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 was JUST searching for an oatmeal raisin bar recipe last night and am so glad you posted this before i started making one of the other ones i found! can i replace the walnuts with cashews?
Obviously I can’t personally vouch for the taste because I haven’t tried it… but texture-wise it would definitely work!! 🙂
-Gasp- No dates?
Oatmeal raisin clif bars are amazing. Perhaps, if you’re feeling a disgrace to your chocolate blog, you can add chocolate chips..like an oatmeal-chocolate chip cookie since the raisins are taking the place of the dates?
I need to ask for a food processor for christmas so I can make these and several other things on your lovely blog!
I have so many different favorites for indulging in a light snack – cookies, muffins, pie… with a hot cup of coffee, tea or apple cider.
Oh my Katie, are you quite sure that you aren’t a fairy from dessert-heaven?
I love having pb+bananas,. it’s delicious, quick, and easy to have on-the-go (though people do look at you rather oddly when eating a pb-smothered banana).
LOL dessert heaven? That sounds like a super-fun place!!
You’re a genius. I mean, you knew that, but still. 😉
I love larabars! They should totally make this flavor! But I guess they don’t really have to now LOL! I can just make it myself!
Last night, after dinner, I usually have my after dinner chocolate-but there was none to be found (very rare!) I didn’t know what to do! lol I settled though in some banana soft serve with cacao nibs! lol still a lil bit of chocolate I squeezed in there!
OMG, I cannot wait to make this recipe…and I think I can make it sooner rather than later bc it is so simple…thank you! I love making homemade snack bars!! It a fav!
My favorite non-chocolate treats would have to be peanut butter, yogurt or apples with caramel dip! Great recipe by the way!