins, tannins - these are just a few of the many nutrients in dates, making them one of the healthiest foods in the world. They have a noble history that healers have used through centuries for many of the same properties they're used for today.