No-Bake Granola Bars w/ Peanut Butter
Use whatever dried fruits and nuts you prefer. Our favorites for the dried fruits are raisins, dried blueberries, cranberries, and dried apricots. For the chopped nuts, our favorites are pecans and roasted peanuts.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 406kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups (162 g) Quick Oats or Gluten Free Oats
- 1 cup (150 g) Dried Fruit , cut into bite size pieces if needed
- 1 cup (144 g) chopped roasted Nuts
- 1/2 cup (90 g) Chocolate Chips or chopped Dark or Milk Chocolate
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) Butter
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) packed Brown Sugar
- 1/3 cup (113 g) Honey
- 3/4 cup (195 g) Peanut Butter
- Sea Salt or Kosher Salt , to taste
Equipment
Instructions
- Line an 8"x8" pan with foil and lightly butter foil or spray with cooking spray.
- Combine quick oats, dried fruit, nuts, and chocolate in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Heat small saucepan on medium heat. Add butter, brown sugar, honey, and peanut butter until butter melts, whisking until mixture is smooth.
- Pour peanut butter mixture over dry mix. Stir until evenly combined.
- Spread into prepared 8"x8" pan and press firmly down. Lightly sprinkle salt on top of bars. Chill until firm, about 1 hour.
- Using the foil, lift bars out of pan. Cut in half, then cut into preferred bar width.
Nutrition
Calories: 406kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 248mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1.6mg