Peanut Butter Granola Mini Bars

Total Time

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling

Makes

3 dozen

Updated: Mar. 29, 2023
Kids will flip over this deliciously oaty, sweet snack! I mean, what's not to love about a batch of peanut butter-honey-oatmeal bars? And at fewer than 100 calories each, you can afford to have seconds. —Vivian Levine, Summerfield, Florida
Peanut Butter Granola Mini Bars Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter chips
  • 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat the peanut butter, honey, egg, oil and vanilla until blended. Combine the oats, brown sugar and salt; add to the peanut butter mixture and mix well. Stir in chips. (Batter will be sticky.)
  2. Press into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake until mixture is set and edges are lightly browned, 12-15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 96 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 78mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.