30 Minute Meals
Vegan Granola Bars (with Superfoods)
Prep
10 minutes
Cook
15 minutes
Yield
8
This is the best Vegan Granola Bars recipe! Perfect to pack in lunches or eat on-the-go. Vegan-friendly, loaded with superfoods & delicious!
Granola bars are the perfect snack for when you’re on-the-go or need something to throw into lunches. However, most granola bars you buy in the store are loaded with sugar, and not good for you at all. So that’s why I wanted to create this easy (and delicious) Vegan Granola Bars so you can make your own, and know exactly what’s going into them. A much healthier alternative to the boxed granola bars you find in-store!
❤️ Why You’ll Love Vegan Granola Bars
- Quick: These Vegan Granola Bars take only 30 minutes to make
- Healthy: These are a healthier alternative to store-bought bars that are full of preservatives and mystery ingredients. They’re perfect for lunches or snacks and loaded with superfoods and dried fruit
- Kid-Friendly: Your kids will eat these up and you’ll feel good about what’s in them to fuel their little bodies
🍲 Ingredients
Dried Fruit – You can really get creative with these and make different variations. However, for this recipe, I used Patience Fruit & Co’s Bursting Blend which contains dried whole and soft cranberries, wild blueberries, golden berries, and tart cherries. This blend is sweetened with cane sugar so it adds sweetness to the bars.
What I love about these dried berries by Patience Fruit & Co is that they practice organic farming, meaning they do not use any genetically modified ingredients, or any chemical artificial fertilizers or pesticides. You can also add these dried berries into your baking, but also savoury recipes too. They taste amazing in salads!
Chia Seeds – Chia Seeds are a great source of fiber and can help maintain a healthy heart, cholesterol, and gut health. They are so easy to add into baking, sprinkle on top of yogurt, or to throw into smoothies.
👩🍳 How to Make Vegan Granola Bars
- Preheat the oven to 350F and grab a 9X9 lined baking tin. You can either lightly grease it or line it will parchment paper.
- To a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients apart from the gluten-free rolled oats and mix till well combined. Once well combined, add the oats and stir till everything is well coated.
- Add mixture to your lightly greased or lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until golden in colour.
- Let it cool completely in the pan before removing and cutting into 8 large rectangular pieces.
🗒 Tips and Tricks
- Prep these on Sunday to have great grab-and-go snacks all-week-long
- Make a big batch and freeze them so you can take them out, thaw, and have a healthy snack ready-to-go
🗒 Substitutions
- Dried Fruit: Add in whatever dried fruit you prefer – cranberries, raisins, chopped dates or apricots, etc.
- Seeds: You can use more chia seeds, more flax seeds, or swap one for the other in this recipe
- Peanut Butter: Substitute peanut butter for your fav nut or seed butter
🗒 Best served with
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Freeze any leftovers for up to 4 months.
🤔 Common Questions
Superfoods are nutritionally dense, and therefore really good for you! Many berries make the list of superfoods such as blueberries and cranberries that are found in this Vegan Granola Bars Recipe. However, you can also find superfoods in a variety of different foods such as: Kale, Sweet Potatoes, Beans, Nuts and Salmon (for the fish eaters).
Dried fruit is very versatile and can be tossed into baking, casseroles, salads, literally, there are so many ways to use them. Dried fruit essentially has all the water content removed from it, shrinking the fruit down and leaving a small, energy-dense piece of fruit. Dried fruit is loaded with micronutrients, fiber and antioxidants. Since the fruit is smaller and more compact, dried fruit contains 3.5 times the amount of fiber, vitamins and minerals than fresh fruit. Therefore just one serving can help you reach your daily intake quicker and more efficiently.
Vegan Granola Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup Patience Fruit and Co. Fruit Blend
- 1 large banana mashed
- 1/2 cup almonds chopped or whole
- 1/2 cup dar chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup walnuts
- 2 tbsp. flax seeds
- 2 tbsp. chia seeds
- 2 tbsp. hemp seeds
- 2 tbsp. white sesame seeds
- 3 tbsp. honey or maple syrup
- 1 cup gluten-free rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and grab a 9X9 lined baking tin. You can either lightly grease it or line it will parchment paper.
- To a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients apart from the gluten-free rolled oats and mix till well combined. Once well combined, add the oats and stir till everything is well coated.
- Add mixture to your lightly greased or lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until golden in colour.
- Let it cool completely in the pan before removing and cutting into 8 large rectangular pieces.
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Amazing recipe. Added some pumpkin seeds and dried mango too and result was sooo good.
Thank you so much for the love, Doris!
Easy and very quick to make. Love the taste. Healthy, vegan and no waste.
Thank you Maria for another great recipe.
Thank you so much for the love, Caroline!
These are perfect! I don’t like buying bars instore because they are filled with junk!
Arent they just so addicting?!
Ok, these bars are one thing but let’s just talk about my kid’s addiction to those cranberries in general! They’re so good! Thanks Maria!
Thanks Whitney! We completely agree!
Just obsessed with these bars, thanks Maria!
You’re so welcome, Amy!
These Patience Fruit products are so good!!!
Thanks so much for the love, Alexa!
Oh love this idea & so much healthier than store bought granola bars!
YES GIRL!! So gooey and crunchy and moist and tangy!