Superfood nut free granola bars made with toasted quinoa, oats, dried figs, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flaxseed and chia! A drizzle of dark chocolate on top makes them extra special.
Course
Gluten Free, High Protein, Nut Free, Snack, Vegan
Keyword
nut free granola bars
Prep Time10minutes
Cook Time10minutes
Total Time20minutes
Servings10bars
Calories223kcal
AuthorMonique of AmbitiousKitchen.com
Ingredients
1/2cupold fashioned rolled oats (gluten free, if desired)
1/2cupuncooked quinoa
1/4cupraw sunflower seeds
1/4cupraw pumpkin seeds
1/2cuporganic or homemade sunflower butter
1/3cuphoney (or coconut palm syrup if vegan)
1teaspoonvanilla
1/2teaspooncinnamon
1/4teaspoonsea salt
1/4cupflaxseed meal
1tablespoonchia seeds
1/2cupblack mission dried figs, coarsely chopped
1tablespoondark chocolate chips (vegan, if desired)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Add oats, quinoa, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds to a large baking sheet and spread around evenly. Once oven is preheated, toast the oats and quinoa for 8-10 minutes. Once done toasting, pour oats and quinoa into a medium bowl and set aside.
While quinoa and oats are toasting, add sunflower butter, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and sea salt to medium saucepan over low heat. Stir every so often until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes, then add to the bowl with the oats and quinoa. Stir well to incorporate. Fold in flaxseed meal, dried figs and chia seeds.
Line an 8x4 or 9x5 inch loaf pan with parchment paper; pour mixture in and spread out evenly, then press mixture down in the pan very firmly.
Next melt chocolate chips for 20 seconds in the microwave or over low heat in a saucepan on the stove top. Drizzle over bars. Place pan in freezer for 30 minutes or until mixture has hardened. Remove bars from pan and cut into 10 bars. Store bars in the fridge. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
If you're not allergic to nuts, feel free to also sub out the seeds for any kind of nut you desire. Same goes with the nut butter!
Instead of dried figs, try another dried fruits such as cranberries or blueberries.
You can skip the chocolate drizzle if you want, but who doesn't love a little dark chocolate? Seriously.