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Strawberry Oat Bars

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A delicious soft oat bar recipe packed full with sweet strawberries. A tasty and healthy snack for toddlers and older kids!

strawberry oat bars

My little boy has turned into an absolute food monster recently. I can’t believe that at just 2 years old he’s already eating me out of house and home… and that’s saying something considering I always have food to hand! He seems to be particularly fond of snacks so I’ve been making an effort to try out some new homemade snack recipes on him and these Strawberry Oat Bars have been a big success!

The base of these oat bars are made with my standard mixture of oats, nut butter (I used peanut butter here but almond or cashew butter works well too), coconut oil and honey. I then added some chopped fresh strawberries to give it a delicious summery flavour.

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These bars are gluten, dairy and egg free and are packed full of slow releasing carbs and protein; enough to keep my little man full until dinnertime!

One thing I should point out is that these Strawberry Oat Bars are very soft. They are not crunchy or chewy like a normal granola bar so don’t be disappointed! However, this does make them ideal for younger kids and toddlers as the softness makes then really easy to eat.

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If you try this recipe please do let me know what you think. And tag me in a picture on Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #myfussyeater. I really love seeing all your pictures of my recipes and your little ones enjoying them!

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A delicious soft oat bar recipe packed full with sweet strawberries. A tasty and healthy snack for toddlers and older kids!

Strawberry Oat Bars

★★★★★ 4.9 from 9 reviews
  • Author: Ciara Attwell @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 2 mins
  • Cook Time: 18 mins
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 8 1x
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: European
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A delicious soft oat bar recipe packed full with sweet strawberries. A tasty and healthy snack for toddlers and older kids!

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp nut butter
  • 3 tbsp honey / date syrup / maple syrup
  • 125g / 1.5 cups rolled oats
  • 100g / 0.75 cups chopped strawberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180c / 350f. Grease and line an 8x8inch dish with parchment paper.
  2. In a saucepan melt the coconut oil. Add the nut butter and honey and stir until all the ingredients have melted together.
  3. Pour this mixture into a large bowl. Add the oats and mix well.
  4. Gently fold in the strawberries and then transfer the mixture to the lined dish, pressing down the top with the back of a spoon.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes until the edges are just starting to brown.
  6. Leave the oat mixture to cool to room temperature in the dish, before putting it in the fridge for 30 minutes. This step is very important. If you don’t do this the mixture will fall apart when you try to cut it!
  7. Cut into 8 large or 16 small slices.
  8. Serve immediately or keep in the fridge for up to 2 days.
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Comments

  1. Leah says

    Delicious but just completely crumbled to bits after letting it cool and removing from the tray. Followed recipe exactly so I don’t know what went wrong

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    • Bianca Carey Spencer says

      Hi Indri, we’ve not tried it with butter so not sure. If you do try it with butter let us know how it turns out. x

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  5. Chisom says

    OMG! I tried this recipe and all i can say is woooowww!
    I ate half of it before my son woke up. LOL soo trying this again and again and again!👌👍

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  8. Ana Luisa says

    Muchas gracias por compartir la receta!
    Hice ayer y en verdad me encantó! Espero pronto hacer la receta de brocoli con huevos y queso.
    Abrazos desde Chile! 🙂

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  10. Anonymous says

    Recipe is good, however falls apart easily. Had it with greek yoghurt & was delicious. Requires more butter and honey to keep it together!

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  11. Demi says

    Tried to make these! So delicious but went soggy a little on the bottom so I put in oven again and they worked amazing! Next time going to try less Coconut Oil and chop my strawberrys smaller. But so happy with these.

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    • Vanessa says

      This is amazing! I made it with honey and natural peanut butter and added frozen (but defrosted) raspberries. My 1 and 3 year olds loved it, and my husband did too. I had to tell him to stop eating it because it’s for the kids, and I’m now making a second batch where I’ve also added shredded coconut, and half has wild blueberries, and the other half has chopped up dried apricots (less messy for the kids).

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      • L1l says

        Have made this recipe loads for my kids and was just coming to see if anyone had tried frozen raspberries in them as I have some to use up and strawberry crop from the garden has finished! Thanks for sharing!

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        • Vicky says

          Fab! we haven’t given frozen raspberries a go, please try and let us know how they work out. Thanks so much for coming back to share your review. x

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  12. Nikki says

    Delicious! I made mine with almond butter, honey and frozen raspberries, no idea if my toddler will eat them but I certainly will!! Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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  13. Laura says

    Absolutely delicious!
    Only comment would be that we didn’t cut the strawberries up small enough/had a few bits clumped together so they made parts of the dish soggy and fall apart ( still eaten in a flash though!)
    Trying again today with smaller bits of strawberry and a little less honey.

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