The Best Chewy Granola Bar Recipe – Just 5 Ingredients! (2024)

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What are the ingredients in a chewy granola bar? ›

GRANOLA (WHOLE GRAIN OATS, BROWN SUGAR, BROWN RICE CRISP [WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT], WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SOYBEAN OIL, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, NONFAT DRY MILK), CORN SYRUP, BROWN RICE CRISP (WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT), SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE ...

Honey. Sweetens the granola bars and helps bind the dry ingredients together.

Honey or maple syrup

These natural sweeteners also help bind the bars together, and make these bars deliciously sweet (though not too sweet).

Add an egg white.

The whites act as a kind of glue that binds the ingredients together. To ensure that the egg whites coat all the ingredients, I beat them with a whisk until foamy and increased in volume, which makes it much easier to fold into the granola.

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A granola bar refers to a nourishing snack prepared from nuts, butter, dried fruits, coconuts, rolled oats, chocolate chips, puffed rice, and sweeteners.

Honey – Along with the nut butter, it helps all these ingredients stick together! I love its warm amber flavor in this recipe.

Make sure that whichever granola recipe you use, it calls for some liquid, typically oil of some kind (I recommend olive oil for a subtle earthy, floral flavor, or melted unrefined coconut oil for subtly coconutty flavor). The liquid will help the chia seeds to gel, ensuring the granola sticks together.

Possible downsides. Granola bars are often considered a healthy snack, but despite these marketing claims, many are loaded with added sugar, calories, and artificial ingredients. For example, Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Harvest granola bars can contain up to 15 grams of sugar per serving — mostly from added sugar.

They save well (wrap and freeze them for up to two months), are more affordable than store-bought bars, and don't contain the long list of unpronounceable ingredients. Plus, your kitchen will smell like a bakery while these granola bars bake. Ahhhh.

Why is glycerin in granola bars? ›

Glycerin, a common ingredient in all high-protein bars, helps to reduce water activity, keeps the dough pliable and less sticky and helps to maintain bar softness during shelf life.

Cereal. One of the simplest ways to eat granola is on its own with a little bit of milk! Having some good, wholesome granola on hand in the pantry is always a good idea for busy mornings. Bring out your granola, pour it into a bowl, then mix it with the milk of your choosing!

While there are several different sticky ingredients that you can use, we've found that the binding agent that works the best is honey! When added to your homemade granola bars, honey acts as glue that sticks all the pieces together.

While the oats and nuts bake, you can make the sticky glue that holds our bars together. You'll melt butter, honey, and brown sugar in a saucepan and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Mix this sticky mixture with the toasted oats and nuts.

Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Canola Oil, Rice Flour, Honey, Salt, Brown Sugar Syrup, Baking Soda, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.

Contains: contains coconut, milk, soy and wheat ingredients. May contain traces of peanut and other tree nuts.

OAT FLAKES, CORN SYRUP, CORN GRITS, SUGAR, SUNFLOWER SEED, RICE FLOUR, ALMONDS, WATER, BEE HONEY, OAT FIBER, SORBITOL, GELATIN, MALT EXTRACT (BARLEY), INVERT SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, WHEAT FLOUR, CINNAMON, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ...

This product has 1 ingredient with dairy and 9 ingredients that may have dairy.