No more store bought granola bars here — not when I can make healthy oat squares like these at home!
YUUUUMMMM! Isaac and I both taste tested the squares and agreed that they are delicious. They’re chewy with a good flavor that isn’t overly sweet. Basically a nice healthy treat that’s perfect for days when you need something portable to munch on.
I even went all out and figured out the nutrition information.
Definitely less sugar than most packaged bars other there and a good amount of protein as well.
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PinIngredients
- 3/4 cup brown rice syrup
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup brown rice crispy cereal
- 1/4 cup oat bran
- 1/4 cup raw pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 4 Tablespoons raisins
- 1 Tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- In a pot on medium heat, combine rice syrup, almond butter, and vanilla. Stir and heat until thin and pourable (about 3-4 min). In a large mixing bowl combined oats, cereal, oat bran, pepitas, sunflower seeds, raisins, chia seeds, cinnamon, and sea salt. Pour warm almond butter mixture into the bowl and mix thoroughly. Press mixture into a greased square/rectangle casserole dish or a rimmed cookie sheet. Let cool for a few hours. Cut into bars. Makes 16 squares.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square
- Calories: 145 |
- Sugar: 9g |
- Fat: 7g |
- Carbohydrates: 18 |
- Fiber: 2 |
- Protein: 4g
Those squares look awesome! I have to pick up some brown rice syrup so I can try them out.
you sold me on chewy and oats.. and doubly sold me on ‘can be GLUTEN FREE’ bookmarked, saved,and shall be made. <3 merci beaucoup love <3
Those bars are love at first sight!!! LOOKS GREAT!
**swoon** those look absolutely DELICIOUS!! and I’ve tried your baked goods before, so I know they’re good 🙂
The Oat Bars look fantastic! I need to find a good granola bar recipe. Every time I make them, they never seem to turn out the way I want…I love a chewy bar, so maybe I will give these a try.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Those bars sound and look fantastic! Thanks so much for the recipe!
I love making homemade granola bars and mine have never looked that good. Great job, those look delicious!
Looks like the husband and I need to make a trip up to Richmond for a little “staycation.”
Yum! Those bars look amazing!
I actually got the panko crusted tofu last time and they were not nearly as fried as the ones in your picture. I guess it depends on who’s back there cooking! Your salad and soup look awesome. I may have to take a Balliceaux trip this weekend 😉
those squares look awesome…i told myself that this summer i was going to try to make more of my own bars and things..so i wouldn’t have to buy..so i may just have to try this if i can get the ingredients!!!
Homemade granola bars…delicious. And so much cheaper than the store bought variety. I love the thought of almond butter in a chewy bar…then again, I love almond butter in or on anything 🙂
Thanks for the awesome bar recipe! They look great. 🙂
My boyfriend is a HUGE ultimate frisbee player – I just mentioned that you were watching tomorrow and he got super pumped. Have fun!
I can speak from experience, the granola bars ARE DELICIOUS. Very moist, very chewy and tons of flavor. Brittany is a wonderful cook and it’s such fun to watch her creativity in the kitchen.
Molly- you are too sweet! Thank you.
There is something so satisfying when making things that you would normally buy in a store. 🙂
So excited to try these squares 🙂 Thanks again for thinking of us! And we already ate a macaroon!!! OMG! Delicious!!! Thank you thank you. We loved getting the goodies, it meant so much to us both! 🙂 xoxo
How did/do you go about figuring out the nutrition facts?!
plan on making these tonight, look delicious!
goodness, those bars look uh-mazing! thanks for the recipe : ) Bird Food Bars coming right up!
Great recipe with the oatmeal squares! What I love about it is that this type of recipe is really flexible. I have a similar thing that I make with oats, honey, almond butter, wheat bran, raisins, dark chocolate and coconut. I call it my energy ball recipe! I also saw another blogger post a recipe that used less almond butter by substituting it with almond milk. I am definitely going to try that out. Also if you play with the ingredients to get the consistency right, it can very easily become a raw recipe. You just press the ingredients together. Either way, it’s so yummy!
Recently I had a dream that I was eating a delicious chewy oatmeal bar. The next time I was shopping, I bought one of Bobo’s Oatmeal Bars. It was good, but too expensive to buy in bulk ($3 for one bar). Also, on Amazon, several people said that the bars developed mold quickly! So I decided to look up recipes that I could make myself, and a Google search brought me to your blog. Thank you! This recipe is just what I was looking for! I skipped the sunflower seeds, used ground flax seed instead of chia, and put the mix into a bread pan in order to make a more of a bar shape, but otherwise the recipe was the same, and it is delicious! Thank you so much!
I tried these over the weekend and LOVE LOVE LOVE them! I added a schoop of Herboligica vanilla protein powder and traded the raisins for unsweetened coconut flakes. Turned out beautifully. Had to share them at work so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat the entire thing!
So glad you liked the bars Ruthey!!
I didn’t have brown crispy rice so I used kamut puffs. I also substituted the almond butter with soy butter (can’t send almonds to school with the kids). They turned out great!
So glad they turned out Josie. I hope your kids enjoy them!
going to try these next week. can the rice syrup be replaced with honey? or does it compromise the flavor?
Honey or agave should work!
tried them without the pepitas. didn’t realize that they were pumpkin seeds until i looked back at the recipe. i thought my farmer’s market didn’t have them! (they did)
these are really nice. i tried them with honey. just like the quaker oats bars. i love it a lot.
snacking on these the whole week thanks to a bird food recipe. :]