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Last updated on April 12, 2019. Originally posted on April 12, 2019 By Maryea / 4 Comments

Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

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Add some colorful vegetables to your morning with these Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars!
Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

I’m on a little bit of an add-vegetables-to-all-the-things kick. I can’t help it. My kids are on a bit of a we-don’t-really-care-for-vegetables-that-much kick. Especially this one:

Isn’t Meghan looking so grown up?! She’s 10 going on 16. And apparently “eating junk food is NORMAL. Nobody eats as many vegetables as we do!” <<<insert tween girl eye roll here>>>

*Sigh*

If you’ve been around here for any amount of time, you know I won’t be giving up on serving vegetables in their fresh form any time soon. But as long as I’m getting resistance, I’ll be adding them to more foods, like our oatmeal breakfast bars.

Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars with a bite

These are truly a breakfast bar and not a dessert bar. They are only lightly sweetened with a touch of maple syrup. They also happen to be vegan and gluten free. I used ground flaxseed meal + water instead of eggs.

The flaxseed help bind these, but it also adds extra fiber and omega 3 fatty acids.

These Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars are soft and chewy and can be eaten with a fork or picked up and eaten with your hands. cut Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Whether you make these for yourself or your kids, they make a nutritious breakfast that can’t be classified as junk food. Sorry, Meghan.

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Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

These Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars are lightly sweet, vegan, and gluten free!

  • Author: Maryea Flaherty | Happy Healthy Mama
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 9 1x
  • Category: breakfast recipes
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: american

Ingredients

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  •  1/4 cup golden flaxseed meal + 3/4 cup water
  • 3 cups old fashioned oatmeal
  • 1 cup finely shredded carrot
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup raisins
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the ground flaxseed meal and water. Set it aside until it gels, 5-10 minutes.
  3. In a separate, large bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and stir to combine. When the flaxseed and water gels, add it to the bowl and stir again to combine.
  4. Line an 8 X 8 inch square baking pan with parchment paper. Transfer the oatmeal mixture to the pan and press it down firmly with the back of a wooden spoon.
  5. Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until the bars are set, approximately 15 minutes. Allow to cool completely before slicing into bars.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 bar
  • Calories: 213
  • Sugar: 13.5 grams
  • Fat: 4 grams
  • Unsaturated Fat: 0 grams
  • Carbohydrates: 37 grams
  • Fiber: 5.8 grams
  • Protein: 5.3 grams

Keywords: oatmeal breakfast bars

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I really like baking with carrots. Some more recipes you might love are my Healthy Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting , Carrot Cake Oatmeal Muffins , or Honey Carrot Quick Bread.

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  1. Kat says

    November 21, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    If I wanted to use eggs instead of flaxseed, could I and how many eggs should I use?
    It’s just that I have eggs on hand but no flaxmeal…

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      November 22, 2019 at 9:33 am

      2 eggs should work.

      Reply
  2. Alina @ Orgali Holistic Nutrition says

    April 12, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    Yummy and healthy breakfast! I give my kids carrot oatmeal for snack too :).
    I know exactly what you mean Maryea. I am not going to skimp on nutrition just because all the other kids are eating junk. This is our family and our rules. My kids (7 and 10) eat amazing foods all the time. I hope that after their junk food phase (which I assume it will likely happen while they are on their own), they will come back to the way they used to eat when they were at home (nutritious and delicious).
    Meghan looks amazing! Beautiful girl and beautiful dress! (P.S. Let me know when it is too small for her :)).

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    • Maryea says

      April 15, 2019 at 5:47 am

      Thank you Alina! I wish I could say my kids eat amazing foods all the time, but they don’t. I sure do try though!

      Reply

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