Introducing my Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Granola Bars! Super easy to make, whole grain, low in sugar, and completely delicious. The perfect on-the-go healthy snack!
Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Granola Bars
(Makes 8 bars)
Ingredients:
Dry:
- 2 C rolled oats
- ½ C whole wheat pastry flour (or regular flour)
- ¼ C chopped walnuts (optional)
- ¼ C dark chocolate chips (or dried fruit)
- ¼ C sugar (or ½ C if you like things a bit sweeter)
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. salt
Wet:
- 1 & ½ C skim (or low fat) milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375.
In two separate bowls, mix dry ingredients, then wet ingredients. Pour wet into dry, mixing until combined. Pour batter into a cooking-sprayed baking dish (mine is 11×7). Sprinkle raw oats on top if you like (will make it look prettier!).
Bake 30 minutes. Cut into 8 bars and cool on cooling rack.
Nutrition information per bar (when cut into 8 bars): 180 calories, 3.6g fat (1.6g saturated fat), 180mg sodium, 45g carbs, 6.3g fiber, 11.5g sugar, 6.1g fiber. Awesome! Thanks to reader Jill for calculating it for me!
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Enjoy 
Thanks! Sounds like a nice recipe. I’m thinking I could adapt it to have more protein by subbing some protein powder for some of the flour. I’m looking for something quick and healthy for my grandson on those mornings when no one has time to cook him anything, and I don’t like commercial bars. BTW, we live north of Apex quite close to Chapel Hill.
Sure, that might work. It’s already got a good amount of protein though from the eggs and milk!
MMMM these look really delicious!! I was wondering though do you know the nutritional profile on them? Just so i can try and work them in my diet without overdoing it
Unfortunately I don’t, but you can put the ingredients into Sparkrecipes.com recipe calculator and it will tell you! Let me know if you get the stats and I’ll add them to the recipe
Anne, I just have to tell you that I’ve been making a ton of your recipes lately (including this one) and they’ve all turned out AMAZING! Having so much success with these and a few of your cookies and muffins has given me the confidence to experiment more in the kitchen (especially with baking)! I’m having the best time and just wanted to thank you for turning me on to such a fun hobby!
That is so awesome, Breck! I’m honored to hear I inspired
Have fun!
I’m not sure if I did this correctly, but I entered the ingredients on the sparkrecipes site and this is what it gave me.
Nutrition Facts
User Entered Recipe
8 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 179.4
Total Fat 3.6 g
Saturated Fat 1.6 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.2 g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.6 g
Cholesterol 24.1 mg
Sodium 179.4 mg
Potassium 204.6 mg
Total Carbohydrate 44.8 g
Dietary Fiber 6.3 g
Sugars 11.5 g
Protein 6.1 g
Vitamin A 2.7 %
Vitamin B-12 1.0 %
Vitamin B-6 3.2 %
Vitamin C 1.2 %
Vitamin D 5.9 %
Vitamin E 1.7 %
Calcium 10.3 %
Copper 14.3 %
Folate 6.4 %
Iron 15.2 %
Magnesium 19.0 %
Manganese 112.2 %
Niacin 2.1 %
Pantothenic Acid 5.3 %
Phosphorus 22.4 %
Riboflavin 5.0 %
Selenium 0.4 %
Thiamin 20.1 %
Zinc 11.6 %
Wonderful – thank you!
Anne,
These are some of the most AMAZING granola bars ever!! My friends won’t stop asking for the recipe!! Thanks for sharing
Hooray!
2 for 2 on your recipes! Wow these are terrific. Nice and moist, stay together beautifully. We just finished eating a batch with dried cranberries and dark chocolate nibs- cant wait to try another combo.
Woohoo! Glad to hear it
I need to make these again mysefl!
I just made these in an 8×8 pan with mini chocolate chips and cherry flavored dried cranberries. They smelled wonderful while baking and taste even better. Thanks for a great recipe!
Glad you enjoyed them!