These no-bake carrot cake bars are a delicious spring dessert! A creamy, tangy frosting layer tops the warmly spiced carrot and date base.Jeanine Donofrio Phoebe MoorePublished Mar 6, 2026 Jump to recipe I’ll be making these carrot cake bars all spring long! I don’t know about you, but I always crave carrot cake in the spring.The combination of warm spices, sweet carrots, and tangy cream cheese frosting just feels like the perfect dessert as the days get warmer and longer.

I’m not about to make a full-blown layer cake with any regularity…but these carrot cake bars? I try to keep a stash on hand at all times.Why You’ll Love These Carrot Cake Bars They’re full of classic carrot cake flavor.They start with a spiced carrot and date layer that then gets topped with a tangy cashew “frosting.” Fresh lemon juice adds the perfect tangy kick to the frosting layer—you won’t miss the cream cheese one bit! They’re no-bake.

These bars set up in the freezer.They’re made with simple, whole foods ingredients like fresh carrots, dates, nuts, and maple syrup.They’re totally vegan and gluten-free!I first published this recipe in my third cookbook, Simple Feel Good Food.

 I shared a video of the recipe on social media before the book came out, and it went totally viral.It’s gone viral again a few times since, so I thought—over 5 million views later—that these bars had earned a spot on the blog.If you haven’t tried them yet, I hope you love them a

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