If you love peanut butter and chocolate, you will love these granola bars! These are my go to sweet but filling snack that I love to take on road trips and pack in lunches.
I'll show you how to make the best homemade chewy granola bars, that I think are more flavorful than store-bought granola bars!

What You'll Need
- Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (do not substitute for quick oats)
- Creamy nut butter (natural peanut butter, almond butter, or sunflower seed butter)
- Honey (or if you'd prefer, you can use maple syrup)
- Chopped nuts (walnuts or almonds)
- Dark Chocolate Chips
See the recipe card for quantities.

Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper.

Combine the wet ingredients - honey, peanut butter, and sea salt in a large bowl.

Stir with a rubber spatula till combined.

Add in the dry ingredients - the rolled oats, chopped nuts, and chocolate chips.

Stir till combined.

Press the oat mixture into the prepared pan. Bake granola bars for 18 minutes for soft bars (a chewy texture) and 20 to 22 minutes for crispy bars.

Allow the bars to cool fully for 20 minutes before cutting them into 8 to 10 bars, in the pan.

Then, pull the side of the parchment paper up to remove the bars from the pan and slice again along the same lines.
Allow bars to fully cool to room temperature before eating or storing.
Substitutions & Variations
- Nuts - use your favorite nuts (just make sure they are finely chopped). Unsalted walnuts, almonds, pecan, and hazelnuts all work! You can also use seeds like pumpkin seeds (pepitas), hemp seeds, or unsalted sunflower seeds.
- Sweetener - if you'd like these to be vegan granola bars, use maple syrup instead of honey.


Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup honey
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter or almond butter
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups rolled oats
- ½ cup finely chopped walnuts or almonds
- ⅓ cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line an 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper.
- Combine the honey, peanut butter, and sea salt in a large mixing bowl. Stir till combined. Add the rolled oats, chopped nuts, and chocolate chips and stir till combined.
- Press the mixture into the baking dish. Bake the granola bars for 18 minutes for soft bars and 20 to 22 minutes for crispy bars.
- Allow the bars to cool fully in the pan for 20 minutes before cutting them into 8 to 10 bars.
- Then, pull the side of the parchment paper up to remove the bars from the pan and slice again along the same lines.
- Allow bars to cool fully before eating or storing.







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