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Home » Dairy Free Recipes » Sunflower Butter Energy Bars

Sunflower Butter Energy Bars

July 6, 2017 by Ciara Attwell, Updated December 17, 2024

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Delicious energy bars made with homemade sunflower butter, oats, flaxseed and coconut. They are the perfect nut-free snack for kids. Pop them into lunch bags or enjoy as an after school snack!

sunflower butter energy bars

You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I posted this recipe for homemade Sunflower Butter.

Made with just sunflower seeds and a few other natural ingredients, it’s a great alternative to peanut butter. Perfect for families dealing with nut allergies. 

Even if you are not dealing with a nut allergy in your family, many schools and nurseries no longer allow children to bring any nut products in their lunches or for snacks. Making this a brilliant substitute.

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These Sunflower Butter Energy Bars are so easy to make. And they will keep in the fridge for several days.

Great to have on hand for an afternoon snack for kids or to pop into their lunchbox.

They are also packed full of nutritious ingredients like rolled oats, chia seeds and ground flaxseed (which is high in fibre and a great source of plant-based Omega 3’s).

The bars are naturally sweetened with coconut and honey which makes them very appetising to kids!

child holding energy bars

The chocolate drizzle on top is completely optional but it does add a lovely finish to the bars and of course makes them even more kid-friendly!

These bars keep really well in the fridge for several days so they are perfect for making in bulk.

energy bars

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Delicious energy bars made with homemade sunflower butter, oats, flaxseed and coconut. They are the perfect nut-free snack for kids that can be popped into lunch bags or enjoyed as an after school snack!

Sunflower Butter Energy Bars


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  • Author: Ciara Attwell
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 9 1x
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: European
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Delicious energy bars made with homemade sunflower butter, oats, flaxseed and coconut. They are the perfect nut-free snack for kids that can be popped into lunch bags or enjoyed as an after school snack!


Ingredients

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • ½ cup sunflower butter
  • 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • optional topping: 20g chocolate melted (can be dairy free)

Instructions

  1. Place all the ingredients except the chocolate in a large bowl and mix until well combined.
  2. Line a 9 inch square dish with parchment paper and transfer the mixture into it, pressing down well with the back of a spoon.
  3. Freeze the mixture for 25 minutes, remove and then lift the parchment paper out of the dish.
  4. Melt the chocolate and drizzle it on top and put the dish back into the freezer for another 5 minutes.
  5. Cut into 9 large or 18 small bars
  6. The energy bites will keep in the fridge for up to 4 days.
1 bar2288.9 g3.9 mg14.2 g4.7 g21.8 g3.7 g5.2 g
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Comments

  1. Elizabeth Cooke says

    March 4, 2025 at 10:50 am

    I found them to be incredibly crumbly, both when still cold from the freezer but also when room temp – any ideas? It was abit of guess work with the cups measurements (if you had grams that would be amazing) so perhaps it was that.. Tastes great but texture wise I’d love to get it right and be more like a bar.

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  2. Jess says

    January 13, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    Have you ever froze them for later consumption?

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      January 14, 2019 at 10:49 am

      Yes you can freeze them!

      Reply
  3. Alanna says

    March 21, 2018 at 6:09 pm

    Love this recipe so much. They taste lovely and the whole family from youngest to oldest all take one on packed lunch days!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  4. Wendy says

    March 7, 2018 at 12:10 pm

    These were good. Tasted a bit different to normal peanut butter but my daughter ate them!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  5. Mimi Swaby says

    July 6, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    These sound delicious- definitely going to try them soon! Thank you for sharing xx

    http://www.mimazine.co.uk/

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 6, 2017 at 8:01 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply

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