Healthy Homemade Muesli Bar Recipe

This recipe is healthy, and nutritious and takes only 10 minutes to make. It’s a great energy booster.

These Muesli Bars are soft, chewy and nutty… plus they’re nutritious!

Once you have tried my homemade muesli bar, it will be impossible for you to buy them again.

Why Do People Love this Recipe?

This recipe can be made in one bowl and is super flexible. The bars are suitable for school lunches as they do not contain nuts. However, if you want to, you can add natural almonds chopped. You can swap the butter with margarine or even coconut oil to make a dairy-free version. You can add whatever you want to the mixture. The homemade versions of muesli are much more affordable than supermarket alternatives, despite their initial cost.

You Will Love This Recipe.

You’ll soon see why this recipe is so popular.

• • Healthy Recipe –this is a healthier version of some muesli bars. You can be confident that they only contain what you add – there are no additives, preservatives or artificial flavourings.
  • My homemade muesli bar is so versatile! Use my recipe to make a trail mix with nuts, seeds, and dried fruit from a store, or you can mix your own dried fruits and nuts. Continue scrolling down to see my other substitutions.
  • Dairy-Free These muesli bars are dairy-free, making them an excellent option for people with dairy allergies or intolerances.
  • Quick and easy –this is a recipe that takes only 10 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes for cooking. Ideal when you are in a hurry and need to whip some healthy snacks.
  • One Bowl Recipe –forget to use fancy equipment or create a mess in your home. The entire recipe can be prepared in just one bowl.
  • Freezer-friendly –my homemade muesli bar freezes perfectly. They defrost in just a few moments at room temperature.
  • This recipe is the most popular recipe among readers! With all the 5-star comments and reviews, it is clear that you need to make these muesli bars yourself

What You Need

You’ll be surprised to find that you already have most of the ingredients in your pantry and fridge.

Please scroll down to the recipe card to see the full method and ingredient quantities.

Ingredients for This Recipe:

Wet Ingredients

• • • Coconut oil gives these bars the best crunch! Coconut oil is the best oil to use for these muesli bars.
    • Honey is a natural sweetener that helps to bind ingredients together.
    • Peanut butter – You can use any kind of peanut butter. I prefer to use store-bought peanut butter, whether it’s creamy or crunchy. But the choice is up to you!

Flavourings

• • • cinnamon and vanilla –these add a wonderful flavour to the muesli bar while the salt balances out the sweetness.

Dry Ingredients

• • • Brown Sugar –using dark brown sugar or regular brown sugar gives muesli a chewy and soft texture.
    • Choose rolled or quick oats to make this recipe.
    • Coconut uses fine, dried desiccated Coconut.
    • Trail mixture –choose one with a variety of nuts, dried fruit and seeds.
    • plain wheat flour (also known as all-purpose flour)
    • Rice Bubbles or Rice Krispies are both examples of puffed grains.
    • Chocolate chunks – are also known as chocolate pieces. Cadbury is a popular brand of high-quality chocolate chips. You can use milk, dark, or white chocolate in this recipe.

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Bake paper and grease a 20cm by 30cm baking tray.
• Stir constantly, combine the butter with the syrup in a small pan over low heat. Cook until the butter is melted.
• Mix the flour, sugar, sultanas (or cranberries), apricots, or apples, and pepitas (or sesame seeds) if you are using them.
• Combine the butter mixture with the oats. Press the mixture into the base of your prepared slice tin. The silicone spatula will not stick to the mixture and make it easier to push into the corners of your prepared slice tin.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden. Let the slice cool completely in the tin before cutting it into slices.

Instructions:

Prepare this one-bowl recipe in just 10 minutes!

Please scroll down to the recipe card to see the full method and ingredient quantities.

Step 1 – Melt

Heat the honey, peanut butter and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl until they melt.

Step 2 – Mix

Stir together the cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar, and salt with the melted mixture.

Step 3: Add the chocolate chips

Let the mixture cool down a little. Add the chocolate chips, and mix quickly.

Note: Some chocolate chips may slightly melt.

Step 4: Bake

Bake until golden.

Let the slice cool completely before cutting it into slices.

Place the slices in the refrigerator for several hours, preferably overnight, before cutting.

Is this Homemade Muesli sugar-free?

Honey is added to the bars for sweetness, and a small amount of brown sugar helps keep them together. After testing them both with and without sugar, I found that 1 tablespoon of sugar made it easier to press them into the tin. It also helped them stay together better after they were taken out of the refrigerator for a bit. Try both and decide which you like best!

Recipe Variations

Mix and Match any of your favourite granola bar ingredients.

Here are some of my recipes and recipe variations.

• • You can replace the trail mix you buy at the store with your favourite mix of nuts, seeds and dried fruits
  • Substitute rice malt syrup for honey
  • Substitute the almond butter for any other nut butter
  • Use quick oatmeal in place of rolled Oats
  • instead of chocolate chips, use cacao nibs