Oh yes. I did.
I re-created the Homemade Banana Bread Larabar.
Is your mouth watering? Mine sure is.
Here is my own recipe that I developed tonight- It is simple, easy, economical, and pure raw nutrients. 
Oh She Glows Homemade Banana Bread Larabar
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup dates
- 1/4 cup dried banana
- 1/3 cup raw almonds
Directions:
1. Slice 1 small banana. Lay banana on greased baking sheet.
2. Cook banana at 175F for 2-3 hours until dry. You can use a food dehydrator to simplify this process (I don’t have one!)
Eric worked from home today and he so kindly prepped the banana for me. I almost died laughing when I for home and opened the oven:
hahaha….have you ever seen such a sad sight??? Thank God he used our old, beat-up baking sheet! I had to pry these bad boys off with my fingers.
But boy did the house smell wonderful when I got home from work. 
3. Roughly chop 1/4 cup of dates. Add dates and dried banana into food processor. Process for 1-2 mins.
4. Remove from processor bowl, set aside in a small bowl. Add 1/3 cup raw almonds to food processor and process for 1 min.
5. Add almond mixture to date/banana paste and blend well with hands. Divide into 2 halves.
6. Set each half on a piece of saran wrap. Fold wrap over each piece and roll flat with a rolling pin or soup can. Shape to your liking. Makes 2 bars.
The real thing:
My (cheaper) replica
Each bar has approximately 230ish calories, 5 grams of protein and 2.5 grams of fibre.
The taste test? Awesome banana flavour!!! Pure, natural goodness. This is my favourite flavour yet.
Tip: Use very ripe, brown bananas for extra flavour.
7. Refrigerate bars.
These bars would be awesome for moms-on-the-go who want easy, natural, preservative-free snacks for their kids (and themselves). You can also use these bars as a pre-workout snack that is light and won’t weigh you down.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What am I most ashamed of in my kitchen you ask?
This was the clue:
My old, tired, unorganized, dirty recipe collection!
Can you believe these are my most cherished and frequently used recipes???
And this is the way I treat & display them…
Just disgraceful.
My new year’s resolution is to CLEAN UP THIS MESS and organize it into a visably appealing recipe book!!
I’m curious- what are your New Year’s Resolutions?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A random photo or two:
Stay tuned tomorrow for my cookbook collection…as well a what I am eating for lunch!
And now for a fun quote:
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.
– Irish Proverb
Eric just showed me this video and it cracked me up so I had to share!
December 8th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Great job! I love that eric helped you! so sweet. I am very excited for your cookbook collection.
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Help? I Slaved over the oven all day =) It definitely smelt good though!
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Oh wow! Great job! Good job doing the banana, Eric!
I really really want to try this!! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe and step by step photos!
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I’m definitely going to make my own Larabars soon!
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
woohoo!!
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I just tried the peanut butter cookie LaraBar today and it was wonderful. Do you think you will try to make that flavor as well?
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I’m definitely going to make these!
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
thanks angela! i was actually reading your blog yesterday as well:) those homemade laras look incredible!!!
Add your comment
December 8th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
kitty!
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 12:46 am
ok so going to try these this weekend!!!! I too need to have a better organized recipe storage!
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 1:22 am
i love it when u post pictures! you are so pretty
anddd it keeps me motivated to live a healthy lifestyle like u do! your larabars look SPOT ON to the real deal. great work 
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 6:46 am
wow this is awesome! you are so creative. thanks for sharing!!
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 7:32 am
HELL FREAKING YES!!!!!!! Oh man, I luv ya for recreating my daily eat (if you’ve seen my current blog post, you’ll know what I’m referring to
).
Good luck organizing!!
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Your blog makes me hungry.
For New Year’s resolutions:
– being gentler with my husband (specifically, being less critical — we’re both extremely opinionated, so ended up disagreeing sharply over unnecessary things)
–being gentler with my face (really need to find a better moisturizer, but just haven’t gotten around to it. . . probably should do a whole face routine overhaul while I’m at it!!).
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Nicely done!!! I would have to substitute the dates, not a big fan:)
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Your bars look great.
Unfortunately, my recipe collection looks remarkedly similar to yours. I have a box full of folded sheets of paper. It takes me forever to find the recipe I’m looking for. When I finally get some free time I’m going to organize mine too.
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am
That homemade Lara bar looks like an actual Lara bar! Good job! I must try this out one day!
Beautiful cat!
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 9:57 am
OMG, your kitty is the coolest colors ever!!!!!
I found your blog through Kath’s and am loving it!!!
I NEED to try your lara bar recipe ASAP!
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hi there! I just found your blog and I love your larabar recreations
I also love your wedding video – gorgeous!
Add your comment
December 9th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I can’t wait to make the bars .. maybe we can do them this weekend together? I love love love this website! xoxo Love your bigger sister .. he he .. since I AM pregnant!
Add your comment
December 11th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
[...] I saw Angela make Banana Bread Larabars I knew I had to try them. Go check out her blog! She is [...]
December 13th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
[...] maybe I am being a bit hard on myself. After the success of my Banana Bread Larabar, it was hard to take it when my Pecan Pie Larabar was not a spitting image (and [...]
December 21st, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Glad you made it to Calgary, I am attempting the Larabars tomorrow .. whole day to myself before the holidays .. I am also going to try the spelt cereal/almond breeze. We already buy Almond Breeze. I find it a bit sweet don’t you? Will try just a little! Have fun! xoxo
Add your comment
January 7th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
[...] You can find the Homemade Larabar Recipe here [...]
January 18th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I just made some lara bars and it was super easy! I’m so excited to be making delicious healthy snacks for me and the kids!
Add your comment
February 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 am
[...] one Larabar a day for a while now. It was my treat at the end of my work day. Bye bye Larabars, hello homemade ones! This is a savings of about $20 per week! Holy crap Larabars are [...]
February 9th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
[...] I wanted to make 6 Glo Banana Bars to last me the week so I tripled my ingredients from the original recipe found here. [...]
February 15th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Hello! I have just started reading your blog. You’re a great example for how anyone can live a healthy, busy lifestyle.
Teehee, I was having mental images of the Larabar heads standing around a computer, exclaiming wildly “Heavens! She broke the 3-ingredient code!” Are you going to replicate any more of them?
Add your comment
February 15th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
U are awesome!!!! LOL I just recently discovered this after my husband got some samples in his (umm he said they have a name but I can’t remember) bag from his runs. He is a runner and they get those bags when they sign in.
Add your comment
February 28th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
[...] is my version of Angela’s homemade Lara bars! I call it AB bars. Why so cuz they are apple banana bars! Now it is my first attempt and I [...]
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 pm
[...] known. Usefull Posts Lara Bar – Peanut butter cookie « Living the GFCF diet in Canada…Oh She Glows » Blog Archive » Homemade Banana Bread Larabars…Lara Bar Detail Court Shoes | TONEBANG-UP.INFO…Oopsie! « K’s Good Eats…Mourning the [...]
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Oh, I was excited to see this recipe! However, I have a few issues with it (sorry, I’m a harsh critic :P):
From what I understand, because you cooked the bananas, this recipe is not “raw” like you claim it is.
Because you say you “re-created” the Banana Bread Lärabar (I presume that is what you meant), as opposed to being inspired by it, I want to note that you must have prepared the bananas differently than Humm Foods does (because their recipe is raw and yours is not).
On that note, I’m curious how Humm Foods incorporates bananas without making a mushy bar.
Anyway, I made these alterations to your recipe:
I baked the banana on a pan with a layer of wax paper. (For obvious reasons, next time I’ll make sure to grease both the pan and the wax paper.)
Maybe I didn’t grind the dates long enough, but I couldn’t get the final product to become an adhesive mass. To fix this, in terms of your recipe’s proportions, I used a total of just under .5 cups of dates.
In terms of my recipe’s measurements (I upped them :D), I used:
2 medium bananas (makes a bit under 2/3 c. of banana chips)
7/6 c. of dates
8/9 c. of almonds
After trying my bars, I noticed how relatively dry the Banana Bread Lärabar is. But don’t worry, this is a GREAT change.
I can’t wait to make other variations. Thanks!
Add your comment
June 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
[...] am. And that can be an expensive addiction at $1.50-$2 a pop. Which is why I was so excited to see this recipe for making your own at home. (Seriously, it was only a matter of time before someone figured it out [...]
August 4th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I made these a couple weeks ago and shaped them like cookies. So good! I will definitely be trying these again and hopefully I can cut down on my Lara bar problem. Once I can recreate PB Cookie, I’ll be set.
Thanks!
Add your comment
August 10th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
[...] But then I made these banana bread bars from this website. [...]
September 9th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I just discovered your blog, and it is so inspirational! I’m itching to try your Glo Bars sometime soon, too
I don’t know if you’ve already organized your recipes, but if not, try Tastebook.com… I just made my first one, and I love it! It is an expandable binder for all your recipes that looks really nice. You can type your recipes into the website and it will print out a recipe page (with a picture you upload if you want) for each one. Or, you can get empty plastic sheets to just stick the hard copies of your recipes in!
Add your comment
October 8th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I just found this blog as well. I really must try these recipes as I just tried my first Larabar the other day and it was good. However, too pricey for my budget.
As for your recipes (if they are still not organized), I bought an inexpensive photo album that has the pocket sleeves and it’s binder style so that you can add more pocket pages, remove them, and/or move them around. Then I divided my recipes accordingly and put them in. It fits the regular sized recipe cards or any sized paper folded up if necessary. It’s been great and it fits in nicely with all my other recipe books. No more recipe boxes.
Add your comment
January 16th, 2010 at 3:06 am
WOW! I just made my own Lara Bar using the ratios you gave. I made a peanut butter and jelly flavor. I substituted prunes for dates, and used cranberries and peanuts as my dried fruit and nuts of choice. I had to add 1/2 tsp. water when kneading the fruit mixture with the peanuts to help it hold together a little better, but they are SO GOOD! Tastes just like a PB&J!
Add your comment
January 27th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Love, Love, LOVE these! I just stumbled on your recipes a month or two ago when I went googling the Larabar recipes because I, like you, thought they would be pretty easy to make. I’m grateful that you’ve figured it out! I have made a few varieties, but I just made these this a.m. (dehydrated the bananas last night) and they are definitely my favorite so far! These are my new driving-to-work breakfasts. Thanks!
Add your comment
February 4th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Regarding making them “raw” if you dehydrate them in a food dehydrater they are then considered “raw” and uncooked. I believe this is how the humm company is making them. You may need to soak your dates in either water or orange juice to have adequate moisture in the product. Also to get them to look as they are that comes from Lara Bar you could put them in a food dehydrator after you make them.
Add your comment