National Granola Bar Day: 10 Great Granola Recipes

Granola bars are the perfect grab and go snack or breakfast. Made with wholesome ingredients like oats, honey, nuts, dried fruit, seeds, and sometimes nut butter or chocolate, granola bars are filling and nutritious, what’s not to love. I love my granola bars with peanut butter, honey, flax seeds, oats, and dark chocolate chips topped with roasted pumpkin seeds for added crunch. In honor of National Granola Bar Day, we’re serving up ten granola bar recipes your friends and family will love (and devour).

Homemade Chewy Granola Bars (via One Simple Thing)

These homemade granola bars are chewy and delicious. Made with natural peanut butter, coconut oil, sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, and pumpkin seeds, these granola bars are wholesome and filling and make a great start to your day.

Vanilla Bean Granola Bars (via Munchin with Munchkin)

Made with vanilla, organic applesauce, agave nectar, brown rice cereal, and dried cherries, these granola bars are chewy, sticky, and totally delicious. Grab one of these babies on your way to school or work and you will be full, focused, and satisfied straight through the morning. You could add cinnamon or raisins to this recipe for some added flavor. I like to add carob chips to my granola bars.

No Bake Granola Bars (via The Pancake Princess)

This recipe for no-bake granola bars is easy to make and perfect for a quick snack or on-the-go breakfast. How do these granola bars get so chewy and crunchy without being cooked, you ask? Dates, rolled oats, steel cut oats, and chocolate chips make these bars sticky, chewy, and a little bit crunchy. These can be made days ahead of time and stored in the fridge for easy snacking!

Pumpkin Chocolate Granola Bars (via Pastry Affair)

Pumpkin, chocolate, granola, oh my! These delicious granola bars are made with pumpkin puree, applesauce, ginger, oats, coconut, cinnamon, and nutmeg to bring out all of the flavors of pumpkin pie mixed with the chewy goodness of a granola bar. Perfect as a snack, breakfast, or a healthy sweet treat, these granola bars really hit the spot.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola Bars (via Honey and Figs)

There is nothing better than the flavor combination of peanut butter and chocolate. That is an undeniable fact. These peanut butter and chocolate granola bars are like heaven on earth. Made with peanut butter, puffed brown rice, honey, peanuts, and chocolate these granola bars are crunchy, chewy, and totally delicious. I’d eat these for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I could!

Brown Butter Quinoa Bars (via How Sweet It Is)

Made with quinoa instead of oats, these no bake quinoa bars are a great alternative to traditional granola bars. This recipe uses flax seed, honey, quinoa, unsalted browned butter, and chocolate chips to make chewy granola bars that are filling and nutritious.

Banana, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Granola Bars (via Shop Girl)

Banana and granola is a great combination that is wholesome, filling, and perfect for breakfast. These granola bars are like a bowl of oatmeal on the go and make a perfect grab and go breakfast or pre workout snack that is easy to make and easier to enjoy.

Hemp Protein Bars (via Green Kitchen Stories)

These powerful hemp protein bars are packed with tons of ingredients meant to help you perform better whether on the field, in the classroom, or in the office. These protein bars are filling, satisfying, and delicious. Made with chia seeds, protein powder, coconut, and hemp seeds, these granola bars taste great and are super good for you!

Apricot and Chocolate Granola Bars (via Nutritionist in the Kitch)

Chewy apricot and sweet dark chocolate come together in this recipe to create a delectable granola bar that’s almost good enough to be good considered dessert. Actually, I’d eat this for dessert. These granola bars are great for breakfast or a post workout snack.

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Granola Bars (via Inside BruCrew Life)

Enjoy all of the flavors of winter in your favorite snack. These peppermint hot chocolate granola bars are sweet, minty, chewy, and delicious. Made with ingredients like hot cocoa mix, white chocolate chips, oats, eggs, and mini marshmallows, these sweet treats are also semi healthy. Much better than eating a cookie, enjoy these granola bars guilt-free.

What’s your favorite granola bar recipe?