These are my new favorite homemade Larabars:
Only, they’re not really Larabars at all.
I stumbled upon the recipe while making Hot Fudge Brownie Larabars.
The hot-fudge Larabars used to be my favorite. But their place has now been usurped… by a non-chocolate bar?! Yes, these oatmeal cookie bars are so good I like them better than the chocolate flavors! I’m a disgrace to my chocolate-covered blog.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Larabars
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Larabars
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raisins (80g)
- 6 tbsp quick oats (30g)
- 1/2 cup raw walnuts (40g)
- 1/8 tsp plus 1/16 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
Pulverize the oats in a food processor, then add all other ingredients and blend very well. Form into balls or bars. (If you want, you can portion the dough into plastic bags before smushing the bars, so your hands don’t get sticky.) This recipe makes a little over three Larabar-sized (45g) bars. I like to double the recipe—the bars last at least two weeks in the fridge. They can also be frozen. **My recipe always turns out sticky, but a few commenters said theirs turned out dry, which makes me suspect they probably just need to process longer. (If for some reason they are still too dry, add just a tiny bit of water and process again.)
Do you have any favorite “non-chocolate” snacks?
If a certain favorite snack of mine doesn’t have chocolate, it’ll probably either have peanut butter or coconut. But really, most of my favorite snacks have chocolate!
Here’s a list of all the Homemade Larabars Flavors.
Love the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Larabars. Made them for the first time tonight and they were delicious. I am new to your site and am looking forward to making more of your recipes. Thank You!!!!
Just made these in my little food processor. I pulverize the oatmeal, took it out.
mixed the raisins and walnuts add a splash of cinnamon
the dough just formed a ball all by itself, add the oatmeal back
it just worked like magic…
definetly gonna make this again
may be with more spice *nutmeg, cinnamon….
These turned out really well, I won’t be buying them again. I shaped them into five bars which makes their nutrition – 196 kcal, 9.2g fat of which 0.8g saturates. 24.3g carbs of which 9.9g sugars and 3.7g fiber. (multiply by 5 and divide by the number of pieces you made) They’re maybe a bit small this way but perfect for an energy kick which is what I wanted! Thanks for the recipe Katie!
Hi, I don’t have any quick oats- would this work with rolled oats instead or would it be too tough?
Sorry, I’ve not tried it so I don’t know.
ahh okay. I’ll give it a go when I have the energy and let you know how it works
i could only find craisins in my house, do you think those would work/taste as good?
ure!
I am interested in your recipe for oatmeal raisin larabars
you do not instruct any cooking time. do you bake these cookies ?
please reply .
Thank you
No baking necessary! Just blend, Squish together into whatever shape you like, and you’re done! 🙂
Would these work with cranberries? I’m not sure because they are’t quite as juicy as raisins.
Sorry, just saw someone else already asked the same question. i think I’ll make them with dates and then add the cranberries after pulverizing everything 🙂
These are soooo good! I don’t know how, but they almost taste buttery!
My favorite Larabars are Cherry Pie, Apple Pie, Banana Nut, and Cashew Cookie, but the sugars don’t do so well with me. I’d love to know how to make these versions without sugar, but I don’t know the full ingredients. Do you have any suggestions?
Katie’s homemade Larabars and fudge babies use dates or raisins as the only sugar source (and the base to hold everything together), so you could play around with one of her existing recipes and just modify the nuts or add other fruits in addition to get the flavors you want. Hope that helps!