A healthy flapjack is a baked oatmeal bar usually served in a square shape and made of 5 simple ingredients: rolled oats or porridge oats, golden syrup, brown sugar, and butter. Some recipes add dried fruits, chocolate chips, or coconut to the mix. It’s a traditional English recipe served for an on-the-go breakfast. The classic English flapjack recipe is not vegan because it contains butter. However, this healthy flapjack recipe is made with only plant-based ingredients, it’s therefore, vegan-friendly.
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need to make these no-bake vegan flapjacks are:
Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats – you can also use porridge oats or instant oats, but the texture is less crunchy and crumbly. Maple Syrup – or any unrefined liquid sweetener you love, like agave syrup or rice syrup. Coconut Oil – you can’t use another oil in this recipe. These no-bake flapjack bars hold their shape because of the coconut oil that turns solids under 73°F (23°C). If you don’t like the flavor of coconut, use refined coconut oil, it’s less healthy, but it doesn’t have a coconut flavor compared to cold-pressed unrefined coconut oil. Peanut Butter – this peanut butter flapjack no-bake recipe works better with drippy, natural peanut butter. It means a fresh jar of peanut butter is recommended because it combines much easier into the dry ingredients, not leaving any lumps in the mixture. You can also use cashew butter, almond butter, or tahini in this recipe.
Optional Ingredients
This recipe works with these basics 5 wholesome ingredients. However, adding a combo of nuts and seeds or a touch of chocolate make these bars even better! I listed below my favorite add-ons to bring out the best flavor to these simple raw flapjack bars:
Cinnamon Vanilla extract Sea salt Pumpkin seeds – or a combo of seeds and chopped nuts like hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, chopped walnuts, or almonds. Chocolate chips – or melted chocolate to dip half of the bar and create a crunchy chocolate layer.
How To Make No-Bake Healthy Flapjacks
A no-bake flapjack bar is a healthy version of the classic flapjack recipe, more nutrient-dense as it’s a raw vegan bar made with raw ingredients. All the instructions are in the recipe card below, but I’ve included key steps here:
Storage Instructions
You can store the no-bake flapjack squares in a sealed container in the fridge or freezer. They are delicious cold even frozen! I recommend adding a piece of parchment paper between each square to prevent them from sticking to each other. The raw bars store for up to one week in the fridge and 3 months in the freezer.
More No-Bake Recipes
I love raw vegan baking recipes for breakfast or dessert. They are packed with nutrients, easy to make and so convenient as a snack or quick on-the-go breakfast.
