No-Bake Chewy Granola Bars
12
Servings
7
Ingredients
15
Comments
A homemade alternative to store-bought chewy granola bars.
12
Servings
7
Ingredients
15
Comments
Ingredients
- ½ cups Corn Syrup, Light
- ¼ cups Brown Sugar
- ¾ cups Peanut Butter, Creamy
- ½ cups Dry Milk, Nonfat
- ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ cups Granola
- ¼ teaspoons Cinnamon
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
Stovetop
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Line one 9x13 pan per 12 servings with foil and set aside.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
Easy Assembly/Ready to Eat
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
Stove Cook
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- Line one 9x13 pan per 12 servings with foil and set aside.
- In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together the corn syrup and brown sugar. Let the mixture cook until the sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.
- Bring it to a simmer, then let it cook for 30 seconds more.
- Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the peanut butter, powdered milk, and vanilla until smooth.
- Stir in the granola and cinnamon.
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan, then flatten with the back of a metal spoon dipped in water.
- Let the mixture cool for 1 hour.
- Turn it out onto a cutting board and slice into bars.
15 Comments
Join the discussionJust a tip: If you have a second square pan, spray a piece of foil with non-stick spray, place it spray side down on the granola bar mixture, and then press the solid side of the second pan down on top of the foil. This will help flatten out the granola bars, and make a nice, uniform, solid bar that you can then cut.
Great tip! I find it hard to make them uniform in thickness and this would help.
We are big granola fans here. I’m actually eating some as I type this, so I will definitely be trying this recipe.
I’m just curious, we don’t do any corn syrup in our house. Would honey substitute well with this?
I have not tried substituting the corn syrup in this recipe so I’m not sure if this would work. However I have read that honey can substitute for corn syrup so it would be worth trying. I think I will try this myself and see if it changes the end result.
I’ve had good luck subbing brown rice syrup for recipes calling for corn syrup before. Good luck!
I’m making it now using blue agave nectar. They are still cooling but I nicked a piece off the side and the flavor is fine. They also seem to be holding together alright.
Stopping by from Delicious Dishes…I always look for ways to make these kinds of foods too… they are so kid friendly! Pinning…
Just wondering… is there a suitable substitute for the peanut butter? We gave nut allergies at our house…
Thanks so much!
I’ve never tried peanut butter substitute’s but this article refers to using soy nut butter in place of peanut butter: http://www.tasteofhome.com/Healthy/Live-Well/Ask-Our-Dietitian/Question-Archive/Baking/What-can-I-use-as-a-substitute-for-peanut-butterSunflower seed butter might be an alternative that works as well.
Thanks! I think I will try it with sunflower butter 🙂
I’ll be trying these too, but substituting goat’s milk powder for the powdered milk and almond or sunflower seed butter for the peanut butter. I love how these things are so easily substituted. CHewy granola bars are one of the few things my son voluntarily eats these days and we are spending a fortune on kid’s cliff bars. I can’t tell you how happy I am to find your recipe!
Any idea if I could substitute coffee creamer for dry milk? I just checked Meijer and Aldi and found it to be $6.00 at each place. It’s not a bad price, except this only calls for 1/2 a cup and I never use it otherwise.
With chocolate chips–so good my husband says I might not be allowed to make it again…:)
I love these as a fast morning snack before school so I am going to with hold the corn syrup and use honey in it’s place.