Servings: 36 bars serving(s)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Total time: 60 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Packed with protein, fibre and lots of flavour, Almond Butter Energy Bars bars are perfect for those days when you’re on the go.
This is how I coax my kids to go on hikes when we’re away on vacation…
Find a local bakery and let them choose snacks for the hike.
As long as there are treats in our backpacks and a chance to enjoy them throughout the climb my kids are game to hike.
And to be fair, my kids usually enjoy hiking, but some extra encouragement enroute to the next lookout is always welcome.
My favourite climbing snack is a hearty granola bar from a local bakery in mid-coast Maine. Moist and filled with seeds and nuts the bars pack well and are filling. One is definitely enough.
This Almond Butter Energy Bar recipe is my version of that wholesome bar.
School-friendly option: Replace the almond butter with sunflower seed butter. Replace the chopped nuts with additional seeds and dried fruit.
Store them individually wrapped in the freezer if you want to have them on hand for hikes or anytime you’re on the go.
Almond Butter Energy Bars Recipe
Makes 36 bars
Ingredients:
- 3 cups quick rolled oats
- 1 cup bran (natural)
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup chopped almonds
- ½ cup raisins or dried cranberries
- ¼ cup wheat germ or ground flax
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup almond butter (can use peanut butter)
- 1 Tbsp. milk (coconut, cow, nut or seed milk)
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- ¾ tsp. baking soda
Instructions:
- Mix oats, bran, coconut, seeds, almonds, raisins, wheat germ and chocolate chips in large bowl.
- In a saucepan, combine molasses, oil, sugar and almond butter. Cook over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves and mixture is smooth. (Stir constantly.)
- In a small dish, combine milk, vanilla and baking soda. Stir into molasses mixture and remove from heat.
- Pour molasses-milk mixture over dry mixture and stir until dry ingredients are moist. Scrape mixture into a 9”x13” pan. Press mixture firmly into pan
- Bake at 275°F for 30-35 minutes.
- Let cool, cut into bars and store in the refrigerator.
Nutritional info: Per bar.
- Calories: 174
- Fat: 10.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.9 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Carbs: 18.9 g
- Sugar: 8.5
- Fibre: 2.7 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
- Potassium 228 mg
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Definitely making these for our Dragon Boat races that are coming up in August. And may try to Energy Bites too. Thanks for the recipe.
These are delicious! My whole house smells great and my kids are loving a nutritious, homemade snack.
These look great. I’m going to make the almond butter version first and see how the kids like it at home. Then I’ll try the school version! I’m going to use these as an after school snack because we need to get a bit healthier in our food choices. I love using molasses in recipe so this will be perfect.
Hi Stephanie, I hope you enjoyed the bars. I have had great success with the sunflower seed butter substitution for the school version and the chopped almonds are easy to change out too.