White Chocolate Carrot Cake Larabar Bites

I'm not sure whether to call these dessert or breakfast?

I tend to have a bowl stashed in my fridge at all times so I can just grab one or five anytime the hankering hits so I guess, technically, they could be called bressert, snunch, lupper, deakfast, or my midnight denack.

Either way, they are some damn good balls that taste just like a carrot cake Larabar.

This was another recipe that was born from my days on the Whole30 diet, but I had to add some white chocolate for two reasons: 1. I've had a jar of white chocolate chips staring at me for months now tapping its foot and snidely sighing as if it was wondering when in the world I was going to finally throw them into a recipe and B. The balls needed a bit of boost to take them from decently delicious to Oh-em-gee I can't stop eating these things take them away from me before I start to turn orange like that chick from the Partridge family.

But forreal doh, I feel like a lot of things in my life could use a pinch of pizzazz at the moment. You know how they say bad things come in threes?

Well, I think what they really meant is that bad things come in three times infinity.

Ugh, and then I go and start sounding all whoa-is-me when, in fact, the things that are dragging me down are totes #firstworldproblems, and I have to remember to look and see that the glass in my hand is half full...of wine...lots and lots of wine.

And no, I swear that's not a rogue cat hair all up in that pic.

Carrot cake Larabar bite sprinkled with essence of Weasley, anyone?

OMG, speaking of needing a special spark in your life, I found a new vampire series to read!

Hi, my name is Amber, and I'm a fang banging vamp tramp who is all up on A Hidden Fire: Elemental Mysteries Book One
Series by Elizabeth Hunter. I downloaded the first book (which is free BTW...FREE!!!!) on the 10th, and I'm halfway through the 3rd book already! Lucky for me, my husband is a workaholic so I get to spend every waking second of free time I have getting lost in the sizzling hotness of the immortal world and stuffing my face full of carrot cake Larabar bites! Hooray!

So, in conclusion, if you are having a rough couple of months and you want to escape your life for a bit, make up a batch of these, download the books above, and disappear in a billowing cloud of wood smoke and whiskey (read the books).

White Chocolate Carrot Cake Larabar Bites

Amber

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Servings 16 -18 balls

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup pitted dates packed
• ½ cup golden raisins packed
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 cup roasted cashews
• ¼ cup carrots sliced or cubed
• ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• pinch of sea salt
• ⅛ cup white chocolate chips white chocolate bark, or vegan white chocolate chips divided
• 2 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

 

• Add dates and raisins to a small bowl and pour in warm water. Let the fruit soften for 5-10 minutes. Drain and pat dry with paper towels or a kitchen cloth. NOTE: If your fruit seems soft enough to process, skip to the next step.
• Add cashews and carrots to a food processor and pulse until the ingredients are broken down a bit.
• Add dates, raisins, coconut, spices, salt, and 2 tbsps of white chocolate chips to the food processor with the cashews and carrots and pulse until a soft dough forms.
• Roll the dough into balls and refrigerate.
• While balls are refrigerating, microwave remaining white chocolate and the coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments until the chocolate is melted, being sure to stir after each 30 second interval.
• Remove balls from fridge, drizzle with white chocolate, and store in an air tight container until ready to eat.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g

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