No Bake Granola Bars with Peanut Butter and Honey

A close-up of a homemade no bake granola bar with oats, chocolate chips, small pretzel pieces, and a chewy texture. Other bars and pretzel pieces are visible in the blurred background.

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No Bake Granola Bars with Peanut Butter and Honey

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

Total Time10

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

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Servings: -24 bars

Author: Beth

Ingredients

4 cups quick oats gluten free if needed
1 ½ cups chex rice cereal
1 ½ cups pretzels chopped (gluten free if needed)
½ cup mini chocolate chips
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 cup honey

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.

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