HEALTHIER OATMEAL PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAKFAST BARS

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Everything you need for breakfast: oats, peanut butter and a little bit of chocolate! These Healthier Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bars are low in sugar and so filling!

We should keep the morning meal topic going for one more week here on A Savory Feast, will we? A week ago I shared some new biscuit plans for Muffin Week 2018. Did you see my No Sugar Added Pumpkin Zucchini Muffins and my Maple Bacon Corn Muffins?This week I’m sharing one of my most recent most loved breakfast things: breakfast bars!

These Healthier Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bars are improved without refined sugar. All things being equal, they are improved with maple syrup!

Maple syrup is an incredible method to normally add pleasantness without utilizing refined sugar. We go through such a large amount of it in my home! My baby demands flapjacks basically each day, in addition to I utilize the syrup to improve biscuits and cereal. Be certain that you are utilizing genuine maple syrup, nothing that says “maple seasoned syrup” like Aunt Jemima. Those are corn syrup with other added fixings that are not bravo.

These bars do contain a limited quantity of sugar from the chocolate chips, except if you get chocolate chips without sugar. I believe it’s awesome for that smidgen of pleasantness! You could likewise give exchanging a shot the chocolate chips for something normally sweet like dried fruit.My current most loved chocolate chips are the Simply Balanced Organic Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips at Target. I’ve been searching for chocolate chips without soy so I was very eager to discover these. They are around $3 excessively such a ton less expensive than most other natural chocolate chips.Loaded with oats and peanut butter, these bars are decent and filling! They are extraordinary for a make-ahead breakfast that you can snatch on out the way to class or work.

Everything you need for breakfast: oats, peanut butter and a little bit of chocolate! These Healthier Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bars are low in sugar and so filling!

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup rolled oats (uncooked)
  • 1/4 cup flour (can use wheat flour or sub with almond, coconut or GF blend flour)
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter (crunchy or creamy)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup chocolate chip.
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INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F and line a 8×8 pan with parchment paper. 
  2. In a medium bowl, mix together the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a microwave safe bowl, melt the coconut oil by putting it in the microwave for 15-20 seconds. Beat in the eggs. Add in the maple syrup, peanut butter and vanilla. Mix until combined. 
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until just combined. Use a rubber spatula to fold in the chocolate chips. Spread the mixture into the pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool before cutting into bars. Store in an airtight container on the counter for up to 3-5 days.