Energy bars?

[la_sherazade]

Could I make some kind of homemade energy bar from the following ingredients that I happen to have on hand?

oats
raisins
golden raisins
dates
cocoa
peanut butter
walnuts
cashews
dried cranberries
coconut flakes

I saw Chocolate and Zucchini's post about making homemade Larabars, but I don't have *quite* the right ingredients. Any ideas, folks? Or

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[queenbarbee]

Check out these recipes - I saw them on Good Eats and they looked great:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/good-eats/power-trip/index.html

[la_sherazade]

They do look good, but I'm missing many of the ingredients. :( I have to make do with what I have on hand, we don't have any more money until Tuesday.

[la_sherazade]

I think they are chopped dates.

I'm looking for something kind of like a health bar, something that doesn't need any extra sweeteners, and is easy to eat one by one with no mess.

I'm starting to think I may just do biscotti, but I would like to find a way to use up the dates without making actual cookies...

[webms]

I've been looking into something like this for when I'm out of the house and don't have ready access to snacks, I looked at the bars for sale out there but they all seem to have too much sugar/too little fiber or funky ingredients like sugar alcohols and root powers. If I find something I'll definitely share the recipe!

[la_sherazade]

Yes, exactly, I don't want to add sugar or protein powder or anything like that. Maybe I will experiment, I don't know... I'll let you know if I do.

[webms]

Let me know how it works for you. Some of the recipes below should use all your ingredients, and I think I recall you said you now have powdered milk too.

[webms]

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/FRUIT-OATMEAL-BREAKFAST-BARS-1260399

This looks like it could be modified to work with your ingredients.

This calls for bananas which you may not have, but I like that it has dry milk to add calcium/protein
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1625,159161-237198,00.html

This one might use your ingredients but I don't know about the sugar content. Sweetened condensed milk sounds a little too sugary

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16301678