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Healthy peanut butter chocolate chip quinoa granola bars! 7 ingredients and 30 minutes to bake! The best homemade granola bar!
Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Quinoa Bars
When quinoa came on the scene a few years ago everyone was raving about it. Having a gluten allergy and learning how to live off of rice (and potatoes & chocolate!) I was all for incorporating it into my diet. We tried quinoa taco skillet, quinoa stuffed peppers, quinoa in soup, quinoa oatmeal, quinoa chili.. we never ventured as far as quinoa burgers, because this girl likes her meat.
While quinoa in soup or chili is one of my top favs, the best thing to make with quinoa is a pan of chocolate chip quinoa granola bars!!
Tips for these Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Quinoa Bars
My go-to recipe involves preparing the quinoa in advance then combining all of the granola bar ingredients, mixing them in a bowl and baking the bars in an 8 inch square pan. Of course I love this recipe because there’s peanut butter and chocolate chips, and it tastes just as good as a snicker’s bar but is 1000% healthier.
And to be honest, I’m not a huge fan of the plain nutty flavor of quinoa.. you definitely can’t taste it when paired with peanut butter and chocolate :)
Another thing about our recipe for Chocolate Chip Quinoa Bars is that they turn out moist! I know moist can be such a weird word, but sometimes you want a more moist granola bar, versus the pre-packaged ones that leave you needing a glass of water.
I’ve made this same exact Chocolate Chip Quinoa Bars recipe probably 15 times and I never get tired of them. I’ve even forgotten the honey once, and I learned to never forget it now because I do like the sweetness it adds. I’ve eaten these for breakfast, snack, and even packed them to take while traveling. I love them as a pre and post work out snack or even a bed time snack.
If I’m really fighting a tooth sweet craving, I’ll drizzle melted peanut butter over a bar and add mini chocolate chips!
Seriously, these Chocolate Chip Quinoa Bars are good.
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Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Quinoa Bars
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked quinoa, equal to 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 2 ½ cups rolled oats
- ¾ cup chocolate chips, I like minis!
- ¼ cup flaxseed
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter, can use all natural
- ¾ cup milk
- ¼ cup honey
Instructions
- Cook the quinoa according to the directions on the package (takes about 15-20 minutes). You’ll need 2 cups of water for 1 cup of uncooked quinoa. Allow it to cool before moving forward.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine the cooked & cooled quinoa, oats, chocolate chips, and flaxseed in a bowl and mix to combine.
- Add in the peanut butter, milk, and honey and stir to combine. *TIP* Spray the 1/4 cup with non-stick cooking spray before measuring the honey, it will ensure that it doesn’t stick to the cup.
- Spray an 8×8 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Transfer the quinoa mixture to the baking pan and distribute evenly with a spatula.
- Bake for 21-26 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and allow the bars to cool. Cut and store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclosure
All nutritional values are approximate and provided to the reader as a courtesy. Changing ingredients and/or quantities will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
These are really tasty and a unique recipe, but I calculated the nutrition facts using the USDA Supertracker and for 16 servings (which is fairly small from an 8×8 pan) have ~223 calories per serving, 27 g carbs, 4 g fiber, 10 g sugar, 7 g protein, 11 g total fat. So pretty dense! Just an FYI. (Room for error so correct me if you have other info!)
Thank you so much for this!!!
Hi! I love this recipe but ended up changing it a bit due to what I have and not wanting my son to have chocolate , lol. So for the flax and choc, I used flax, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and shedded almonds to make a full cup. I also used agave instead of honey which I am regretting but the other subs seem great! So my concern is that I dunno how to save them. It makes a lot. And I know we won’t eat them super fast. So do u put these in Tupperware, the fridge or how do U store generally and how long do they last? And if you get to the date where they would go “bad” can you freeze? I would just love to have these on hand all the time and plan to make myself a batch just like you suggest and so storage is a concern. Lmk if you can and thanks!
Hi, checking to see how these should be stored and could they be frozen if we don’t eat them all!?
Hi! Making these for a softball tournament tomorrow! About how many bars does this make? Wondering if I should double or triple the recipe!?
Hi Jenny! It definitely depends on how you cut the bars – but if you’re feeding a whole team, I would definitely double the recipe and make it in a 9×13 pan.
I just made these today and all I changed was the flax seed to chia seed and milk to almond milk. They turned out good. The taste is ok and the chocolate chips make it sweet. The texture is different. I wouldn’t say chewy but it’s not dry either except for the outer corners. They hold up pretty good considering there is no egg in it. I must say that it gave my arms a work out to mix it all together though lol I was wondering if you have tried to process the oats together to make an oat flour? And how would that turn out? Thanks for sharing this recipe :)
Delicious! I subbed Cocoa powder for the chocolate chips to lower the sugar and add the health benefits. We love them! They aren’t as sweet,I’m sure, but we don’t eat much sugar so we don’t mind. Thanks for the recipe!!
The recipe calls for steel cut or quick oats. Did you mean rolled oats? I imagine steel cut would be very hard as they are nothing like quick oats. Unless of coarse, you would cook them first but then that would add a lot of moisture!
Yes rolled oats!
Can i use quick oats
Yes!
How much cocoa would you sub for the chocolate chips?
I’m definitely making this tonight!!!!!!! So excited because i think my daughter will really enjoy it.
Would you happen to have the nutritional information on it?