Cherry Pie Date Bars

The three-ingredient classic — dates, almonds, tart cherries — pressed into the bar that started the whole category. Whole-fruit sweetened.

💪 Where's the protein? Right here — 6g

🍃 Sugar-Free Option

Avoiding sucrose and honey entirely? Here's the stevia version of this dish:

Medjool dates, 12, pitted→Dates are both the sweetener and the glue here. For a sugar-free version, swap to the same technique as our stevia bars: replace dates + cherries with 1 cup extra almonds, ⅓ cup almond butter, ¼ tsp pure stevia powder, and 2–3 tbsp water, processed until it packs. Or simply pick any of the eight stevia bars on the menu — this one is the deliberate whole-fruit exception.
Unsweetened dried tart cherries, 3/4 cup→Covered by the swap above — or use freeze-dried cherries (no sugar, intense flavor) with 3–4 extra drops of liquid stevia.

Ingredients (all organic)

1Process almonds to a coarse crumble; set aside.
2Process dates and cherries into a sticky paste.
3Add the almonds, cinnamon, and salt back in; pulse until the mix packs when pressed.
4Press very firmly into a parchment-lined loaf pan; chill 1 hour and slice into 8 bars.
5Wrap individually — they travel anywhere, no refrigeration needed for a day out.