Recipes and Cooking Healthy Energy Bars 3.0 (2) 2 Reviews Who needs store-bought granola bars? These nutty, naturally-sweetened bites will fuel you up without the sugar crash and require just 20 minutes of prep. By Tracy Benjamin Tracy Benjamin Website Tracy Benjamin is a food writer, stylist, photographer, and recipe developer based in California's San Francisco Bay Area. She created the award-winning blog Shutterbean, chronicling her recipes and features as well as inspiring her readers to find joy and purpose in every dish. Tracy is also a food stylist and lifestyle and food photographer, having worked with national, regional, and local publications, including Better Homes & Gardens and The Kitchn. She has written for the Williams Sonoma blog, too. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on June 28, 2018 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Tracy Benjamin Hands On Time: 20 mins Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Servings: 16 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 1 ½ cup cashews ¼ cup regular rolled oats 6 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped 2 tablespoon maple syrup 1 tablespoon instant espresso coffee powder ¼ teaspoon sea salt ½ cup chopped toasted walnuts ⅓ cup chopped bittersweet chocolate Directions In a food processor process cashews and oats 30 seconds or until chopped. Add dates, maple syrup, espresso powder, and salt; process 30 seconds or until mixture resembles cookie dough. Add walnuts and chocolate; process 20 seconds or until combined. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment, extending over two sides of pan. Place oat mixture in pan; top with another piece of parchment. Press evenly into pan. Remove parchment from top of bars. Cover with plastic; freeze 4 hours. Using parchment, lift out of pan. Cut into 2-inch bars. Tips In an airtight container, refrigerate up to 5 days or freeze up to 2 months. Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 138 Calories 9g Fat 15g Carbs 3g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 16 Calories 138 % Daily Value * Total Fat 9g 12% Saturated Fat 2g 10% Sodium 37mg 2% Total Carbohydrate 15g 5% Total Sugars 10g Protein 3g Vitamin C 0.1mg 1% Calcium 18mg 1% Iron 1.2mg 7% Potassium 185mg 4% Folate, total 7.6mcg Vitamin B-6 0.1mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.