Healthy Chewy No Bake Granola Bars

Healthy Chewy No Bake Granola Bars Recipe: The only recipe for granola bars you’ll ever need. Easy, delicious and customizable portable snack or breakfast treat packed with nutrients and flavor! It makes a great homemade Christmas gift as well!

I’ve made these granola bars as a homemade birthday gift for my mother-in-law. They came out Christmas-inspired, since her birthday is in December and I wanted to use pomegranate seeds. If you are looking for granola bar recipe that is actually healthy, easy and delicious, look no more. They are everything you expect perfect granola bars to be: healthy, nutritious, chewy, easy to make, adjustable to your favorite ingredients, and very delicious. In fact, I’m going to make a second batch just for myself today.

As many of you know, I’m heavily pregnant at the moment and there are less than 3 weeks left until we finally meet our baby. We couldn’t be more excited about it! I don’t have weird pregnancy cravings like pickles with ice cream or donuts with ketchup but I do get munchy for snacks and sweets throughout the day.

These healthy granola bars are a perfect solution, since they are portable and satisfy my sweet tooth while being packed by nutrients and flavor! Whether you are pregnant or not, these granola bars are ideal snacks or quick breakfast treat. I can imagine them being a great  snack for kids for literally any occasion.

Besides, once you make them, they will be always at hand, since you can store them in the fridge for up to a month (if you don’t use pomegranate seeds. If you do, then the storage time will shorten to 10-14 days, but still!). I wouldn’t be able to store them for so long though, because I’m pretty sure they would be gone in a couple of days.

If you are looking for an easy last-minute homemade food gift for your loved ones, these healthy granola bars is a perfect option. I know, it’s all about cookies and chocolate this time of the year, but I’m sure that people who try to eat healthier would appreciate a gift like that.

I highly recommend you to try these salted caramel candied walnuts, chocolate fudge and German Christmas cookies as well.

How to Make Healthy Chewy No Bake Granola Bars

As I mentioned, these granola bars are customizable to your favorite grains, nuts, seeds, dried fruits or berries and sweeteners, so feel free to adjust them to your taste. I used old-fashioned rolled oats, goji berries, pomegranate seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, walnuts and cinnamon as a dry base.

You’ll need a liquid mixture to hold it all together and to sweeten your future granola bars. You can use maple syrup or honey as a sweetener, and a mixture of dates and liquid coconut oil as a binding agent.

I recommend you to quickly toast nuts, oats and pumpkin seeds on the stove for a couple of minutes before using them to bring out the flavor. Mix them well with the rest of the dry ingredients. Blend pitted dates, maple syrup or honey and liquid coconut oil until smooth. Combine dry and liquid ingredients and add pomegranate seeds (if using).

Line a 26 x 17 cm (7 x 10.5 inches) or similar size baking pan with parchment paper and gently spread the mixture evenly across bottom. Press it down very firmly using the base of a glass. Chill the mixture in the freezer for at least 40 minutes, better 60 minutes until firm.

Lift the parchment paper and adjust the shape of the edges to your liking. Put into 12 bars with a sharp knife. If you want to give them as gifts: Wrap each bar in a parchment paper strip and decorate with a stripped string. Enjoy!

So, here is the recipe for my healthy chewy no-bake granola bars that you will fall in love with!

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Healthy Chewy No Bake Granola Bars

Healthy Chewy No Bake Granola Bars Recipe: The only recipe for granola bars you'll ever need. Easy, delicious and customizable snack or breakfast treat packed with nutrients and flavor! It makes a great homemade Christmas gift as well!

Course Snack

Cuisine American, European

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 55 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Calories 131kcal

Author Elena Szeliga

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Ingredients

• ▢ 140 grams or 1 ½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• ▢ 60 grams or ½ cup walnuts roughly chopped
• ▢ 40 grams or 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
• ▢ 40 grams or 1/4 cup chia seeds
• ▢ 40 grams or 1/3 cup Goji berries
• ▢ 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ▢ 10 soft dates pitted
• ▢ 4 tablespoons honey , liquid (or maple syrup for a vegan version)
• ▢ 3 tablespoons liquid coconut oil
• ▢ 50 grams or 1/3 cup pomegranate seeds

Instructions

• Toast rolled oats, roughly chopped walnuts and pumpkin seeds in a dry pan over medium heat for about 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix them well with chia seeds, goji berries and cinnamon and set aside.
• Blend pitted dates, maple syrup or honey and liquid coconut oil until smooth. Combine dry and liquid ingredients and add pomegranate seeds.
• Line a 17 x 26 cm (6 x 10 inches) or similar size baking pan with parchment paper and gently spread the mixture evenly across bottom. Press it down very firmly using the base of a glass. Chill the mixture in the freezer for at least 40 minutes, better 60 minutes until firm.
• Lift the parchment paper and adjust the shape of the edges to your liking. Put into 12 bars with a sharp knife. If you want to give them as gifts: Wrap each bar in a parchment paper strip and decorate with a stripped string. Enjoy!

Notes

If you want to give these bars as gifts, wrap each bar in a parchment paper strip and decorate with a stripped string. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1.2mg

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