If you love peanut butter and you are looking for a healthy on-the-go breakfast bar, then try these peanut butter granola bars. They are a great peanut-butter-lover alternative to my Peanut Butter Donuts, Samoa Bars, or Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal. These are baked granola bars packed with a good amount of plant-based proteins from peanut butter and seeds and lightly sweetened with refined sugar-free sweeteners. They are soft, slightly crunchy on the border, but moist, not chewy.
Ingredients and Substitutions
The ingredients you need to make them are:
Egg-Free – Many homemade baked granola bars contain an egg or two. Not this one. Refined Sugar-Free and honey free. Vegan Gluten-Free
Natural Peanut Butter – I highly recommend using peanut butter with no added sugar and no added oil or sugar. Coconut Oil – don’t use another type of oil, or the bars won’t firm up as well. To avoid coconut flavor from the oil, pick refined coconut oil. Liquid Sweetener Of Choice – maple syrup tastes amazing but for a low-GI bar, try rice syrup. Other options are date syrup, coconut nectar, or agave. Vanilla Extract – for flavor. Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats – avoid quick oats or steal-cut oats. Puffed Cereal – Choose thin grains like puffed amaranth or puffed quinoa, their texture pack better than puffed rice. Or replace with quick oats -the thinner version of oats. Hemp Seeds or any seeds like pumpkin seeds, or sunflower seeds. I like hemp heart because it’s a naturally high vegan protein source. Chia Seeds or a flaxseed meal. Chopped Nuts like chopped almonds or walnuts or hazelnuts.
Add-Ons
You can, of course, add some delicious ingredients up to 1/3 cup of the following to the granola bar mixture:
Dried cranberries Mini dark chocolate chips Dried apricot Coconut flakes
Storage Instructions
Store the bars in the fridge for up to 1 week in a sealed container. You can freeze granola bars for up to 3 months and thaw them at room temperature.
Allergy Swaps
You can swap some ingredients to make the bars fit your allergy:
Peanut-Free – swap peanut butter for almond butter or sun butter. Nut-Free – Use sun butter instead of peanut butter and replace almonds with seeds or dried fruits like cranberries. Coconut-Free – Cocoa butter is a great option to replace coconut oil.
More Vegan Granola Recipes
If you like granola recipes and vegan bars, you’ll love these:
