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No Bake Nut and Seed Bars

If you love a chewy granola bar, then these nut and seed bars will blow your mind! Few ingredients, very customizable and no baking required. The perfect lunchbox staple.

Prep Time
2 hrs
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
2 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 20 bars
Calories: 204 kcal
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 cups rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups crispy rice cereal
  • 1 cup variety of nuts I used 1/4 cup each cashews, almonds, peanuts, walnuts
  • 1/4 cup seeds I used 3 tablespoons pepitas and 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 1/4 cup craisins

Instructions

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  1. In a large bowl, stir oats, rice cereal, nuts, seeds and craisins together. Set aside.
  2. In a small pot, melt butter, honey and brown sugar together over medium high heat until it comes to a bubble. Reduce the heat and cook 2 minutes. (You want it bubbling the whole time, just not violently.) Pour in cinnamon and stir. Pour over dry ingredients and mix well to moisten all ingredients.
  3. Spread onto lightly greased small jelly roll pan {about 12x8x1} and press out to be about 3/4 inch in thickness. {If your pan isn't small enough, pack the mixture into one side. You really want to press them down so they stick together.} Cool on a countertop to room temperature for two hours or until the bars have solidified and hold their shape. Cut into bars. Wrap in parchment or plastic wrap and store at room temperature.

Notes

  • Recipe Notes: If your granola bars don't seem to be staying together when you cut them, you may have not boiled the mixture long enough...you want it to make it just past the softball stage. OR you made them too thin or you didn't pack them in tight enough. Stick them in the fridge for 20 minutes and that should help keep them together. {Be sure not to keep them in there too long or else they'll become super hard!} The next time you make them, try boiling for an extra 15 seconds or so.

Nutrition Information

Calories 204kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 27g (9%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 4g (20%) Cholesterol 12mg (4%) Sodium 45mg (2%) Potassium 101mg (3%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 15g (30%) Vitamin A 142IU (3%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 19mg (2%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 20bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 204

% Daily Value*

Calories 204kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 27g 9%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 12mg 4%
Sodium 45mg 2%
Potassium 101mg 2%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 15g 30%
Vitamin A 142IU 3%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 19mg 2%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.