Chewy Chocolate Protein Granola Bars

5 from 2 votes

Chewy Chocolate Protein Granola Bars

These Chewy Chocolate Protein Granola Bars will be your favorite grab-and-go snack. They're packed with oats, protein, creamy peanut butter, and chocolate chips covering all the chewy bar flavors in every bite.

Prep Time10

Cook Time2

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 209kcal

Author: Danielle Lima

Ingredients

2 cup Old Fashioned Oats 160g
1.5 cups Puffed Rice Cereal 25g
1 cup Vanilla Protein Powder 100g
1/2 cup Almond Flour 70g
1/2 cup Granulated Sweetener Stevia in the Raw
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup Natural Peanut Butter 128g
1/3 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk 82g
1/4 cup Lite Pancake Syrup 56g
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips 44g

Instructions

Line an 8×8-inch baking dish with parchment paper, leaving some overhang on the sides for easy removal.
In a large bowl, combine the oats, puffed rice, protein powder, almond flour, sweetener, and salt.
In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the peanut butter, almond milk, and syrup. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until the mixture is smooth and pourable. Stir in the vanilla extract.
Pour the wet ingredients into the oat mixture, stirring until everything is well coated. You will need to use a rubber spatula to fold everything together to ensure the dry ingredients are well incorporated. Fold in half the chocolate chips reserving half for the top. If the mixture is to dry add a drop of almond milk and combine.
Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish, pressing it down firmly into an even layer and top with the remaining chocolate chips lightly smashing into the mixture so they don’t fall off when cutting.
Refrigerate for at least 1.5 to 2 hours, or until the bars are firm enough to cut.
Using the parchment paper, lift the bars out of the pan. Cut into 12 equal bars.

Notes

Nutrition facts are an estimate and will change with substitutions.
If the mixture is too dry, add a drop of almond milk.
Store the bars in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week, or in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Keeping these chewy bars at room temp will help them to be less dense and chewy (my preferred method) but they’re great straight out of the fridge too. If you take one to go wrapped with parchment paper it’ll be as if you stored it at room temp.

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