This healthy Coconut Almond Granola Bars recipe makes for great snacks. Sweetened with honey and bursting with almonds, coconut and oats.
This past few weeks, I have been trying to make everything from scratch. No more microwave popcorn when I can make my own. No more canned soup, instant oatmeal and granola. I have got that covered.
But I have never made my own granola bars. I have made protein bars, but never granola bars.
There is always a first for everything, and I can safely say that it will not be the last. These bars are so good, I have no idea why I would buy granola bars in the store.
Also, any excuse to use my new candy thermometer is a good one, I think.
Coconut Almond Granola Bars
This healthy Coconut Almond Granola Bars recipe makes for great snacks. Sweetened with honey and bursting with almonds, coconut and oats.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3 Tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups roasted, salted almonds
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup rolled oats
- candy thermometer
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, heat the honey, water and vanilla, stirring constantly. Place the candy thermometer into the saucepan. Continue until the honey starts bubbling. Reduce the heat, and let the honey simmer until the mixture reaches a temperature of 270˚F.
- Remove from heat and fold in the almonds, coconut and oats until they are completely coated.
- Grease a square baking pan, and pour the oat mixture into the baking pan. Press the mixture down in the pan as much as you can and set aside to cool.
- When the granola is cool, turn the pan onto a cutting board, and cut into your desired sizes.
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Love love the coconut and almonds in these!!
Looks so good! Great for packing in lunch boxes too!
These look so great! I love all the coconut in them, these look similar to the coconut almond flavor from KIND bars.
YUMMMMM! They always taste so much better when you know exactly what's in them!
How wonderful this is delightful, it looks pretty and must taste amazing. Plus, it's healthy, a good treat after all of the decadent eating that occurs over the new year period 😀
Such a wonderful sweet treat. xo Catherine
I love granola bars, too, and homemade ones are definitely the best! I like the looks of those whole roasted almonds in your bars and the fact that you used honey as a binder. Well done. Yum!
Wowsers these looks amazing! And I love how you cut through the whole almonds and made it look almost like biscotti, yum! 😀 Miiight just have to make these as soon as 😀 I hope you have a fantasmic weekend m'dear x
PS made these and they were superb! I had trouble getting them to set, but it wasn't really a problem, as I just rolled them into power-marbles like the Bounce balls 😀 So good, and my flatmate loved them too! Thanks for the recipe, I hope you don't mind me posting my version up in the near future x
Of course I don't mind! I am glad you liked it!
Posted them up today at long last! 😀 I love how crunchy and nutty these were 😀 My flatmate approved highly also 😀 x
We love homemade granola bars. These look totally irresistible.
slurry….Looks yum yum yummy
Yum! Those are really great as munchies when I watch TV 😀
I've been wanting to make granola since forever but haven't got around to it . Love what you've got there , just add dried fruits like cranberry or cherry to mine 😀
Yum! They look perfect. 🙂
Those sound delicious! Much better than the store-bought granola bars you see 🙂
That looks so crunchy, healthy and crispy…def the one I would like to munch on!