No Bake Granola Bars | Vegan & Gluten free | Stove Top Granola Bars

These No Bake Granola Bars | Vegan & Gluten free | Stove Top Granola Bars are made with just 6 basic ingredients and taste absolutely divine! They are chewy and are packed with so much flavor. Do try these today 🙂 

I am pretty sure it is much better to make these No Bake Granola Bars | Vegan & Gluten free | Stove Top Granola Bars at home rather than buying them. I prefer knowing what goes into them and I can personally control that. They are made with a big bunch of good for you ingredients. Bonus, no added sugar. Instead we have a natural sweetener. That is the beauty of home made goodies, they are safe and without preservatives. 😊

These No Bake Granola Bars | Vegan & Gluten free | Stove Top Granola Bars are perfect for snacking as they are delicious, they keep you full for so long and easy to carry along as well! They provide as lot of fiber from the nuts and seeds added. You can add any nuts, dry fruits, etc. of your choice. Anything works and they really do taste awesome.

These granola bars are so perfect because we needn’t bake them. Not everyone has a oven or the time to bake some. Having a fuss free stove top recipe really works like a charm. I, for one, am a big fan of granola bars. They keep me full and when I’m really hungry in the middle of the day, I simply have some of these. They work as a great snack for kids too or you can pack some in their lunch boxes.

Let us make some yummy no bake granola bars!!

Grease a 8″ pan with some oil. set aside.

Puree the dates until smooth. Set that aside.

Heat the pan, add the oats and the puffed rice. Stir them around together until they are warm and slightly toasty.

Remove them from the pan and put them in a large mixing bowl.

Add roughly chopped smoked almonds to the warm oats and puffed rice. (you can use regular almonds too, just heat them as well in the pan until they nice and toasty).

Next, heat together the peanut butter and the maple syrup until the butter melts. We do not have to cook these.

Add the melted peanut butter and maple syrup to the oats mixture. Also add the dates puree.

Add desiccated coconut and mix everything well. You will have to mix these ingredients using your hands as the dates are too sticky.

Now spread the mixture onto the greased tray. Again, using your hands, pat the mixture into the tray and flatten the top a bit.

You can add the seeds and nuts, some dry fruits on the top and press them down so that they stick nice and good.

Set the tray in the freezer for 2 hours. Remove from the freezer and cut into desired shapes/ sizes.

Keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They last more than about 3 weeks.

You can freeze them too but then you need to wrap each individual piece in some greaseproof parchment paper. You just need to keep it in room temperature for about 2-3 hours to thaw them before consumption. They will last more than a month if frozen.

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No Bake Granola Bars | Vegan & Gluten free | Stove Top Granola Bars

These Granola Bars are made with just 6 basic ingredients and taste absolutely divine! They are chewy and are packed with so much flavor.

Prep Time 2 hours 10 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes

Servings 8 large bars

Author Shreya Ashish Tiwari

Ingredients

• 200 gms seedless dates
• 1/4 cup maple syrup use honey if not vegan
• 3 tbsp puffed rice or rice krispies
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup smoked almonds roughly chopped
• 1.5 cup rolled oats
• 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
• pumpkin seeds, cranberry, raisins, etc. as topping, optional

Instructions

1. Grease a 8" pan with some oil. set aside.
   
2. Puree the dates until smooth. Set that aside.
   
3. Heat the pan, add the oats and the puffed rice. Stir them around together until they are warm and slightly toasty.
   

4. Remove them from the pan and put them in a large mixing bowl.

5. Add roughly chopped smoked almonds to the warm oats and puffed rice. (you can use regular almonds too, just heat them as well in the pan until they nice and toasty).
   

6. Next, heat together the peanut butter and the maple syrup until the butter melts. We do not have to cook these.

7. Add the melted peanut butter and maple syrup to the oats mixture. Also add the dates puree.

8. Add desiccated coconut and mix everything well.

9. You will have to mix these ingredients using your hands as the dates are too sticky.

10. Now spread the mixture onto the greased tray.

11. Again, using your hands, pat the mixture into the tray and flatten the top a bit.

12. You can add the seeds and nuts, some dry fruits on the top and press them down so that they stick nice and good.

13. Set the tray in the freezer for 2 hours. Remove from the freezer and cut into desired shapes/ sizes.

14. Keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They last more than about 3 weeks.

15. You can freeze them too but then you need to wrap each individual piece in some greaseproof parchment paper. You just need to keep it in room temperature for about 2-3 hours to thaw them before consumption. They will last more than a month if frozen.

Love,
Shreya

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Recipe is adapted from the Minimalist Baker.
Styling is inspired from Everyday Easy Eats.