These super tasty and healthy Chocolate Quinoa Granola Bars are packed with oats, puffed quinoa, nuts and seeds. Great for snacks or for lunch boxes too!
I’ve spoken so many times about kids and snacks and my own struggle with keeping a constant supply of healthy snacks on hand to feed them.
My children really do eat quite a lot. And if I don’t feed them very filling snacks then they will just keep coming back asking for more!
I made these Chocolate Quinoa Granola Bars as I kept seeing puffed quinoa in so many places and I wanted to try it out for myself.
Puffed or popped quinoa can be really expensive to buy. But it’s so easy to make it yourself at home by dry-frying it in a large pan on the hob.
To make these granola bars really filling I also added rolled oats along with peanut butter, honey and coconut oil to bind it all together.
For a nutritional boost I added mixed seeds, flaked almonds, chia seeds and ground flaxseed and finally some chocolate chips to keep them kid-friendly!
The toppings of melted chocolate and some freeze dried raspberries are totally optional but they do add a lovely finish to the bars.
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Chocolate Quinoa Granola Bars
Prep Time: 7 mins- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 22 minutes
Yield: 16 1x
Category: Snacks
Method: Baked
Cuisine: European
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A super tasty and healthy Chocolate Granola Bar packed with oats, puffed quinoa, nuts and seeds. Great for snacks or for lunch boxes too!
Ingredients
- 100g / 3.5 oz quinoa (raw)
- 125g / ½ cup peanut butter
- 100g / ⅓ cup honey
- 50g / ¼ cup coconut oil
- 125g / 1 & ⅓ cup rolled oats
- 2 tbsp mixed seeds
- 2 tbsp flaked almonds
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips (can be dairy free)
- To top: 25g / 1 oz chocolate, melted and ½ tablespoon freeze dried raspberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c / 350f.
- Add the quinoa to a large dish or saucepan over a medium heat. Cook for a few minutes, stirring constantly. You will hear the quinoa “pop”. Cook until its just starting to brown. Remove from the dish and place aside in a bowl or on a plate.
- In the same dish add the peanut butter, honey and coconut oil and cook for a couple of minutes until melted and then remove from the heat.
- Add in the quinoa, oats, seeds, flaked almonds, chia seeds, ground flaxseed and chocolate chips. Mix well until everything is well combined.
- Line a 9in square baking dish with parchment paper and pour in the mixture. Press down firmly with the back of a spoon.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until its starting to crisp.
- Leave it to cool a little before removing from the tin and then allowing it to cool completely. Ideally, also chill it. This will stop it falling apart.
- Cut into 16 small bars (or 8 large) and top with a little drizzle of melted chocolate and some freeze dried raspberries.
Notes
These bars will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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No Bake Chocolate Granola Cookies
Caitlin says
Do you wash the quinoa?
Ciara Attwell says
Yes you can give it a rinse
Cath says
Yum! Love these so much and the fact that they contain quinoa is awesome, it’s such a good food!
★★★★★
Pip says
Sounds amazing! What temperature did you bake them?
Ciara Attwell says
180c / 350f
Pip says
Thanks!
Anonymous says
Thanks for the great recipie! What temperature did you bake at?