Homemade chewy peanut butter bars
mommynmotion
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Homemade Chewy Granola Bars
1/2 cup peanut butter or sunbutter
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup coconut oil (or another oil of your choice)
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup of cereal of your choice (I use Kashi Go Lean for added protein and crunch)
1 cup total of any combination of: sesame seeds, coconut flakes, sunflower seeds, dried fruit, chocolate chips
Warm peanut butter and oil in a saucepan...add honey.
Mix in the other "stuff". Wait till they cool off a lot to put the chocolate chips in or they'll melt and smear in to it...don't wait too long or it'll be hard to shape them...who cares really, chocolate is chocolate. Be creative, you could use butterscotch chips, rice crispies, cheerios, nutella or even those flavored peanut butters...yum, yum! You could just use 1c of oats for a chewier bar...I like the crunch of Kashi go lean. I try to use all natural ingredients, so they are better for us than store bought bars.
After you have made this a couple of times, you won't need to measure anything. I just warm a bunch of cocnut oil and peanut butter with honey an dthen just mix everything in till it's cookie dough like. Then you can either spread it out and cut when it cools or shape it like a bar with your hands (very messy, but works the best). I liked smooshing them into the mini muffin tins last week...I thought they stayed softer like that. If you shape them or cut into bars, you can put in baggies and then they are portable for a not home in time for lunch snack. They don't need to be refridgerated either! Sometimes, I just leave it in the pot on the stove and we just scoop it onto the plate and eat it with a spoon...it's great warm!
This is my new "go to" snack for us and I take them to almost any function where I need to bring a dish! It's easy and always a hit! We have 4 kids who gobble them up!
Now I have to go make some!!!!!
1/2 cup peanut butter or sunbutter
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup coconut oil (or another oil of your choice)
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup of cereal of your choice (I use Kashi Go Lean for added protein and crunch)
1 cup total of any combination of: sesame seeds, coconut flakes, sunflower seeds, dried fruit, chocolate chips
Warm peanut butter and oil in a saucepan...add honey.
Mix in the other "stuff". Wait till they cool off a lot to put the chocolate chips in or they'll melt and smear in to it...don't wait too long or it'll be hard to shape them...who cares really, chocolate is chocolate. Be creative, you could use butterscotch chips, rice crispies, cheerios, nutella or even those flavored peanut butters...yum, yum! You could just use 1c of oats for a chewier bar...I like the crunch of Kashi go lean. I try to use all natural ingredients, so they are better for us than store bought bars.
After you have made this a couple of times, you won't need to measure anything. I just warm a bunch of cocnut oil and peanut butter with honey an dthen just mix everything in till it's cookie dough like. Then you can either spread it out and cut when it cools or shape it like a bar with your hands (very messy, but works the best). I liked smooshing them into the mini muffin tins last week...I thought they stayed softer like that. If you shape them or cut into bars, you can put in baggies and then they are portable for a not home in time for lunch snack. They don't need to be refridgerated either! Sometimes, I just leave it in the pot on the stove and we just scoop it onto the plate and eat it with a spoon...it's great warm!
This is my new "go to" snack for us and I take them to almost any function where I need to bring a dish! It's easy and always a hit! We have 4 kids who gobble them up!
Now I have to go make some!!!!!
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Sounds so yummy!0
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Might try these. My kids didn't like my last homemade granola bars.0
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What kind of oats - instant or old fashioned?0
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How many cals do these have? x0
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Yum!0
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how much fat is in these?!? :noway:0
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They sound amazing any idea on cals ?0
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Not sure on calories...I'll figure it out and let you know. You use quick oats.0
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I'm always looking for a great granola bar recipe, thanks!0
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OMG amazing! thanks for sharing!!0
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Okay, I figured out the ingredients and made a recipe in my food journal for the bars. I hadn't done that yet because I haven't really been tracking my food. I have been doing a (mostly) juice fast for a couple of weeks...I keep falling off the wagon....but anyway...
This makes a small batch (8)...I would double it. The calories and fat aren't low, (you could reduce the amt of honey and add some splenda) but it's soooooo worth it! It's also healthier and cheaper than store bought bars...and when they are gone, you can just whip up another batch in 10 minutes. I usually shape them like a cliff bar or put in mini muffin tins.
Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium
Lou Ana - Pure Coconut Oil, 4 tbsp. 480 0 56 0 0
Smucker's - Natural Creamy Peanut Butter, 8 Tbsp 800 24 64 28 420
Honey - 5 TBL. 300 85 0 0 5
Quaker Oats - Regular Instant Oatmeal (Loose), 1/2 cup dry 150 27 3 5 0
Cereal - Kashi Go Lean, 0.5 cup 70 15 1 7 43
Nestle Tollhouse - Mini Chips, 4 TBsp 280 36 16 4 0
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Total: 2080 187 140 44 468
Per Serving: 260 23 18 6 590 -
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YUM! I can't wait to try this.0
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