I began with my go-to granola ingredients that have served me well in countless batches of almond butter granola and peanut butter granola.
Nut butter + Oats + Honey
After microwaving the almond butter and honey in a microwave safe bowl, I stirred in the oats, ground flaxseed and a few mix-ins.
My add-ins of choice: Unsweetened shredded coconut, dried goji berries and chopped pecans.
Can you see how this recipe would be so easy to customize to your liking? Choose your favorite nut butter (I won’t judge you if you opt for Nutella, Biscoff or another kind of cookie butter) and then grab your favorite dried fruit, chocolate chips, chopped nuts, crushed pretzels or anything else that sounds like it would taste delicious in a granola bar.
I then transferred everything into a pan sprayed with cooking spray (just to help with easy removal) and pressed the oatmeal mixture down into the pan so everything stuck together. Then the pan went into the freezer for about 45 minutes before I cut the mixture up into granola bars.
I was shocked at just how delicious these bars tasted and enjoyed one for breakfast as well as an afternoon snack yesterday. I’m excited to play around with different combinations (I think a s’mores bar with mini marshmallows, chocolate chips and crushed graham crackers would be fabulous) and know this is a recipe that will resurface in our house many times in the future.
No Bake Easy Customizable Granola Bars
No Bake (and Easily Customizable) Granola Bars
- Yield: 6 granola bars 1x
- Category: breakfast, recipes
- Cuisine: Breakfast
Description
Choose your favorite nut butter (I won’t judge you if you opt for Nutella, Biscoff or another kind of cookie butter) and then grab your favorite dried fruit, chocolate chips, chopped nuts, crushed pretzels or anything else that sounds like it would taste delicious in a granola bar.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup nut butter (I used almond butter)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup old fashioned oatmeal
- 1/2 cup ground flaxseed
- 1/4 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (I used pecans)
- 1/2 cup dried fruit (I used goji berries)
Instructions
- Microwave nut butter and honey until warm, approximately 30 seconds. Stir together.
- Stir oatmeal into the nut butter and honey.
- Add coconut, dried fruit and chopped nuts. Stir in the ground flaxseed.
- Press the mixture into a pan sprayed with cooking spray and freeze for 45 minutes.
- Cut into bars and enjoy. Store remaining bars in the refrigerator.
If you decide to give these granola bars a try, I hope you think they’re as delicious as I do!
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Love it!! I will definitely have to try a batch of these- it’s a good switch up from regular oatmeal!
Hope you like them, Ashley!!
i can’t wait to try these! i’ll probably end up using chia seeds instead of flax, with almonds or pistachios! I LOVE almond butter too. yay!! thanks
These sound so yummy! I would much rather make my own granola bars then spend a bunch of money on the processed ones at the store, at Luna bars haven’t made it to Iceland yet anyways so this recipe will be perfect!
I love goji berries in granola! Dying to try the peanut butter and goji berry combo.
Love these!!! So super duper easy to make! I’d have to go PB and chocolate!
Homemade granola bars are the best! I love that you can customize them as well. I made granola bars not too long ago that are very similar to these. I included dried apricots, chia/hemp seeds, prunes, and sunflower seeds in them, and they are delicious!
Thanks for the recipe! I love how easy it is/how you can customize ingredients!
Great recipe even my toddler will love! I will definitely be playing around with this one.
These look so yummy!! Thanks for the recipe! What size pan did you use?
I love this– so easy and simple!
These look SO good! I’m a real sucker for granola bars!
Ooh these looks so good! I’ve been meaning to whip out my father in law’s oatmeal recipe for a while now and I wonder if I can tweak it into these, and make actual granola bars?? Great idea!
I have dried goji berries in my pantry – now I have a way to use them!! Thank you!
These look awesome! Can’t wait to try them! I think I will go with chopped almonds, coconut, and a little dark chocolate. I guess you could call it an Almond Joy bar:)
I like your style. I’ve always loved Almond Joys!
I’ve been making a recipe very similar to these, except I roll them into balls and call them “energy bites!” My favorite additions are coconut, pecans and dark chocolate chips.
Oh my goodness, these look amazing!
Would leaving the flaxseed and coconut out do anything drastic to the recipe?
The ground flaxseed works almost like a flour so if you remove that they might be a little sticky. You could always increase the amount of oats- that might help!
Do you think chia seeds would work as a sub for the flaxseed? Just trying to work with stuff I have on hand 🙂
I’m definitely making these this weekend! Love the s’mores flavor idea, too.
My type of recipe! Easy and yummy!
Can’t wait to try them out!
That sounds awesome! My kids are gonna love em!
I am definitely going to make these for my store! People will love them!
I love how easy this recipe is! My husband is a HUGE granola bar fan, but the nicer ones (aka the ones without all the crap ingredients) can definitely get pricey. This would be a great way to get in his granola bar fix without going broke. Plus, like you said, so many customization options! Thanks Julie!
omg, I’m totally going to try this! my husband and I are constantly buying granola bars and I love that we can customize the flavors! =)
Ironic I just did a similar mixture with my old Justin’s hazlenut chocolate spread, oats, and flax with a little Hershey special dark cocoa and ideal sweetener. The honey might give it a more useable consistency! It was good either way though! I want to try your combo also though!
These look so good! Did they hold together well in bar shape?
Yes!! I store them in the fridge and I think that helps.
Yum. I want to try these with this coconut almond butter I just got.
This bars look amazing and I cannot wait to make them. I think you based on all of your other recipes that you would really love this grain-free porridge! It’s filling and great before morning workouts…I top with chia seeds and berries 🙂 Hope you enjoy!!
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wow, I never thought to just stick to nut butter, honey, and oats as a basic recipe for granola bars. I guess sometimes the simple things work best. I can’t wait to try this out, I love how easy it is to readjust the size of the recipe too.
Wow! Love the simple recipe, and how easy it is to make it! Thanks for sharing 😀
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those look amazing I will definitely be making them!!
I’ve never tried goji berries before. They look like dried strawberries? Will definitely be trying this recipe soon!!
Dang! These look SO good! I love the color the goji berries add, but so easy to customize too.
I love having bars on hand for pre-run fuel, usually I keep Larabars but these look so easy and WAY cheaper! Definitely trying them out this week, thanks! 🙂
Couldn’t get much easier than that! I love it.
Healthy food does not need to be complicated and you have just proved it, thanks for sharing!
These look great! I love recipes with a base that can be customized.
I’m going to throw some protein powder in for a little extra protein.
These look great! I can’t wait to try them out.
I can’t wait to try these bars! They’re perfect for me to make at home and bring back to my dorm for a healthy snack!
I’ve been following your blog for a couple years now and decided to start my very own blog today!
Thanks for being my motivation Julie!!
I cannot wait to try this!! I think I will try Peanut Butter Chocolate Dreams also to see how that would taste! I will use coconut always!! Great idea!
Oh these look yummy! I’d try adding walnuts or pecans along with almond butter. Delicious!
Oh these look yummy! I’d try adding walnuts or pecans along with almond butter. Delicious!
Wow these look SO delicious and I am happy to see you added goji berries, I am always looking for more ways to add in superfoods into my daily diet. I am for sure making these for my next bootcamp as post workout snack for all my attendees! Thank you for the amazing idea <3 Have an amazing rest of your week Lots of Love C
Thank you! Making these today!!!!
YUMMM!! Definitely a great quick and easy recipe to have on hand for a healthy snack or breakfast 🙂
You had me at no bake 🙂
What do you think about adding fresh blue berries to these bars? I wonder if dried fruit is a better option.
I’m not sure! Definitely worth a try!
Awesome- I’ll give it a try and let you know!
um, Yummy! I will definitely have to try that this weekend!!!!!
Can’t wait to try these! I’ve been on a big kick of making my own granola and granola bars and these look great.