Before my last trip to the grocery store, Tim asked if I would pick up some granola bars. He wanted something with a little sweetness that wouldn’t be unhealthy. After being “that girl” and reading the label on every available granola or cereal bar, I decided I would just have to make my own for him. Most of the bars had high-fructose corn syrup, an ingredient we avoid as much as possible, and those that did not had a lot of added sugar. I created these bars, that are more like cookie bars than granola bars, with intentions of the final product being high in fiber and low in sugar. Without any eggs, butter, or added sugars, these bars are tasty treats that could be a snack or a dessert.
Fruity Snack Bars
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 16 bars 1x
Description
Homemade bars that are much healthier than store bought
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup pitted prunes
- 2 small, ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Oil an 8-9 inch square baking pan. In a medium bowl, blend flour, oats, salt, oil, and vanilla with fingers until evenly mixed.
- Mince the raisins and prunes together in a food processor and place in bowl with batter. Mash the bananas with a fork or potato masher and add to the bowl. Use your hands to blend together well until evenly incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Press the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to cool, and cut into 16 squares.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 157
- Sugar: 13.5g
- Sodium: 74mg
- Fat: 3.97g
- Carbohydrates: 29.9g
- Fiber: 3.28g
- Protein: 2.57g
If you want to be really saintly, substitute unsweetened apple sauce for the oil and cut out the chocolate chips. Please note, however, that most of the sugars are from the bananas, prunes, and raisins, and that only 1 gram sugar per serving is from the chocolate chips.
I found your site through Pintrest this morning. This afternoon I have baked your Fruity Snack Bars, Apple sauce crackers, and the Apple Peanut Butter snack bars.
They were all amazing. My one year old loves gnawing on the crackers, and my 6 and 8year olds loved the Apple Peanut Butter bars, my fave is the Fruity snack bars, so sweet, chewy and moist! A healthy little dessert <3
Thanks so much for sharing them!
You are welcome! So glad you found me. 🙂
If I leave out the prunes, should I sub another cup of raisins? Or just leave them out? (the prunes) Thanks!
I would either add more raisins or maybe even dates. I’m not sure if the texture would work if you just leave them out. Good luck!
This one looks good…I can't wait to try it 🙂