Chewy Granola Bars Recipes

This homemade alternative to store-bought granola bars, is a good source of protein, fiber and healthy fats. Tasty and so simple to make! A quarter cup of raisins (not included here) also make a yummy addition!

Quick and healthy bars

Health Snack Treat

Soft and Chewy Protein Granola Bars

Soft chewy and moist granola bars.

My kids LOVE these tasty, chewy granola bars and beg me to make them. They pack well and can be easily adapted to suit your tastes. Any dried fruit can be used. I find prunes add a real richness to them, but dried apricots, peaches, cranberries, blueberries and cherries are all very nice in these. You can also add nuts, chocolate chips and/or coconut - but my family doesn't miss them in this lower calorie version.

These granola bars are chewy and VERY good. They have a LOT of good healthy ingredients, but they are kinda high in fat and calories for the small piece you get!! There would probably be some great ways to lower the fat, sugar, and calories without losing the great flavor. What suggestions do you have?? Be sure to comment on your ideas for everyone to use! Thanks!!!

This is a familyfun.com recipe I wanted to try. I would like to replace the corn syrup with something healthier. But this is the recipe as it stands.

I made some adjustments, the parenthesis indicate the way the original recipe was. I am vegan so I had to change some of the recipe.

Half the recipe makes 16 bars, that's what I did.

Deliciously moist and chewy granola bars. Quite similar to the signature bars at GioBean Espresso in Kelowna, BC.

Super yummy granola bars. Perfect for a snack and with out all of the chemicals in the store bought kind.

Granola bars that are jam packed with fibre and are super yummy!

from ThePaleoMom.com

These came out a little too gooey, and the coconut oil has a slightly weird, but not bad, aftertaste.
After eating these up, I'm going to try using less fat and subbing butter or vegetable oil for half of it (Maybe 2T coconut oil 2T butter).
Or just more dry ingredients in general - more puffed grains (maybe wheat and/or kamut).

Much better than the store bought kind and none of that yucky HFCS

Soft and Chewy!!

I do not use honey in the recipe, but used that as I could not find sweetened condensed milk. this is what makes them chewy...

This is your healthy alternative to store bought granola bars, or even worse...cookies!! Enjoy

I have tried for years to find a good home made granola bar recipe. This one is the best. It is easy and very forgiving to any alterations you may want to make. You could even add protein powder to this as a breakfast or post workout snack. If you add a lot you may need to add a little extra liquid to keep it from crumbling.

I started using this homemade version of granola bars that I found a long time ago, unfortunately I can't remember the source. This version is for my kids who have a serious sweet tooth so the calories are pretty high. You can leave out the chocolate chips and add more fruit and/or nuts, you can use lightened up version of the condensed milk etc. This can be switched up to your liking and your caloric needs.

This is a HUGE recipe and can (maybe should) be cut down by half for most people....I seasoned with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and allspice, I suspect any baking spice would be pretty awesome :-)

All of the measurements are approximate, and I bet just about any grain/nut/fruit combo would be awesome.