Making Over Your Diet This Month? This Blood-Sugar Balancing Treat Will Keep You Sane

A big part of making over your diet during January is dependent on eliminating not just desserts and unhealthy foods but also foods that are imitations of the exact thing you are missing most (i.e., cookies, pizza, ice cream, etc.). These foods can easily lead to an endless daydream about how much better the real thing is and then, bam, just like that, one day you're elbow deep in a bag full of M&Ms. So, my friends, instead of recreating a chocolate chip cookie recipe or including the debatably approved raw cocoa, which really just makes you realize how much you miss chocolate, I created these raw no-bake coconut tahini cashew bars. They can serve as a midmorning snack, afternoon pickup, or a post-dinner bite. While not recreating that sweetness or consistency of most baked goods that you will inevitably miss so much, these bars focus on that perfect sweet and salty mix and provide a creamy filling with a crunchy base in every bite. Keep these babies in your freezer and reach for one whenever a sweets craving strikes. I promise the mix of good fats and fiber will satiate you, stat.

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