These Salty Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bars are the perfect lunchbox snack. They’re chewy homemade granola bars loaded with healthy oats, rich chocolate, and a dash of sea salt to throw it all together!
Salty Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bars
These bars are a lazy recipe.
They’re just too simple..and I honestly can’t believe I haven’t shared them before.
But they’re lazy because I didn’t spend hours/days/months/years planning them out, testing them, re-testing them..
I literally tried a recipe, made it and it worked.
The end.
End of story.
ANNND what’s so great is you can do the same. Whip them up, bake them, eat them and call it a day.
A very delicious day.
These Salty Chocolate Chip Oat Bars are pretty hearty. All the oats in there gives them a great texture and chewiness! Plus the added coarse sea salt is a win.
How to Make Homemade Granola Bars
Just prepare your batter as per usual..but I used vegetable oil in place of butter in this recipe. It helps keep them super soft.
Oh, and I added coconut. Because yum.
You don’t’ have to, though!
Isn’t it purdy?
Press that into the pan…
And bake them up.
These are really great as lunchbox snacks too!
Salty Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bars
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 24 bars 1x
- Category: Snack
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Salty Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bars are the perfect lunchbox snack. They’re chewy homemade granola bars loaded with healthy oats, rich chocolate, and a dash of sea salt to throw it all together!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp coarse sea salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 2 3/4 cups of old-fashioned oats
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup flaked sweetened coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Line 9×13 baking dish with foil and spray lightly, set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer combine oil, brown sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- Mix in salt, baking soda and flour. Add in oats and mix until evenly combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips and coconut (if desired)
- Bake for 20 minutes until just set.
- Allow to cool before cutting into squares.
Notes
*you can use whole wheat flour in place of all purpose, if desired.
store airtight for up to 3 days
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 245
- Sugar: 21.6 g
- Sodium: 160.3 mg
- Fat: 9.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 36.1 g
- Protein: 3.8 g
- Cholesterol: 15.5 mg
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Pass one on over this way, please! These bars have to be the best ever! They have the right ingredients to make them perfect and they’re a must try! I’m new here and really like your blog. I’m taking a look around now!
I love a salty sweet oatmeal combination! Must make soon!
Mmmm such a yummy recipe! I love the “salty” part 🙂
These bars look awesome! So much good stuff 🙂
Haha! I’m with Christina up there. This is breakfast right? It sounds so good Shelly!
This can make even the gloomiest of days feel cheerful! I love these oat bars! I love how they are chewy and delicious and chocolaty and salty all at the same time! LOOOOVE! 😀
Delicious Shelly!Love the addition of salt!
Oats = breakfast in my book! YUM!
I can think of nothing else I would want to eat right now!
xo Jennifer
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How deliciuos that looks. Blessings, Catherine