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.
I just found your blog today and tried this recipe. After making it, I immediately made a second batch. They’re fantastic! Perfect for me to grab before hitting the gym in the morning or just as a mid-afternoon snack. I look forward to trying more of your recipes, they all look delish. Thanks!
Thanks, Katie! I will try that next time:)
Im glad I found your page. Thank you for sharing these wonderful and yummy recipes. These are the kind of deserts I love! 🙂
Katie,
I just made these and they are absolutely delicious!! I toasted the walnuts and added cinnamon to the recipe. Wow, so incredibly good!! Thank you so much for the recipe. I can’t wait to make them again 🙂
mmmh I made these but opted for hazelnuts instead of walnuts. they’re amazing!! thanks so much for the recipe!
xx
Is there anything you would suggest for someone who has a tree nut allergy. What could I use in place of all the walnuts in some of your recipes? Sunflower seeds? Any advice would be helpful. Your blog looks so delicious!
Thanks
Try the samoas fudge babies! Or the mounds bar babies or coconut cookie dough babies 🙂
I have been relentless about your website, Katie! I have made your banana doughtnuts (made in a loaf pan but still heavenly) and I made your coconut chocolate oameal for brekkie this weekend and it, too, was divine! My bf and I are trying to eat better but without sacrificing taste or sweets, so your website is #1 on my favs bar (and he doesn’t know that I’m making mostly vegan/vegetarian stuff!).
I try to give my bf fruits and veggies every day, and I was using LaraBars to help soothe his “middle of the day” sweet tooth, but after finding your recipes and finding the “real” LaraBar recipes on the web, I’d rather make them myself! Thank you SO much for all your yummy recipes!
Katie, I made these today…WOW! YUMMO! One question I have is how to make them into pretty bars? The dough is so sticky, I’m not sure how you made such pretty squares for your pictures!!! thank you
Put dough–the amount for a bar–in a plastic bag and smush and form a bar while inside the bag :).
After much mulling on this concept, I think there should be a Christmas flavor…..so I want to try dried cranberries with a tiny addition of orange oil, still keeping a tiny bit of vanilla…..but want to include some white chocolate. This may require some experimentation between recipes…..but I HAVE to find the right combo! Any suggestions?
yum..mm..mmmm! just made these this morning – i had just enough quick oats left to make a batch, and i substituted cashews for walnuts (because i avoid walnuts). i was happy to see a recipe with raisins as the sweetener, too. and although i’m a total chocolate lover, sometimes it’s nice to have a non-chocolate treat. although i wasn’t sure at first if my “dough” was going to work, when i started handling it (i made balls, rather than bars, so i could share more easily), it all came together quite nicely.
and since it worked so well, and i did have rolled oats in the cabinet, i experimented again with a slightly different batch, using the rolled oats, and then adding the raisins and cashews… but oops, not quite enough cashews left, so i added a tiny bit of peanut butter to it, and then i found some tiny bits of the chocolate chips i made the other day (from your recipe!) – more like chocolate shavings that were left at the bottom of the bag, and not too many – so i tossed those in, as well… and… they also came out totally YUMMMMMMY!
thank you so much for all these wonderful, healthier treats! i’m so excited to have found your site!