Comments on: Make Your Own Primal Energy Bars in 10 Easy Steps

By: em grace

em grace — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:36:15 +0000

i made these today and cut them into tiny little squares which was plenty! as for the coconut, you can’t taste it at all!!

i would love to know more about what to do with pumpkin…. it’s my fave and don’t really know how to do anything paleo with it!! (i will probably search pumpkin on this right now and come up with 18 things…!) love the site!

By: livesimply

livesimply — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:05:48 +0000

Question: Since I do not like coconut (wish I did) what do you think would be the best substitute for that in this recipe in terms of consistency–more nuts, flax meal, or something else? Thanks–this looks wonderful. Reminds me a little of Larabars (TM), my favorite store-bought bar.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:05:56 +0000

Soaking the nuts in pure water for at least overnight or longer makes them more digestible. The almonds will even sprout a tiny bit. Then soak the almonds in hot water to loosen the skins. The skins have phytic acid which lessens the absorption of B-vitamins. This is more work but imo worth it. I agree with skipping the microwave and using a low heat burner on the range to melt the oil and nut butter. I always double the recipe. Once I used Butter Buds for the binder but wasn’t overjoyed with the resultant texture.

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:42:12 +0000

While I know dessert is sort of frowned upon by the primal diet, these broken into little bits make GREAT dessert.

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By: Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:15:08 +0000

sorry, should read hemp hearts.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:14:21 +0000

I have made this recipe twice now. The 2nd time I was smarter and used my cuisinart to do the whole process. I just put all of the ingredients into the cuisinart and pulsed until the mixture held togather. I then take the mixture out and dump into a bowl and shape the mixture into small bite size balls. I am now supplying my massage therapists with these delightful morsels and they love them. I made a few changes to the recipe. I added 1/3 cup of hemp herts for protein, 1/3 cup milk poweder, increased almond butter to 1/2 cup of cashew/almond butter, eliminated the coconut oil, added a little more honey, added 1/2cup grd flax seed.

By: Oleg

Oleg — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:42:38 +0000

After years of making homemade granola bars I saw this one. It is the best one yet. Especially like the ‘no bake’ aspect. Next time I will double the recipe.