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.
Katie, I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you also post quantities in grams! I live in England, and will NEVER understand why Americans still fill up all these cups and spoons to measure things out, when all I have to do is put the mixing bowl on my tiny weighing scale and press the zero button whenever I want to add the next thing! Could someone enlighten me?! 😀
LOL I know! It would be SO much easier for me if everyone owned a food scale… they are so much more reliable when it comes to measurements :-?. I guess we Americans just *can’t* admit that someone else has a better system! But honestly, your system is so much better ;).
hi katie! one question, do the oats need to be cooked before they are pulverized? all I have is steel-cut, hope those will work instead of quick!
Homemade larabars are one of my new favorite things. These look wonderful! I love oatmeal raisin cookies, so if I can enjoy a similar treat guilt-free, I am all over it!
made these tonight along with the Girl Scout larabars as well, so good. Wondered if you could add flaxseed meal to these Oatmeal Raisin ones? Loved the oats, but thought it would be great if I could sneak some flax seed into them too?? Or substitute that for the oats?? Love your site!!!
I’m sure you could add them in too… Why not? 🙂
You are a GENIUS! I eat a Larabar everyday for a snack at work. Today, I couldn’t wait to open my homemade oatmeal raisin “larabar!” These things are unreal, Katie! Thank you so much!
These were awesome! I added a healthy pinch of cinnamon and toasted the walnuts first to enhance their flavor. I wasn’t sure this would work with a Vitamix but it did and now I’m looking forward to trying your other fudge baby/larabar recipes. Thanks for spicing up my snack routine. 😀
I would love to eat these Larabars but alas am severely allergic to tree nuts. I can have the peanut ones but not the others! Not sure what I can substitute for the tree nuts. Any suggestions?
Try the Samoas larabars. No nuts! 🙂
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Hey! First of all, your recipes are delicious! I have tried a few of them and have been thrilled with the results so far. I did, however, want to let you know that this (and a few other recipes under Gluten-Free) is not quite gluten free because of the oats. Oats in themselves are technically gluten free, but, more times than not, they are processed with wheat and there is enough contamination to consider them unsafe for those with Celiac or a gluten intolerance. Uncontaminated oats can be found in certain countries…unfortunately, America is not one of those.
Sorry to be a Debbie downer, but I thought you might want to know. =)
Hi Sara,
Actually there ARE brands of oats that are certifid gluten-free. Bob’s Red Mill, for example, makes a brand. Look in the gf section of most health-food stores :).
Rice Crispy marshmallow treats! They are my weakness! And when I make them I add just a pinch of cinnamon, it’s my secret ingredient! YUM!!! 🙂
These are AMAZING!! I can’t stop eating them 🙂