I often get asked what I have for snacks and these granola bars are one of my favourites. If you watched my food preparation video, you would have seen me speak about these. They are quite high in calories because of the nuts and seeds, but they are not “bad” calories. Because I eat a lot of fresh produce, it can sometimes be hard for me to reach my calorie limit for the day, so eating one of these ensures that I am eating enough. I love granola bars, they are great for an on the go snack too, but if you look at the ingredients of the store bought ones, they have way too many things added to them and you can make them yourself with much less ingredients and they taste so much better.
These don’t make the perfect bar shapes, so when you take it out of the oven, leave it to cool for a little while and then break into the size you want. This recipe made about 12 pieces for me.
I also like to take one of the “bars” and crumble it up and put on top of yoghurt and fruit for breakfast.
Ingredients – serves 16:
– 350g/4cup oats
– 60g/Half a cup of nuts. I used almonds, but you can use any you like, or even a mix
– 2 tbsp honey
– 4 tbsp nut butter. I used peanut butter, as I am crazy about it at the moment
– 4 tbsp carob chips (you can use chocolate chips if you like)
– 4 tbsp sunflower seeds (or any other seeds)
– 4 tbsp coconut
1) Heat the oven to 175C/350F.
2) Add all of the dried ingredients to a large bowl and then mix in the nut butter and honey and stir. You may need to add a little more nut butter or honey if it is too dry, depending on what nut butter you are using.
3) Add the mixture into a greased dish. The size dish you use depends on the thickness of the bar you want.
4) Bake for 30-35 minutes.
In other exciting news, the lovely people at Total Greek Yoghurt sent me lots of lovely yoghurt this morning to review some of their new flavours.
I would just like the state that in regards to reviews of products that I do, whether I get sent the product to test out or not, I will never review a product that I don’t believe in, or that I wouldn’t use/eat myself. I have been eating Total Greek Yoghurt for years and it helped me so much whilst I was losing weight, so I am happy to share my opinions on this with you in the review. I also can’t wait to try the split pots – the pomegranate raspberry looks delicious.
Today has been my rest day from the gym and it is nice to get lots of other things done. As well as eating a lot of yoghurt (look at how it is staring at me), I have been writing lots and getting organised – it makes a change.
Nutritional Information – per serving:
Calories: 160
Fat: 8
Fibre: 2.8
Protein: 4.3
Carbs: 17
What is your favourite thing to snack on?
What is your favourite yoghurt topping?
Jacob Lenaerts says
I want to dat thank you to who posted this recipe! I am a persoon who eats very much so I often get hungry in the evening or in the afternoon. When I get hungry, I always go searching for some snacks. The problem is when I search for a snack, I always pick the unhealthy snack. So I started looking at this recipe and try to make it. I have to tell you I’m not The best cook, but it still was very easy to make. It also tasted very good and is also super healthy.
Ellen says
These will be great to pack for a mid-morning snack at work!
jan says
Hi,
I just made you granola bars, slightly adapted due to a lack of coconut chips & carob or choc chips. I used dried cranberries, blueberries & dates – just 2 dsp spoon in total & 2 small bananas to loosen the almond butter. I’ll post what they came out like! I am not sure what my alterations have done to the total calories, but like you I struggle to eat enough some-days. I also eat ‘clean’ and have lost over 50lbs since last Sept. I have gone from no exercise to intense gym (cardio & weights) & running. I recently did a 5k twilight race for life in 37 mins (slowish I know, but it was dark!). My focus now is fitness/health and exercise as a way of dealing with stress & anxiety – which works! Great website,
Dannii says
Well done on losing 50lbs. And 37 mins for a 5K is not slow at all – I would say that is pretty quick.
Stephanie says
Hi. I just made these bars, they’re really delicious, only problem is they were too dry and fell apart as soon as I tried to cut them, even though I added extra honey and some water. Any suggestions? I think there are too many oats.
Karen says
Hi,
I love homemade granola bars and just tried this one out. Are you sure about the quantities? 350 g is a lot of oats; I just could not make the ingredients make stick together, although I added more butter and some liquid. Still – the result was somehow dry.
Jennifer says
Hi, this looks like a great recipe! Do you have a calorie count per serving? And serving size?
HHHAdmin says
I haven’t worked out the calorie count yet. I shall do that today 🙂
HHHAdmin says
I have updated the nutritional information now 🙂
Jennifer says
Thanks!!! I’m gonna make these today:)
HHHAdmin says
Let me know if you like them 🙂
Maria @ runningcupcake says
Wow those granola bars look lovely 🙂
Eleanor says
I knew when you mentioned these on my blog that I’d like the look of them and now I can see exactly why you’ve had to hide them! Most of my favourite things in one bar and the texture looks perfect 🙂
Jen @ Jen's Favorite Cookies says
I LOVE homemade granola bars. This recipe looks great!
HHHAdmin says
They may be *too* great. I can’t stop eating them!
Brigette says
Could you let me know what else besides nut butter you could use in this? My daughter is allergic to all nuts. I assume the creaminess of the nut butter adds to it.
HHHAdmin says
You can buy or make sunflower seed butter than could be used instead.
HHHAdmin says
Is she allergic to almonds too? As they are not technically a nut. My husband is allergic to all nuts, but can have almonds – so I use almond butter.