Healthy Breakfast Bars (Gluten Free)

Start your day with healthy breakfast bars, a delicious grab and go option! These are filled with simple ingredients and are easily gluten free.

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 129kcal

½ cup nut butter I use peanut butter
½ cup mashed ripe banana about 1 small banana
¼ cup maple syrup can sub with ½ cup date paste
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup rolled oats gluten-free if needed
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¼ cup dairy free chocolate chips can sub with dark chocolate chips or cacao nibs for an ultra healthy version
¼ cup pumpkin seeds
¼ cup chopped pecans omit for nut free
¼ cup chopped dried cranberries or raisins

Preheat oven to 350°F/ 180°C
Mix the nut butter, banana, maple syrup and vanilla extract in a bowl until combined, I used a whisk. It's okay if there are some banana chunks.
Add the oats, baking soda and salt to the bowl and mix well with a spoon.
Fold in the chocolate chips, nuts, seeds and dried fruit.
Pour the batter into a prepared square baking pan. I used a little bit of oil to coat the pan.
Bake 20-25 minutes or until brown on edges. Bars will harden a bit more as they cool. Don’t over bake because they will dry out and fall apart.
Allow to cool completely, about 30-45 minutes but check to make sure they are cool to the touch.
Cut into into squares (I do 16) and enjoy!

For a nut free version use sunflower butter for another seed butter.
You can add in anything you want, just keep the total amount to about 1 cup. If you add too much then the bars will not stick together.