These no bake granola bars are chewy and soft. They don’t require any baking or cooking. They only need 3 ingredients and don’t require any flour, refined sugar, dairy, eggs, butter or oil. The granola bars are easy to customize and store well.
Granola Bars with raisins

These granola bars are a quick and easy snack or dessert. I also love that you can easily customize these with different mix-ins. I like adding dried fruit, chopped nuts or chocolate chips.

Ingredients

  • Rolled oats
  • Peanut butter
  • Maple syrup

Rolled oats: The bars are made with rolled oats, also known as old fashioned oats.

Peanut butter: Make sure to use natural peanut butter with no added oils. The bars will not set if you peanut butter with added oils. You can substitute peanut butter with natural almond butter or cashew butter with no added oils.

Maple syrup: Maple syrup helps to thicken and bind the bars and also provides sweetness.

Optional mix-ins: Dried fruit, chocolate chips or chopped nuts. For the bars in the photos, dried blueberries (no added sugar type) are mixed in.

How to Make Granola Bars

  • The peanut butter, maple syrup and oats are mixed together until you have a thick dough. If adding mix-ins, stir them in now.Peanut butter, maple syrup and oats mixed in a bowl
  • Transfer the mixture to your prepared baking pan. Spread and press the mixture across the baking pan.
  • Place into the fridge for about 30 minutes to allow the bars to firm up further. Then cut into bars with a sharp knife.

Texture

The bars have a soft and chewy texture, similar to classic granola bars.
A bite taken from a soft and chewy granola bar

Expert Tips

  • You can add a little more maple syrup if you prefer your bars to be sweeter. You can also add sweet mix-ins like dried fruit or chocolate chips to make them sweeter.
  • You can halve the recipe or double the recipe, depending on how many you need to make.

Granola bars cut into rectangles

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5 from 5 votes

3 Ingredient No Bake Granola Bars

These homemade granola bars don't need any cooking or baking. They are just 3 ingredients and don't contain any flour, eggs, refined sugar, dairy, butter or oil. They are easy to customize.
Servings: 12 bars
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup (256g) unsweetened natural peanut butter with no added oils
  • 5 tbsp (2.5fl oz/74ml) maple syrup or honey, or more as needed
  • 2 cups (192g) rolled oats or quick oats

Instructions
 

  • Line the bottom of an 8 inch square pan with parchment paper, leaving some overhang for easy removal later.
  • Add peanut butter, maple syrup and oats. Stir until evenly combined and all oats are coated. The mixture should be thick, like a cookie dough. If the mixture seems dry or crumbly, add a little more maple syrup until the dough no longer feels dry. You can also add more syrup if the mixture does not taste sweet enough for you. If adding in mix-ins, stir them in now. If using mix-ins, I recommend adding about 1/2 cup worth.
  • Transfer the mixture into your prepared pan. Use your hands or a spatula to press and spread it evenly across the pan. I also like placing a sheet of parchment paper over the surface and pressing my hand across the pan a few times to help smooth the surface (remove the surface parchment paper once the surface of the bars are smooth). Place bars into fridge 30 minutes to 1 hour to help them set firmer. Once set, use a large sharp knife to cut into bars. I usually cut mine into 8-12 bars. Store any uneaten bars in an airtight container in the fridge.

Notes

  • Make sure to use natural peanut butter with no added oils or the bars will not set. You can substitute with natural almond butter with no added oils or natural cashew butter with no added oils. 
  • If adding in mix-ins, I recommend adding about 1/2 cup.
  • If using rolled oats, the bars will have more texture. If using quick oats, the bars will be more soft and chewy because the quick oats do soften.
  • Estimated nutrition assumes the bars are cut into 12 pieces, or 1/12 of the recipe.
Serving: 1bar, Calories: 168kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 43mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 6g, NET CARBS: 12
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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