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Our family regularly eats granola bars as snacks. They’re great for on-the-go, road trips, for snacking before sports practices, or just any old time.
Have you met the chocolate granola bar yet? It’s amazing, and so is this recipe for the peanut version.
Peanut Butter Granola Bars
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 1/2 cups oats
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ
- 1/2 cup peanuts
Instructions:
- In saucepan over low heat, melt peanut butter, honey and coconut oil, stirring frequently.
- Mix in oats, wheat germ and peanuts.
- Spread in 8×8 foil-lined or greased pan.
- Let sit on counter or place in freezer til cooled.
- Turn out onto cutting board.
- Cut into bars.
- These bars can be stored in fridge for easy snacking.
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Hi- Just wondering if you can use the old fasioned oats or do you use quick oats since you don’t cook them?
Hey Cara. The old-fashioned kind. I think quick oats work fine, but would just be a different texture.
Would this work without the wheat germ? No gluten in our family.
Absolutely!
Thank you!
I just found your blog on Pinterest, love these granola bars and will be making these for sure!!!
Do you think I could substitue coconut butter in place of the oil since it’s getting melted in the pan? If not, what other oil do you think would work well?
Hmmm…not sure, Lyn. But I think it would work.
Have you tried to create a healthy chocolate peanut butter granola bar?
Oh Lori!!! You can read my mind!?! I need to get work on that soon!!!
Hi Brandy. Just found your website and wanted to say hi. Gotta appreciate another woman named Brandy who is a homeschooling momma who is pregnant with their 8th baby. Congrats to you my internet twin
Are you kidding me!?!?!! Going to check out your blog now!
Wait….do you have a blog?
I have an etsy website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LovelylittleOnes?ref=si_shop Blogging sounds fun – thought of it but I just don’t know how faithful I’d be
Oh my goodness! Such pretty stuff!!
Thanks
2 of my girls and a few of my boys are my models on there. That’s just a part time… let’s see if this works… sort of sewing/ creative outlet… Proverbs 31 woman thing. Tends to end up more of a… ugghhh… loosing patience, working to much at night, why am I doing this? anti-Proverbs 31 woman thing but I like it – most of the time 
The Lord’s been gracious. Good to see other woman who love their little ones and truly consider their children ‘a heritage from the Lord’!
about how many in a batch does this make?
About one dozen.
I’m allergic to coconut – is there a substitute I can use or just omit it?
I’ve read some comments in recipes from people that have said they are using crushed cereal instead of coconut. I haven’t tried it, but they said it worked. I thought about crisp rice cereal…..I’m not sure though, since I haven’t tried it.
Just found you through pinterest! I want to try your granola bars!! Your recipe mentions storing them in the fridge. We will be traveling without a fridge. Can we store them at room temperature? Thanks,
Pam
These are delicious!!! Do you have the nutritional information by chance?
I subbed in butter for coconut oil and added mini chocolate chips. Thanks for the yummy recipe!
I love these bars, and more importantly, so does my son! I was wondering about the melty factor. When I put them in our insulated snack bag and spent the day at Disneyland, they were not bars any longer (after being out of the fridge for 2 hours). I didn’t use the wheat germ as we are gfcfsf. Could that have been the difference or is that just how they are? We are more than happy to eat them straight out of the fridge, I was just wanting to pack them, too. Thanks for your site! You are amazing
No, I don’t think it’s the wheat germ being left out….They’re just soft and chewy and melty…Sorry. Working on a crunchy version that will pack better.
What would you suggest to use instead of coconut oil. Sadly I am allergic.
Butter!
Thank you! I have never owned or used coconut oil before so I was unsure of a proper substitute.
Howdy! I made these this afternoon, and they’re fantastic. I added 1 tsp vanilla, and I read about possible room-temp stability issues, so I added 1/4 block of food-grade paraffin wax and they set up perfectly. So far, no refrigeration needed! I will know more when I take them to the movies tomorrow…what a great movie snack/treat! Thank you so much–can’t wait to make the chocolate ones!
Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! For weeks I’ve been trying to find a simple recipe for healthy PB granola bars, but only came across intraquit recipes with costly ingredients. These are the greatest! The only thing I substituted was agave nectar for honey to make them vegan.
Thanks again!
Brandy, thank you for sharing this recipe! I am so glad to have found your blog, it is fantastic! Am a huge coconut oil lover, we will be trying these tomorrow! Thanks!
Oh, I love coconut oil, too! Thanks for your sweet words.
We love these! They’re way too easy to make and so addictive.
Thanks!
Do you have the nutritional information by chance?
Thank you for this recipe! (and your chocolate peanut butter granola bars too…mmmmm)….I LOVE that I can easily make healthy granola bars for my kids with no garbage in them! They taste so good and are so easy to make!