No-Bake Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
25 Wednesday Apr 2012
Written by Maeghan in Breakfast, Snacks, Toddler Food
Back in the day, my husband and I used to eat these like they were going out of style. We had boxes of them in our pantry and would grab a couple bars for breakfast, a sweet treat, or anything in between. We stopped eating them once we were married and started being responsible with what we were eating. For some reason, I had forgotten about them until I happened upon this recipe. My first reaction was that they would make a great snack for my daughter occasionally. Then, I thought these would be great to make more often. My husband and I loved these things and they are no-bake. Can it get any better than that?!
One batch doesn’t last long, so I recommend just going for it and making a double batch from the get go. Seriously, I couldn’t get great pictures of these because if my husband or daughter weren’t eating them, I was! I made three batches last week alone. I used a 9×9 pan and filled the entire thing with one batch. Next time, I’m going to add more chocolate chips and mix them in with the rest of the ingredients. I knew this as I was making them and my husband took a bite later and mentioned that I should do this. Great minds think alike! This recipe can be easily adapted, substituting agave or maple syrup for the honey, peanut butter or butterscotch chips for the chocolate chips, adding nuts, raisins, flax seeds, citrus zest, marshmallows, etc.
No-Bake Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 cups quick cooking oats (not rolled oats)
- 1 cup crispy rice cereal
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp mini chocolate chips
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In a large bowl, stir oats and rice cereal together. Set aside. In a small pot, melt butter, honey, and brown sugar together over medium high heat until it comes to a bubble. Reduce the heat and cook 2 minutes. Pour in vanilla and stir. Pour over dry ingredients and mix well to moisten all ingredients. Pour into lightly greased small jelly roll pan, about 12x8x1, and press out to be about 3/4 inch in thickness. If your pan isn’t small enough, pack the mixture into one side. You really want to press them down so they stick together. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips and press down lightly. Cool on a counter-top to room temperature for two hours or until the chocolate chips are set before cutting into bars. Wrap in parchment or plastic wrap and store at room temperature.
Recipe Notes: If your granola bars don’t seem to be staying together when you cut them, you may have made them too thin or you didn’t pack them in tight enough. Stick them in the fridge for 20 minutes and that should help keep them together. Be sure not to keep them in there too long or else they’ll become super hard! The next time you make them, try reducing the butter to 3 tablespoons and really packing them down.
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10 comments
Jennifer said:
April 25, 2012 at 10:14 am
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Jennifer
maeghan said:
April 25, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Thanks so much!
Annie said:
June 1, 2012 at 4:24 am
Oh wow, just made these but with raspberries. Amazing! Some of it didn’t even make it into bars, I just ate it out of a bowl! Yum yum 🙂
Karen said:
June 21, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Crispy rice cereal like Rice Krispie? Thanks. Going to try these tomorrow for sure. I think my kids will love them. I know I will.
Karen said:
June 22, 2012 at 12:56 pm
What happens if you use rolled oats? I bought quick oats thinking it was the right thing, but the ingredients say 100% whole grain rolled oats. Will it still work?
maeghan said:
June 22, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Rolled oats are tough and chewy, so you wont have them same texture/consistency.I’ve never made this using rolled oats, but I imagine you’d have a tough bite to them. Sorry 🙁
Amy said:
June 25, 2012 at 1:02 pm
I made them using regular old fashioned oats, not quick oats, and they are great. They’re not too chewy for my almost 2 yr old and my 5 yr old loves them too. I added chocolate chips and dried fruit to the mix. Sooo yummy. I can’t stop eating them. I have tried several other granola bar recipes in the past, and this is by far the best. Thank you for sharing it!
maeghan said:
June 25, 2012 at 1:28 pm
I’m so glad it worked for you! Definitely good to know for future use. Whenever I make these, no matter how many batches, they go quickly!
Amy said:
June 30, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Loved the granola bars, but I couldn’t get them to stay together. Definitely will make again!
Callie Twiggs said:
February 19, 2013 at 9:06 pm
Thanks for the recipe. Turned out fabulous! I will definitely be making these often.:)