Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
These homemade chewy chocolate chip granola bars are sweet and satisfying, and so much better than store-bought!
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons Challenge Salted Butter
- ⅓ cup honey
- ½ cup packed light or dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup crispy rice cereal
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- ¼ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper or greased foil.
- In a small saucepan, melt butter, honey, and brown sugar over medium low heat until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Set butter mixture aside for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mostly cooled.
- Meanwhile, combine oats, rice cereal, almond, flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Add butter mixture to bowl and stir until combined with the dry ingredients. (Mixture will be very sticky.) Stir in the mini chocolate chips.
- Press the mixture into the prepared baking pan, compacting it into an even layer.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until edges just start to turn brown.
- Let granola bars cool completely in the pan. Then use parchment or foil to lift bars out of the pan and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into squares or bars.
- Store granola bars in an airtight container at room temperature for a week or more. The bars also freeze well.
Notes
Note: It's important to let the butter mixture cool before combining all of the granola bar ingredients so that the chocolate chips don't melt.
Calories: 191kcal, Carbohydrates: 29g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 11mg, Sodium: 122mg, Potassium: 96mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 17g, Vitamin A: 135IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 31mg, Iron: 1mg
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