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These homemade Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are the perfect treat to pack in your lunchbox or enjoy as an afternoon snack!

I can’t even imagine how many thousands of granola bars I ate as a kid.

They were my favorite childhood snack, though admittedly it was probably because they were more like dessert bars, with flavors like Cookies & Cream, S’mores, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip.

Whoops.

Today’s recipe is an adult-friendly and kid-friendly granola bar, and doesn’t have any corn syrup or preservatives.

The main ingredients here are oats, whole wheat flour, unsweetened coconut, and honey, and it yields a bar that still tastes like a treat but is certainly better than a lot of storebought varieties.

This recipe is from my friend Catherine’s new cookbook Weelicious Lunches.

I first discovered Catherine in the Youtube world, where we collaborated on making Mother’s Day Brunch themed recipe videos, and I have finally gotten to meet her at a couple conferences earlier this summer. Catherine is one of the most positive people I’ve met, and it’s clear that her life’s joy is making simple and fun recipes for her family, and sharing those ideas with others.

These bars are very easy to make, and are basically just a “mix and bake” type of recipe.

Here’s a video of the process:

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 50 mins

 These homemade Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are the perfect treat to pack in your lunchbox or enjoy as an afternoon snack!

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Ingredients

• 4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1.25 oz whole wheat flour (1/4 cup)
• 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup grapeseed oil (Catherine's recipe used canola oil)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup honey

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Place the oats, flour, coconut, brown sugar, chocolate chips, and salt in a large bowl, and toss it all around with a spatula until combined.
3. In another bowl, whisk together the grapeseed oil, vanilla, and honey until smooth and combined. Pour this all over the dry ingredients, and toss all the ingredients together until the wet ingredients have evenly coated all of the oats. Dump the granola mixture onto the parchment lined baking sheet and shape it into a large rectangle that’s about 9×13 inches, and about 1 inch thick. I find the best tool to use here is a flat turner, to really press and compact the granola together, and square off the edges.
4. Bake the granola rectangle for 40 minutes, until it’s golden and dry to the touch. Cool the granola on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes, then cut into small bars with a really sharp knife.

by Joanne Ozug

Recipe Notes

The bars will keep fresh for several weeks if wrapped individually in parchment or wax paper

Nutrition Information Serves about 30 bars     adjust servings

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
Amount Per Serving	As Served
Calories 149kcal Calories from fat 63
% Daily Value
Total Fat 7g	11%
Saturated Fat 2g	10%
Transfat 0g
Cholesterol 1mg	0%
Sodium 46mg	2%
Carbohydrate 21g	7%
Dietary Fiber 2g	8%
Sugars 12g
Protein 2g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000
Total Fat	Less than	65g
Sat Fat	Less than	25g
Cholesterol	Less than	300mg
Sodium	Less than	2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g
Dietary Fiber		25g

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