Amish homemade granola bars have a chewy texture, a sweet oaty flavor, and pockets of mini chocolate chips. These no-bake granola bars are easy to make and a great portable snack.
Amish granola bars are a wholesome and traditional homemade snack that reflects the simple and traditional lifestyle of the Amish community.
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Ingredients
- Butter adds richness and flavor to the granola bars. It helps bind the ingredients together and contributes to a soft, chewy texture.
- Oil provides moisture and helps prevent the bars from becoming too dry.
- Mini marshmallows add sweetness and contribute to the chewy texture. They also help hold the bars together when melted with the butter and oil.
- Peanut butter adds nutty flavor, richness, and protein. It also helps bind the ingredients together and adds a creamy texture.
- Honey adds sweetness and acts as a natural binder for the ingredients. It helps hold the bars together while adding a subtle floral flavor.
- Quick oats serve as the base of the granola bars, providing bulk and texture. They add a hearty, oat flavor and contribute to the chewiness.
- Rice Krispies add a crispy texture and lightness, providing a contrast to the chewy oats and marshmallows.
- Graham cracker crumbs add a sweet, slightly nutty flavor.
- Mini chocolate chips add bursts of chocolate flavor and sweetness.
- Unsweetened coconut flakes (optional) add texture and a tropical flavor.
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How to Make Easy Chewy Granola Bars
These DIY chewy granola bars are not hard to make. However, it can be a bit of a sticky mess. So you'll want to make sure to grease your tools (bowl, pan, scraper, etc.) with butter.
Grease, or line with parchment, a 10 x 15" jelly roll pan.
Mix the dry ingredients in a large greased bowl and set aside.
Heat the butter and oil in a large pot over low heat, then add the marshmallows and stir until they're melted. Remove from the heat and add the peanut butter and honey. Mix until combined. Immediately, slowly pour this mixture over the granola mixture, as you are stirring, to cover and mix.
Once you have a giant cohesive ball and the crumbs are all mixed in, press the mixture into your prepared sheet pan.
Cool and cut into bars.
One of my favorite kitchen utensils is a mini serving spatula. It's perfect for serving these Amish granola bars.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. Refrigerate for longer storage.
Versatile Kid-friendly Granola Bars
Chocolate chip granola bars are great for packing in a lunch or for an afternoon snack. Kids love these chewy and crispy granola bars, and it's a good way to get extra grains into their diet.
These easy no-bake granola bars are also versatile. You can leave out the chocolate chips and add raisins instead. Add pepitas or sliced almonds. And if you need them to be gluten-free bars, you can leave out the graham cracker crumbs.
So feel free to adjust some of the ingredients, but for best results, you will need to keep the amounts of ingredients close to the same.
Are Homemade Marshmallow Granola Bars Healthy?
I'm not going to try to convince you that these honey oat granola bars are healthy. They have some healthy ingredients, and there is no added sugar. However, we all know that marshmallows are loaded with sugar, and there are graham crackers as well.
But homemade granola bars are still healthier than highly processed store-packaged foods that are loaded with preservatives.
Amish Snacks
Growing up Amish in a family of ten kids, we didn't eat very many store-bought snacks. You can only imagine the cost of buying snacks for a large family and how fast they'd disappear.
And honestly, we did not eat a lot of snacks. We ate three meals a day and we were supposed to fill up enough to last us till the next meal.
But sometimes we were allowed to have a little snack when we came home from school. It was typically homemade or homegrown, although we occasionally had pretzels or nuts, etc.
Some delicious homemade Amish snacks that are easy to make include Homemade Protein Balls, Amish Caramel Popcorn, Six-Week Bran Muffins, Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge, Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Homemade Soft Pretzels, Seasoned Pretzels, and this delightful Ranch Snack Mix.
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Amish Granola Bars Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 Tbsp. butter
- ¼ c. oil
- 1 ½ lb. mini marshmallows
- ½ c. peanut butter
- ⅓ c. honey
- 5 c. quick oats
- 4 ½ c. Rice Krispies
- 1 c. graham cracker crumbs (about 6 whole crackers crushed)
- 1 c. mini chocolate chips
- 1 c. unsweetened coconut flakes, optional
Instructions
- In a large greased bowl, mix Rice Krispies, oats, cracker crumbs, chocolate chips, and coconut.4 ½ c. Rice Krispies, 5 c. quick oats, 1 c. graham cracker crumbs (about 6 whole crackers crushed), 1 c. mini chocolate chips, 1 c. unsweetened coconut flakes, optional
- Heat butter and oil in a large pot over low heat. Grease the sides of the pot with some of the oil.5 Tbsp. butter, ¼ c. oil
- Add the marshmallows and stir until melted.1 ½ lb. mini marshmallows
- Remove from the heat, add the peanut butter and honey. Stir until mixed, And immediately pour slowly over the granola mixture as you are stirring until everything is combined.½ c. peanut butter, ⅓ c. honey
- Press the mixture into a greased 10 x 15" sheet pan (jelly roll size).
- Cool and cut into bars. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for a week. If you need to keep them longer than that, you may want to store them in the refrigerator.
Anna
So yummy! They disappear quickly!