The Best Chewy Granola Bar Recipe – Just 5 Ingredients! (2024)

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by Chocolate Covered Katie

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This quick homemade granola bar recipe is packed with wholesome deliciousness and nutrition!

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The best homemade granola bars

Vegan

No Refined Sugar

Kid Friendly Recipe

Gluten Free

Just FIVE Ingredients!

These granola bars are fun to make and customize, much cheaper than store-bought bars, and great for meal prep so you’ll always have a healthy snack on hand.

Also try this Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

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Easy granola bar recipe

Making your own granola bars at home could not be easier, and this recipe gives you tons of options to suit your family’s personal dietary needs.

Can’t have peanut butter? Make the DIY granola bars with almond butter, sunbutter, coconut butter, or a regular butter spread.

Change up the flavor by throwing in a handful of mini chocolate chips, chia seeds, crushed cereal (for crunchy granola bars), or dried fruit such as raisins, cranberries, or banana.

Use pure maple syrup, honey, or agave for the sweetener and whatever flour you wish (if using coconut flour, only use enough to achieve a cookie-dough-like batter).

You can even replace some of the flour with protein powder!

Make it a complete breakfast by serving the bars with an Avocado Smoothie, Strawberry Smoothie, or a homemade Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie.

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How to make granola bars

Combine all of your ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

Stir everything together until well-mixed, then transfer to an 8-inch pan lined with wax paper or parchment paper.

Place a second sheet of wax or parchment on top, spreading the mixture evenly into the pan until it fills the bottom.

For no bake granola bars, simply refrigerate or freeze until firm. Otherwise, preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit, and bake on the oven’s center rack for 12 minutes.

Cut into bars or squares.

Above – watch the granola bar recipe video

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The bars were adapted from this Healthy Granola Bars Recipeand this Protein Bars Recipe.

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Chewy Granola Bar Recipe

This easy homemade chewy granola bar recipe is packed with nutrition!

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Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Total Time 12 minutes minutes

Yield 8 – 12 granola bars

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups quick or rolled oats (for low-carb, try these Keto Protein Bars)
  • 1/2 cup butter, peanut butter, or allergy friendly sub
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup, honey, or agave
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup oat flour (or flour of choice)
  • handful mini chocolate chips, optional

Instructions

  • Stir everything until well-mixed. Transfer to an 8×8 pan lined with parchment or wax paper. Place another sheet of parchment or wax over the top, smush down and spread until it fills the bottom of the pan. Either preheat the oven to 325 F and bake for 12 minutes, or simply refrigerate or freeze until firm. Cut into bars.

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Leftover oatmeal? Make these Overnight Oats.

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  1. Sam says

    The Best Chewy Granola Bar Recipe – Just 5 Ingredients! (21)
    Ok these were easy to make and tasted better than the Quaker ones. Happy campers over here!

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    • CCK Media Team says

      Thank you so much for making them!

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  2. Katie says

    The Best Chewy Granola Bar Recipe – Just 5 Ingredients! (22)
    Super delicious, yet another winner! Used butter and maple syrup options, my picky 9 year old loved them.

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  3. Molly says

    The Best Chewy Granola Bar Recipe – Just 5 Ingredients! (23)
    I used peanut butter and they were fantastic! I regret only making a half batch 🙂

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  4. Mel says

    Mine fell apart after baking. Any reason why?

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The Best Chewy Granola Bar Recipe – Just 5 Ingredients! (2024)

FAQs

What are the ingredients in a chewy granola bar? ›

GRANOLA (WHOLE GRAIN OATS, BROWN SUGAR, BROWN RICE CRISP [WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT], WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SOYBEAN OIL, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, NONFAT DRY MILK), CORN SYRUP, BROWN RICE CRISP (WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT), SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE ...

How do you bind granola bars together? ›

While there are several different sticky ingredients that you can use, we've found that the binding agent that works the best is honey! When added to your homemade granola bars, honey acts as glue that sticks all the pieces together.

What ingredient makes granola stick together? ›

Clumpy Granola Method: Add Egg White

The idea is that the egg's protein will help the oats bind to each other and create delicate clusters. Results: Not only does the egg white work as a glue to hold the oats together, but it also gives the granola an incredibly crispy bite.

What are the ingredients in Nature Valley chewy granola bars? ›

INGREDIENTS: Whole Grain Oats, Corn Syrup, Rice Flour, Semisweet Chocolate Chunks (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor), Fructose, Canola Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Sugar, Honey, Calcium Carbonate, Maltodextrin, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Soy Lecithin, Cocoa, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda.

What are Quaker chewy granola bars? ›

Quaker Chewy Yogurt Granola Bars are made with real fruit pieces, whole grains, a delicious yogurt-flavored coating and other yummy ingredients. These BERRY tasty bars are a snack that the family will love!

What happened to chewy granola bars? ›

The recall affects certain varieties of Quaker cereals, such as Oatmeal Squares, Chewy granola bars, Cap'n Crunch products and more. The Quaker Oats Company issued a recall in late 2023 and has added more products to its recall list in 2024 due to a risk of contamination with salmonella.

How do I get my homemade granola bars to stick together? ›

Honey – Along with the nut butter, it helps all these ingredients stick together! I love its warm amber flavor in this recipe. Vanilla extract – It amps up the bars' warm flavor.

What is the best binder for granola bars? ›

When dampened, chia seeds gel and swell to several times their original size, plus they get very sticky. Since they're already used as egg alternatives in baking, it's not surprising that chia seeds act as the ideal granola binder, but it is strange that they do it better than eggs.

How do you keep homemade granola bars from falling apart? ›

If your granola bars are falling apart or seem too crumbly, here are a few tips. Make sure you use honey or another sticky sweetener such as maple syrup in the liquid part of the recipe; this recipe calls for honey. This will help bind together the ingredients and keep that signature bar shape.

Why is my homemade granola not crunchy? ›

Higher temperatures can cause ingredients like nuts, seeds, and coconut to burn before the batch has a chance to properly dry out and crisp up, Perry says. Stick with a low temperature, keep an eye on your mixture, and stir it from time to time to help it brown evenly.

Should you soak oats before making granola bars? ›

Fill the bowl up with water to completely cover the mixture – enough that you can stir to combine. This soaking process will help the oats and seeds digest better. After the oat/seed mixture has soaked 8-12 hours, add the rest of the ingredients and combine.

What can I use as glue for granola bars? ›

While the oats and nuts bake, you can make the sticky glue that holds our bars together. You'll melt butter, honey, and brown sugar in a saucepan and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Mix this sticky mixture with the toasted oats and nuts.

How healthy is chewy granola bars? ›

Many people consider granola bars a convenient and healthy snack and enjoy their flavor and versatility. In some cases, granola bars can be a good source of fiber and protein to help curb cravings between meals. However, some contain as much sugar, carbs, and calories as candy bars.

Who makes chewy granola? ›

Crunchy and crispy clusters of deliciousness—it's just the bite you were looking for. A granola designed with kids in mind, it has a light and crispy texture and comes in delicious and familiar Chocolate and Strawberry flavors, brought to you by the trusted and loved Quaker Chewy Brand.

Why are Nature Valley bars so good? ›

Each bar provides a tasty snack made with whole grain oats, providing 20g of whole grain per serving (at least 48g recommended daily). These granola bars are made with no artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners.

Are chewy dipped granola bars healthy? ›

Are Chewy bars the worst snack in the world? No. The overall calorie total is fairly low and the sugar total could certainly be worse. However, the bars are simply too small and too lacking in fiber and protein to consistently satisfy hunger and prevent overeating.

What are the ingredients in Kirkland Signature soft and chewy granola bars? ›

INGREDIENTS: Granola (whole rolled oats, sugar, rice flour, canola and/or soybean oil, molasses, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin - an emulsifier, calcium carbonate, salt), corn syrup, semisweet chocolate chips (chocolate liquor, sugar, milk powder, soy lecithin - an emulsifier, vanilla extract), crisp rice [rice flour ...

Are Quaker chewy granola bars discontinued? ›

The company now says its Quaker Chewy Dipps Llama Rama, which were discontinued in Sept. 2023, have been added to a list of previously recalled products. The reason, as listed by Quaker, is potential “salmonella contamination.” The affected products bear “best before” dates of February 10 or 11, 2024.

Do Quaker chewy granola bars have dairy? ›

Contains: contains coconut, milk, soy and wheat ingredients. May contain traces of peanut and other tree nuts.

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