Healthy Homemade Vegan Granola Bars (2024)

These vegan granola bars are flavorful, have amazing texture and can easily be changed up. Plus are made with simple whole food ingredients!

These are such a great snack for the whole family. I love how crisp the rice cereal makes them but still light with a great chew.

I love making our own homemade granola bars. It's a great way to know exactly what we're getting. Plus, it's fun and easy to switch up the flavors! Enjoy these easy no bake bars as a healthy breakfast or for a sweet afternoon snack!

Ingredients

It's simple to change up the taste by using different foods, but here are the base items you'll need for this recipe:

• Oats
• Crispy rice cereal
• Sliced almonds
• Maple syrup
• Almond butter
• Vanilla extract
• Sea salt
• Dairy free chocolate chips

How to Make Vegan Granola Bars

It's pretty simple to make these healthy granola bars, especially since they're no bake! Here's what to do:

1. Place the oats, rice cereal and sliced almonds on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake until just browned.
2. Mix the almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla and salt in a bowl.
3. Add in the oat mixture and chocolate chips and mix well.
4. Put in a parchment lined square pan and press down well.
5. Refrigerate until hardened then cut into bars.
6. Enjoy!

Flavor suggestions

Switch things up and substitute any dried fruit, nuts, seeds or spices you prefer for the almonds and chocolate chips. However, keep them to 1 cup or so because the bars won’t stick together if there are too many add ins.

Here are some ideas for flavors to try:

• dried fruit like blueberries, cherries or pineapple
• shredded coconut
• chopped pecans, pistachios or walnuts
• sunflower or pumpkin seeds
• cinnamon or pumpkin spice

Serving suggestions

If you're serving these for breakfast, you may want to pair them with a few other items for a complete meal! These vegan granola bars will go great with any of these plant based recipes:

• Homemade Yogurt
• Fresh Fruit Salad
• Spinach Banana Smoothie
• Healthy Protein Coffee Smoothie

Tips and tricks

Making these simple granola bars is a pretty easy process. For best results, check out these suggestions:

• The almond butter needs to be smooth. If it's too thick, just add some oil to smooth it out.
• Make sure your maple syrup is thick and sticky. If it isn't the bars will fall apart. Some brands are runny and it doesn't work. If your syrup is runny, then heat the almond butter syrup mixture to reduce it until sticky.
• To keep these bars gluten-free, make sure you're using gluten-free oats.
• Line your pan with parchment paper. This will make it easy to lift them out of the pan and cut. (And easier cleanup, yay!)
• Press the mixture down really well or the bars will fall apart.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to ensure they're hardened.
• Store these bars at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 7 days.

Common Questions

More Vegan Snack Recipes:

When that hunger hits you want something tasty to nosh on. Try out these other healthy plant based recipes:

• Crispy Kale Chips
• No Bake Carrot Energy Balls
• Gluten-free Banana Oat Blender Muffins
• Healthy Breakfast Cookies
• Broccoli Cauliflower Tots