Now I don’t usually do this, but with the current times, I said f*ck it. Today on the blog I’m sharing (GASP)…a recipe that isn’t paleo. I know, I’m a fraud. But since Denver has a shelter in place and I’m trying to not go to the grocery store much, I decided to whip up these oat bars I made a while back while living in our old house. Since we are asked to leave our house as little as possible right now, I decided to make these bars the other day with everything I had in my pantry! I love that this recipe creates the most delicious bars with hardly any ingredients! It’s the best. Now I have a very happy husband every morning and I’ll bet you’ll have very happy kids, if your kids are home from school right now.
I feel like I keep talking about kids and parents on the blog lately, but I’m FEELING for them right now. It must be so incredibly stressful to have the kids home full-time, while trying to teach them their school curriculum, and also work full-time to continue to pay the bills. Being a parent was a full-time job to begin with, but now it’s REALLY a full-time job. You parents out there are saints. So I’m hoping that some of my recipes are helping you guys out these days. I recently made my No-Bake Protein Brownies then shared 50 Kid-Friendly Paleo Recipes to hopefully help parents in a small way during this stressful time. I don’t know what it’s like to have kids, but I see my friends with kids and it’s hard freaking work, especially right now. So to all you parents out there – keep it up. You deserve an oat bar for your 24/7 hard work.
It’s so weird to think that this lockdown could go until June. It sounds like it will definitely go through April, which I can wrap my head around, but June? Sh*t man. I’m thinking our trip to Spain in July might be a bust. But hey, I have my health right now so I can’t complain. And honestly, this shelter in place hasn’t changed much about my life. I didn’t leave my house much to begin with, so now I have an extra excuse to not leave the house. Before I had to lie and tell my friends I couldn’t make it to the bar they were all at. Now I just don’t have to lie. This pandemic has made me less of a liar and I am thankful for that. I’m also thankful for these oat bars. Speaking of, it’s time for breakfast.
Chocolate Chip Oat Bars
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 bars 1x
Ingredients
- 3 brown bananas, mashed
- 1 cup nut butter (almond, cashew, sunflower seed, or other preference)
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cup gluten free old fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Then whisk/mix nut butter, eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Then fold in oats, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Lastly, fold in chocolate chunks.
- Pour mixture into the grease baking dish, spread out evenly, then place in the oven to bake for 40 minutes, until cooked through in the middle. Then cut into bars and serve up! They are DELIGHTFUL when served warm!
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This is fantastic! I probably should have let my bananas ripen more but I got too impatient, and it was still freaking amazing.
so glad you liked it emily!
I’m sorry! All new to this with son needing to do Paleo. Love your site! But not sure what makes these Oatmeal bars not Paleo. Can you shed some light for me? Thanks! PS made one of your chicken recipes and I loved it!!
oats are not considered paleo
Has anyone tried thawing frozen bananas? I know the water content is going to be super high on thawed bananas, but I must eat these ASAP!
This recipe is amazing! We only had 1/3 cup chocolate chips, but it was still amazing. We at the whole pan in two days, ha! We will definitely make this again! Thanks for sharing!
It’s in the oven right now….suspense is killing me. nom nom nom nom
These were delicious!
awesome!! glad you liked them jennier!!
This recipe is very good! Would definitely make again. I shared the recipe with a couple friends, too. Noms.
so glad you liked it Jennifer!
Hi! Do you think PB2 would work as nut butter alternative? Thanks!
can’t say for sure since i haven’t tested the recipe that way, i’m sorry!
just made this! delicious! will def make again and love that its made from pantry staples
awesome!! glad to hear it Bianca!!
These were ok. The texture was awesome, but I would have preferred them to be sweeter, so maybe my bananas weren’t brown enough or I’d add more maple syrup. Also, I never thought I’d say this, but there were too many chocolate chips for my taste. I might sub half with peanut butter or cinnamon chips (also not Paleo). I do think this is a good recipe for gluten-free bars, though.