Healthy Homemade Vegan Granola Bars

These vegan granola bars are flavorful, have amazing texture and can easily be changed up. Plus are made with simple whole food ingredients!

These are such a great snack for the whole family. I love how crisp the rice cereal makes them but still light with a great chew.

I love making our own homemade granola bars. It's a great way to know exactly what we're getting. Plus, it's fun and easy to switch up the flavors! Enjoy these easy no bake bars as a healthy breakfast or for a sweet afternoon snack!

Ingredients

It's simple to change up the taste by using different foods, but here are the base items you'll need for this recipe:

• Oats 
• Crispy rice cereal
• Sliced almonds
• Maple syrup
• Almond butter 
• Vanilla extract
• Sea salt
• Dairy free chocolate chips 

How to Make Vegan Granola Bars

It's pretty simple to make these healthy granola bars, especially since they're no bake! Here's what to do:

1. Place the oats, rice cereal and sliced almonds on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake until just browned.
2. Mix the almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla and salt in a bowl.
3. Add in the oat mixture and chocolate chips and mix well.
4. Put in a parchment lined square pan and press down well.
5. Refrigerate until hardened then cut into bars.
6. Enjoy!

Flavor suggestions

Switch things up and substitute any dried fruit, nuts, seeds or spices you prefer for the almonds and chocolate chips. However, keep them to 1 cup or so because the bars won’t stick together if there are too many add ins.

Here are some ideas for flavors to try:

• dried fruit like blueberries, cherries or pineapple
• shredded coconut
• chopped pecans, pistachios or walnuts
• sunflower or pumpkin seeds
• cinnamon or pumpkin spice

Serving suggestions

If you're serving these for breakfast, you may want to pair them with a few other items for a complete meal! These vegan granola bars will go great with any of these plant based recipes:

• Homemade Yogurt
• Fresh Fruit Salad
• Spinach Banana Smoothie
• PB&J Smoothie
• Healthy Protein Coffee Smoothie

Tips and tricks

Making these simple granola bars is a pretty easy process. For best results, check out these suggestions:

• The almond butter needs to be smooth. If it's too thick, just add some oil to smooth it out.
• Make sure your maple syrup is thick and sticky. If it isn't the bars will fall apart. Some brands are runny and it doesn't work. If your syrup is runny, then heat the almond butter syrup mixture to reduce it until sticky.
• To keep these bars gluten-free, make sure you're using gluten-free oats.
• Line your pan with parchment paper. This will make it easy to lift them out of the pan and cut. (And easier cleanup, yay!)
• Press the mixture down really well or the bars will fall apart.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to ensure they're hardened.
• Store these bars at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 7 days.

Common Questions

More Vegan Snack Recipes:

When that hunger hits you want something tasty to nosh on. Try out these other healthy plant based recipes:

• Crispy Kale Chips
• No Bake Carrot Energy Balls
• Gluten-free Banana Oat Blender Muffins
• Healthy Breakfast Cookies
• Broccoli Cauliflower Tots

Healthy Homemade Vegan Granola Bars

Sophia DeSantis

These vegan granola bars are flavorful, have amazing texture and can easily be changed up. Plus are made with simple whole food ingredients!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Set time 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 341 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 1 ½ cup oats , gluten free if needed
• 1 ½ cup crispy rice cereal
• ¾ cup sliced almonds
• 10 tablespoons maple syrup , can use honey too (see note)
• 10 tablespoons almond butter (see note)
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ¾ cup dairy free chocolate chips (see note)

Optional add ins:

• dried fruit like blueberries, cherries or pineapple
• shredded coconut
• chopped pecans, pistachios or walnuts
• sunflower or pumpkin seeds
• cinnamon or pumpkin spice

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Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 F/ 175 C.
• Place the oats, rice cereal and sliced almonds on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 5-7 minutes until just browned a little.
• Mix the almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla and salt in a bowl until smooth.
• Add in the oat mixture and chocolate chips and mix well to coat.
• Put in square pan lined with parchment paper. Press down well so that the mixture is tight in the pan. You want to pressed really well or it will fall apart.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours until hardened.
• Remove and cut into bars!

Notes

• I found out the hard way that you need a good quality maple syrup. It needs to be thick and sticky or the bars will fall apart. Some brands are very runny and it doesn't work. Honey can work too.
• If your maple syrup is runny, then you can heat the almond butter maple mixture until it reduces and becomes sticky.
• The almond butter needs to be smooth. If it isn’t add some oil to smooth it out.
• You can sub any dried fruit nuts, seeds or spices you prefer for the almonds and chocolate chips. You don’t want to go over 1 cup or so because the bars won’t stick together if there are too many addins.

Recipe by Veggies Don’t Bite, visit our site for more great plant-based recipes.

Nutrition

Calories: 341kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 8gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 47mgPotassium: 282mgFiber: 5gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 1IUCalcium: 109mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition and metric information should be considered an estimate.

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