Homemade gluten-free chocolate chip granola bars that can be made in less thank 30 minutes. They are a delicious perfect gluten-free snack in school lunches, a grab and go snack in the afternoon or post-workout treat.

This gluten-free recipe for chocolate chip granola bars is loaded with healthyish ingredients like honey, dried dates, shredded coconut and rolled oats.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE BARS:

• Brown Sugar
• Butter
• Honey
• Gluten-Free Rolled Oats
• Chopped Dried Dates or Apricots
• Gluten-Free Chocolate Chips
• Cinnamon
• Dried Cranberries
• Sliced Almonds
• Shredded Coconut

Rather then buy those insanely expensive gluten-free granola bars at the grocery store, make these homemade and healthyish granola bars at home instead. A typical family with 2-3 kids can eat a crazy amount of gluten-free granola bars for school lunches and snacks. Instead, make your own!

Everyone loves a gluten-free granola bar as a quick snack. Make your own gluten-free chocolate chip granola bars. You can easily adapt the recipe by switching up the sliced almonds for another nut and seed. Something like raw sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds or hemp hearts would work out well.

These homemade and healthyish chocolate chip granola bars will be beat out the taste of store bought and day! They are crunchy, slightly chewy and filled with clean ingredients.

HOW TO MAKE THE GRANOLA BARS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line an 8×8 square pan with parchment paper.
3. Spray sides of pan well to prevent sticking.
4. In a medium bowl add the oats, cranberries, almonds, chopped dates, coconut and cinnamon.
5. Stir to combine.
6. In a small saucepan combine the butter with honey and brown sugar.
7. Heat over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture starts to boil. Stir occasionally.
8. Pour over the oat mixture and stir well with a spatula.
9. Add chocolate chips and stir.
10. Pour mixture into lined pan and pat down to smooth out.
11. Bake for 2-23 minutes.
12. Remove and cut only once bars are cooled down.

My gluten-free chocolate chip granola bar recipe makes approximately 10-12 granola bars. Eight if you cut into a longer length, 14 if you cut smaller. An easy gluten-free gluten-free granola bar recipe that your kids can help you make. I always found if my kids help me make them, they ate them more readily.

A gluten-free chocolate chip granola bar that is really easy to make and is a wonderful snack that can be taken on the go.

These gluten-free chocolate chip granola bars are a healthy homemade snack. A gluten-free granola bar with no preservatives or additives. I love that! Using natural ingredients like rolled oats, honey, chopped dates and shredded coconut. These homemade gluten-free granola bars are a wonderful alternative to the grocery store counterpart.

HERE ARE SOME HEALTHYISH SNACKS TO TRY:

• No-bake gluten-free chocolate pb cookies
• Gluten-free no-bake sunflower butter bars
• No-bake nut and seed balls
• Date cookies
• No-bake peanut butter balls
• Raw granola bars

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Homemade gluten-free chocolate chip granola bars that take less than 30 minutes to make and are a great grab and go snack.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 23 minutes mins

Total Time 33 minutes mins

Course afternoon snack, Breakfast, grab and go snack, school snack, Snack, treats

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Equipment

• 1 measuring cups and spoons
• 1 mixing bowl set
• 1 small saucepan
• 1 spatula
• 1 square baking pan
• 1 parchment paper
• 1 baking spray

Ingredients

  

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• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 1/2 cup  gluten-free rolled oats
• 1/3-2/3 cup chopped up dried dates
• 1/4 cup Gluten-Free Chocolate chips
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• 2 tbsp sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup shredded coconut

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a square 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Spray sides of pan to prevent sticking.
• In a medium bowl add oats, cranberries, almonds, apricots, coconut and cinnamon.
• Stir to combine.
• In a small saucepan combine butter with honey and brown sugar.
• Heat over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture starts to boil. Stir occasionally.
• Pour butter mixture over dry ingredients and mix.
• Add chocolate chips and stir.
• Pour mixture into lined pan and press down to smooth out.
• Bake for 20-23 minutes.
• Let cool completely before cutting.

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