These Apple Peanut Butter Snack bars are an easy, one-bowl recipe and they make a healthy and delicious after-school snack!
Heads up! These Apple Peanut Butter Snack Bars were first published in November 2012. Photos were updated August 2018. Original text remains. Enjoy!
When I asked you what you wanted to see more of on Happy Healthy Mama, two of the most popular answers were “snacks” and “lunch box ideas”. These healthy apple peanut butter snack bars fit the bill for both of those.
They are made with no flour, no oil, and no refined sugar, so you can feel good about feeding them to your children. And if you decide you want to snack on one, you can feel good about that, too.
Like most things coming out of my kitchen these days, these healthy snack bars are quick and easy. You only have to dirty up one bowl when you make them. If you’re a busy mom like me, you know how important that is!
The most important thing, though, is that Meghan loved them. She called them “bery, bery delicious!” She’s getting so big that I can’t help but love her words that still sound baby-ish. Here’s a picture of her trying on my wedding veil recently. Seriously?! How did she get so big?
Sorry for the off-topic moment. I don’t talk about Meghan around here as much as I used to. On to the recipe for these simple and delicious Apple Peanut Butter Snack Bars!
How to Make Apple Peanut Butter Snack Bars
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Apple peanut butter snack bars
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 9 - 16 bars 1x
Description
These gluten-free snack bars are made with wholesome ingredients and are great for after-school snacking or can be a healthy lunch box treat. To make them nut-free, simply use sunflower seed butter in place of the peanut butter.
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup shredded/grated apple (one large apple)
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×9 baking dish and set aside.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Transfer the mixture to the baking dish and use the back of a wooden spoon or a spatula to press it down evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until the edges are just barely browned. Allow to cool before cutting into squares.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 of 16 bars
- Calories: 103
- Sugar: 10.3g
- Sodium: 22.3mg
- Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 17.9g
- Protein: 2.5g
Keywords: healthy snack
This is the first time I’ve included peanut butter in a recipe in quite a while. In case you are wondering, I have been re-introducing foods into my diet to see if Luke’s outgrown his intolerances. He’s done well with nuts and peanuts! I’ll tell you more about it when I finally get around to finishing his 10 month (and now 11 month!) post.
If you’d like a peanut-free snack bar, however, this could easily be made so by swapping out the peanut butter for sunflower seed butter. Coconut oil would work, as well. (Check out my Goodness Bars that are similar to these and made with coconut oil.) You can find even more healthy snack recipes here. As always, enjoy!
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I just made these bars, but milled the oats and used almond butter. They are divine and although not low carb I love all the healthy ingredients!
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What is the egg for? Can that be substituted?
These snack bars look amazing, I love peanut butter. cant wait to try it.
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These llook amazing! Are they low carb/fat? Have the nutrition specs on em?
No these are not considered low carb. 🙂
Apple peanut butter apple pie makes you delicious and appealing. I love this cake has a really good flavor to remove.
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