Chewy Granola Bars

5/7/2016

My family consumes massive amounts of Quaker Chewy Granola Bars every week. They are by far, our favorite go-to snack in between meals. I'm really not opposed to feeding my family these yummy granola bars because lets face it - there could be a lot WORSE snacks to grab.

I never had any intention of outdoing our favorite Quaker granola bar or even improve upon it but I did want to try and spend a little less money on store bought granola bars AND try and make our favorite snack a little bit healthier.

My version of the chewy granola bar is SUPER easy to make and the texture is almost exactly the same as it's grocery store counterpart. The taste of honey is a little more prevalent in my homemade bar but that didn't stop my family from devouring them. We all LOVED these chewy granola bars.

Chewy Granola Bars

2 cups old fashioned oats
4 tablespoons coconut oil
1/4 cup brown sugar packed
1/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups Rice Crispies cereal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Combine coconut oil, brown sugar and honey in saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer 2 minutes.

Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Let cool slightly.

Combine oats, salt and rice crispies.

Pour syrup over oats and cereal and stir to combine.

Allow to cool slightly. Stir in chocolate chips.

Scrape into a greased 8 inch pan. Press gently with hands.

Put in refrigerator until firm enough to slice.

Slice into 12 bars.

Store these yummy snacks in the frig if you want firmer, crispier granola bars. Store them in a tupperware container at room temperature if you want softer, chewier granola bars.