Caveman Cookie: A Fruit and Nut Bar
Dates look like roaches.
Just admit it. I won’t think any less of you. I’m the one who stated it in the first place.
But dates are my sweetener of choice lately.
Because dates mixed with a little cocoa and a handful of walnuts make something incredibly stupendous to sink your teeth into.
And yet again I find myself having to practice the art of sharing. Why do I torture myself and make my family food they will like? They just eat it!
The nerve.
Caveman Cookie (named by The Engineer)
(I want to call them Eve Delights or something sweet like that.)
Ingredients
- 1 cup soaked and dehydrated walnuts (but you can cheat and use normal store bought walnuts – not that I have done that in a
moment ofdesperate panicpinch) - 2 Tbsp Dutch-pressed organic cocoa (I have this on Amazon auto ship . . . yup – no joking here about my cocoa)
- approximately 16 dates (seeded)
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (I purchase this in 5 gallon tubs and split it with my friend, Kathleen)
Directions
Place all of the ingredients in a food processor and pulverize. Grind those walnuts to smithereens.
Roll into a ball.
If you are feeling sassy, coat the Caveman Cookie with shredded coconut (not to be confused with coconut flakes which can get caught in-between your teeth) and refrigerate until moderately solid. (And I also purchase my shredded coconut in large quantities because I have been known to make my own coconut milk.)
Ration Caveman Cookies and commit to eating two at a time. Consider serving with a healthy and colorful meal.
(The Brussel sprouts in the background are BEGGING you to make them and want you to know that they can be found on my blog.)
“Caveman” in honor of the paleo diet, perhaps? 🙂 You could still call them Eve Delights when you serve them to your book club friends, right?
I suppose soaking the walnuts has a purpose, but that would just take longer to actually have a treat to eat… 😮 I actually have some very dry dates my travelers brought home from China that would be much improved with coconut oil etc. Sounds like a project worth doing. Soon.
How many cups of dates would you call it? {said dates I have are small}
Hmmm, and there you go again with those brussel sprouts. Someday, maybe.
At any rate, these would make a great {more affordable?} replacement for Larabars!