Carrot Cake Oatmeal Bars with Medjool Dates & Walnut Streusel
These Carrot Cake Oatmeal Bars are soft, warmly spiced, and naturally sweetened with Natural Delights® Medjool Dates. Made with oats, almond butter, Greek yogurt, and shredded carrots, they deliver a wholesome twist on classic carrot cake. A crunchy walnut date streusel on top adds texture and caramel-like sweetness, making these bars perfect for breakfast, snacking, or a better-for-you dessert.
Recipe by Taavi Moore
Ingredients
- Walnut Date Streusel
- 1/2 cup Natural Delights Medjool Dates, chopped
- ½ cup finely chopped walnuts
- ¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- Oatmeal Bars
- ½ cup smooth almond butter
- ⅔ cup greek yogurt
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- ⅓ cup chopped Natural Delights Medjool dates
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 8x8” baking pan with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, combine all streusel ingredients until well incorporated. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together almond butter, yogurt, maple syrup, egg, and milk until creamy. Fold in oats, oat flour, baking powder and soda, spices, and salt until a smooth batter forms. Fold in carrots and dates.
Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Top with streusel. Bake for 25-30 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean (a few moist crumbs are ok). Cool for 10 min in the pan before carefully transferring to a wire cooling rack.
(Optional): serve with icing. Enjoy!
*While Medjool dates are high in natural sugars, they are low on the glycemic index thanks to a balanced amount of soluble fiber.
The complex carbohydrates found in Medjool dates are digested at a slower rate, making them a source of dietary fiber and releasing energy
to the body over a longer period of time.
