No bake granola bars with peanut butter and honey. Customize these homemade granola bars with gluten free, refined sugar free, and dairy free options!
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
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Servings: 16-24 bars
Author: Beth
Ingredients
4cupsquick oatsgluten free if needed
1 ½ cupschex rice cereal
1 ½cupspretzelschopped (gluten free if needed)
½cupmini chocolate chips
1cupcreamy peanut butter
1tbspcoconut oil
1cuphoney
Instructions
Lightly spray a 9x13 inch pan with cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, chex cereal, chopped pretzels, and chocolate chips. Set aside.
In a saucepan over low heat, melt the peanut butter, coconut oil and honey, stirring frequently until the mixture is liquidy.
Pour this mixture over the dry mixture in the mixing bowl. Mix well with a spatula.
Press the granola mixture into the pan, using your hands or the back of a spatula.
Place in the fridge for 30-60 minutes to set before cutting.
Store granola bars in air tight container on the counter or fridge.
**See notes section for customizable ingredients**
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Notes
In place of honey you can use coconut nectar, maple syrup, or raw honey instead of processed honey.In place of peanut butter you can use almond butter or another seed butter.In place of the “base” mixture (oats, chex and pretzels) you can use a combination of unsweetened puffed rice cereal or pretty much any cereal you like (cheerios, wheaties, etc), unsweetened coconut flakes, puffed quinoa, slivered almonds or another chopped nut. Whatever bases you choose, keep the total around 7 cups.Additional ideas for add-ins include dried fruits (cherries, cranberries, blueberries, bananas, apple), unsweetened coconut flakes, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, pistachios, cacao nibs. And add-ins that are more of a treat include m&ms, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, mint chips. Keep the total of add-ins under 3/4 cup.