Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Name: Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cup quick rolled oats; 2/3 cup puffed rice cereal; 1/2 cup brown sugar, (packed); 1/3 cup oat flour* ((or substitute coconut flour or almond flour)); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup chopped nuts**; 1/2 cup coconut**; 1/2 cup dried cranberries**; 1/3 cup sunflower seeds**; 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips**; 6 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1/3 cup peanut butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 tablespoons light corn syrup; 1/4 cup honey; 1 tablespoon water

7 steps

Prep:10minCook:25min

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are a highly addicting and simply irresistible homemade gluten free granola bar recipe! Baked peanut butter granola bars have the perfect sweet and salty mix with oats, honey, chocolate chips, peanut butter, and dried fruit.

Updated at: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:39:00 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories167.8 kcal (8%)

Total Fat9.1 g (13%)

Carbs20.8 g (8%)

Sugars13.3 g (15%)

Protein3.1 g (6%)

Sodium67.7 mg (3%)

Fiber1.9 g (7%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

24 servings

1 ⅔ cupquick rolled oats

⅔ cuppuffed rice cereal

½ cupbrown sugar

packed

⅓ cupoat flour

or substitute coconut flour or almond flour

½ teaspoonsalt

½ cupnuts

chopped

½ cupcoconut

½ cupdried cranberries

⅓ cupsunflower seeds

½ cupminiature chocolate chips

6 tablespoonsunsalted butter

⅓ cuppeanut butter

1 teaspoonvanilla

2 tablespoonslight corn syrup

¼ cuphoney

1 tablespoonwater

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350º. Line an 9X13" pan with a large piece of foil or parchment paper. The paper should be long enough to lift the bars out of the pan. Lightly grease with cooking spray.

Step 2

In a large bowl mix dry ingredients, including oats, rice cereal, brown sugar, oat flour, salt, nuts, coconut, dried cranberries, and chocolate chips.

Step 3

In another microwave-safe bowl melt butter. Alternatively, melt on the stovetop in a small saucepan. After butter is completed melted add peanut butter, vanilla, corn syrup, honey, and water to warm butter. Stir until smooth.

Step 4

Add the wet ingredients to dry ingredient bowl and stir to combine. Transfer the granola to the prepared pan. Use a large piece of plastic wrap to press down on top of the bars, all the way to the edges, before removing to bake.

Step 5

Bake bars 25 minutes, until edges are golden brown. Cool completely in pan.

Step 6

After cooling transfer the pan to the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Then lift the bars from the pan and cut. At this point they may be stored at room temperature. The initial refrigeration just helps further solidify the bars before cutting.

Step 7

Wrap bars individually in plastic wrap and place in airtight container to store at room temperature for a week, refrigerated up to 2 weeks, or freeze up to 3 months.

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