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.
OMG these look amazing!!!!
I wonder if you could make a pumpkin pie lara bar? Or better yet, a chocolate chip pumpkin lara bar? Do you think the pumpkin would spoil?
I did do a pumpkin version once… it was a few years ago (sorry for the old, confusing post!). https://lett-trim.today/2009/11/23/pumpkin-pie-babies/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> LOL it was so long ago that honestly I don’t remember how well it held up! I do remember I liked it at the time, but I don’t remember how I stored them.
These look yummy, but both of my kids have peanut & tree nut allergies. Any suggestions on what I can use instead of the walnuts?
I haven’t tried any other nuts with this recipe, so I can’t vouch for the taste. But texture-wise, at least, any other nut (cashew, almond, etc) will work. Or these are completely nut free: https://lett-trim.today/2011/08/18/girl-scout-cookie-larabars%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I am SO glad you have some LaraBar “recipes.” I love LaraBars but boy oh boy are they expensive. And your fudge babies? Those are just pop-able LaraBars. And really anything with Fudge in the title HAS to be good!
These look delish! Do they call for dates also?
Oh man, these look and sound so delicious. I love Larabars but I definitely don’t love the price each one of those babies are. Thanks for the great recipe. It sounds just like an oatmeal cookie, but without all the yucky sugar and butter. Any chance you’ll make some homemade peanut butter and jelly “Lara”bars? Or have you already and I’m just late in the game?
You can form my pb cookie dough cookies into larabar form (I usually do that). Maybe sub some of the raisins for dried cherries or other dried berries if you want more of a pbj flavor? https://lett-trim.today/2011/08/24/peanut-butter-cookie-dough-cookies/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
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This looks amazing!! Could you use sunflower seeds instead of walnuts? I don’t have any other kinds of nuts and was wondering if this would still work and stick together if I used sunflower seeds.
Omygod, these are so good! So fast, and really close to my favorite oatmeal raisin cookies. I like larabars okay, but the addition of oats makes these much more cookie like, and I like them better!
I feel like adding a few chocolate chips to these could not be a bad thing.
these are literally the best things i’ve EVER tried. i LOVE your blog. thank you so much for all your delicious recipes. you are awesome!