Homemade Chocolate Coconut Granola Bars are so much better than store bought. Totally easy and no bake!
I love making granola bars. Wait, no, scratch that. I love eating granola bars.
And so does the rest of my family. Therefore, I now also love to make them.
I started to make my own granola bars after the first time I actually looked at the ingredient list on a box at the store. So many things in there that I didn’t even recognize, and besides, it gets kind of expensive to buy those things constantly!
So I started to make them at home.
The great thing about making your own granola bars is that you can have pretty much any flavour combination that your little heart desires.
You can change them every time you make them if you want, and never get bored with your snack. I love that.
Because I get bored easily when it comes to food! Especially snack food.
These chewy chocolate macaroon granola bars are far from boring. I’m pretty sure I’ll be making them over and over again.
They’re just like a chewy chocolate macaroon cookie, but in the form of a healthy granola bar. They’re also nut free, which is necessary for my kids’ school lunches.
I love when I can make a healthy, nut free snack for them that they love to eat.
Also, these took about 5.2 seconds to whip up. Okay, maybe 5 or 10 minutes, but certainly no longer than that.
So fast, so easy, and so tasty. And nothing weird and unpronounceable in the ingredient list – you probably have everything that you need for them in your pantry right now.
So go make some healthy chocolate macaroon granola bars! You’ll love ‘em.
More importantly, you’ll love that they round out your kiddo’s lunchbox in such a tasty, fun way. Can’t ask for more than that from a homemade snack, can you?
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Homemade Chocolate Coconut Granola Bars Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups Quick Oats
- 2 cups Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
- 6 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 medium Banana Mashed
- 6 tablespoons Coconut Oil Melted
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Line a 9×13 inch baking dish with parchment or wax paper, leaving an overhang over the edges. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, stir together the oats, coconut and cocoa powder until well combined. In a small bowl, whisk together the mashed banana, melted coconut oil, honey, brown sugar, vanilla and salt until smooth and well combined. Pour this wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until everything is evenly combined and no dry bits remain.
- Pour this mixture into the prepared baking dish, and press it down firmly with damp hands. Place another piece of wax paper over top of the bars in the pan, and use the back of a metal flipper to press down on the bars again, compressing them as much as possible. This will keep them from being crumbly.
- Place the pan of bars in the refrigerator. Allow them to chill for at least one hour before lifting them out of the pan and slicing into bars. Store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to one week.