Keto No-Bake Granola Bars
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 08/06/2018 - Last updated on 05/24/2023
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These no-bake granola bars are the healthiest granola bars recipe you want to try for breakfast.
Just as regular granola bars without baking time, no sugar, no gluten or dairy, and ready in 30 minutes.
The best low-carb granola bars for an on-the-go keto breakfast.
Are No-Bake Granola Bars Keto-Friendly?
Most no-bake granola bars would not be keto-friendly, but my version definitely is since it uses a flaxseed meal and keto-friendly almonds and seeds.
My keto granola bars come at a staggeringly low 2.8 grams of net carbs per slice!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
You can enjoy sweet food on a low-carb diet. It is all about using the right ingredients.
Generally, the best low-carb breakfast recipes include ingredients like nuts, seeds, and sugar-free natural sweeteners.
All of these are healthy, wholesome ingredients with high-nutrient properties.
Therefore, these keto granola bars are healthy granola bars for everyone.
Whether you follow a low-carb keto diet or not, one of these no-bake bars gives your body healthy unsaturated fat, plant-based protein, and fiber.
Because these low-carb granola bars have no eggs or dairy, they are perfect vegan granola bars too!
How To Make Keto Granola Bars
This is probably the easiest keto granola bar recipe you will make. No-bake recipes don’t require that much skill, only a good organization.
In this case, you need only 10 minutes and 10 ingredients to prepare this healthy gluten-free granola bar recipe. See the list below.
Ingredients
- Sliced Almonds – prefer raw, unsalted, organic almonds for the best taste.
- Flaxseed Meal – flaxseed meal, also known as ground linseed, is a flour-like ground that is very high in fiber and low in carbs.
- Chia Seeds – you can pick either white chia or black chia seeds, it won’t make a difference in taste.
- Pumpkin Seeds – or any seed you like such as roasted spaghetti squash seeds to reuse your seeds.
- Unsweetened Shredded Coconut – it’s essential to pick unsweetened coconut as some manufacturers add sugar or sugar powder to their mix.
- Cinnamon
- Sugar-free crystal sweetener – Read about my favorite keto-friendly sweeteners to find out how to choose your sugar-free crystal sweeteners.
- Natural Peanut butter. Yes, peanut butter is keto-friendly! Use it or any nut butter you love, like almond butter or cashew butter. Make sure it is fresh from the jar, smooth, and with no sugar added.
- Coconut oil – I love to use unrefined coconut oil because I enjoy coconut flavor. If you don’t, use refined coconut oil instead, it has no coconut flavor.
- Sugar-free dark chocolate chips or stevia-sweetened dark chocolate or 90% cocoa chocolate if you are ok with some bitter cocoa flavor. If you don’t have any, read my recipe to make your own sugar-free chocolate chips.
Instructions
First, you need to gather all your ingredients on the benchtop.
As a general rule, measuring all your ingredients in small pots before starting ensures a no-fail recipe.
Next, prepare a large bowl for the dry ingredients and one bowl for the liquids.
Finally, always combine liquid ingredients with dry ingredients.
Storage Instructions
These no-bake granola bars are softer than traditional granola bars.
That is why I recommend freezing the bars for 20 minutes to set them quickly.
Next, you can cut the block into bars and store the bars in the fridge or in the freezer.
No-bake goods freeze really well and can defrost only a few hours before eating.
Serving Keto Bars
Believe me, you will impress everyone with this keto bars recipe. They might be healthy, but they look like the real thing. Plus, the taste is absolutely amazing.
If you love healthy chewy granola bars, you’re served! They are easy to carry in your bag and eat on the go.
It is a no-bake recipe, so they tend to soften if they stay too long out of the fridge – especially in hot summer.
I recommend wrapping them in plastic wrap or beeswax paper to make sure they stay fresh until I eat them.
Keto Granola Bars Nutrition
Not only are these granola bars low-carb, but they are also vegan, packed with nutrients, minerals, and vitamins from flaxseeds, chia seeds, and nuts.
It is a delicious melt-in-your-mouth bar with crunchy pieces of nuts and seeds to keep you full until lunchtime.
They have only 2.8 grams of net carbs per serving and include 6.4 grams of fiber.
These keto bars are also a good source of nutrients, including protein (7.5 grams) and magnesium (24% of Daily Value).
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No-Bake Keto Granola Bars With Peanut Butter
Ingredients
Wet ingredients
- ½ cup Natural Peanut Butter or almond butter if paleo
- ¼ cup Coconut Oil
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
Dry ingredients
- ⅓ cup Granulated Sweetener like erythritol
- ½ cup Sliced Almonds + 1 extra tablespoon to decorate on top
- ⅓ cup Flaxseed Meal
- 1 tablespoon Chia Seeds
- ⅓ cup Pumpkin Seeds
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Desiccated Coconut
- ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Chocolate drizzle
- 3 tablespoons Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips
- 1 teaspoon Coconut Oil
Instructions
- Line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl or a saucepan, place all the wet ingredients: peanut butter, coconut oil, and vanilla.
- Microwave by 30-second bursts, stir and repeat until the coconut oil is fully melted and combines with the nut butter. It should not take more than 1 minute 30 seconds. Otherwise, melt the ingredients in a saucepan under medium heat, often stirring to prevent the mixture from sticking to the pan.
- Stir in the sugar-free crystal sweetener, stir and microwave an extra 30 seconds to incorporate well. Erythritol doesn't dissolve very well, but it will give some delicious sweet crunch into your bars or see paleo note.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the rest of the dry ingredients: sliced almonds, flaxseed meal, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, shredded coconut, and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
- Pour the nut butter mixture onto the dry ingredients. Stir with a spatula to combine. You want to cover all the dry ingredients with the nut butter mixture.
- Transfer the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Press the mixture evenly with your hand to leave no air. Flatten the surface with a spatula.
- Freeze for 20 minutes until the breakfast bars are hard and set.
- Remove from the freezer, lift the parchment paper to pull out the bar from the loaf pan. Place on a plate. Sprinkle extra sliced almonds on top.
- In a small bowl, microwave the sugar-free dark chocolate and coconut oil until fully melted.
- Drizzle the melted chocolate on top of the bar, return into the freezer for 1-3 minutes until the chocolate is set.
- Cut into 8 breakfast bars.
- Wrap each bar individually into plastic wrap or bee wax. Store in the fridge for up to 8 days.
Notes
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About The Author
Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook and many ebooks, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet
Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!
All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.
Browse all my recipes with my Recipe Index.
I hope that you too find the recipes you love on Sweet As Honey!
Disclaimer
The recipes, instructions, and articles on this website should not be taken or used as medical advice. You must consult with your doctor before starting on a keto or low-carb diet. The nutritional data provided on Sweetashoney is to be used as indicative only.
The nutrition data is calculated using WP Recipe Maker. Net Carbs is calculated by removing the fiber and some sweeteners from the total Carbohydrates. As an example, a recipe with 10 grams of Carbs per 100 grams that contains 3 grams of erythritol and 5 grams of fiber will have a net carbs content of 2 grams. Some sweeteners are excluded because they are not metabolized.
You should always calculate the nutritional data yourself instead of relying on Sweetashoney's data. Sweetashoney and its recipes and articles are not intended to cure, prevent, diagnose, or treat any disease. Sweetashoney cannot be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or advice found on the Website.
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I made these this afternoon. Substituted sunflower seeds for the pumpkin seeds. It is really good and very easy to make!
I have been meaning to make these bars for quite a while and I am so glad I finally did. The recipe had been on my Recipes To Try board but its now on my Keto Favorite board. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you love the recipe. Thanks so much for trying them and leaving such a great feedback, XOXO Carine
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! Just discovered your blog. I wonder if you can recommend a substitute for the dried coconut? Not a fan of the flavor or texture. I am also excited that you use Swerve.
Sure ! Simply use same amount of any seeds or sliced almonds, Enjoy, XOXO Carine
These bars are so delicious and easy! Thank you very much for an amazing recipe! I’ve been keto for over 2 years and have tried many recipes. This one is my new go to! I didn’t have Almonds so I used Walnuts instead. So great!!
Hi thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Can you please tell me how to calculate the serving in grams? I am trying to calculate and see how much I can eat if i calculate my net carbs.
Simply click on the ‘metric’ link before the recipe ingredient, it convert the entire recipe in grams for you. But you don’t have to calculate the net carbs, its already provided after the recipe card, it the nutrition panel, with serving size. Enjoy the bars, XOOX Carine
Can you use coconut milk in place of coconut oil? Very excited about trying this awesome recipe!
Unfortunately, no you can’t, both have different properties. Coconut oil get solid under 23C, it’s the ingredients that hold the bar together without baking. It will be a runny mess with milk of any kind. Another option, is same amount of melted cocoa butter but it’s expensive, Enjoy, XOXO Carine
I am loving this recipe and going to make it this weekend. Can I use coconut milk in place of the coconut oil? So excited about making this! Thanks for an awesome recipe.
No, you can’t coconut oil is what hold all the ingredients together. It forms up below 23C, not coconut milk, it will be runny messy batter if you don’t use coconut oil and it will never form bar. Enjoy the recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine
OMG these are amazing. I will never buy granola bars again. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Can ya use whole almonds for this keto recipe?
You can but I would chop the almonds finely before measuring and adding into the recipe or it won’t spread well as a bar. Enjoy. XOXO Carine
Hi, would it be ok for me to replace half the almonds with chopped Brazil nuts. Thanks
It would probably work but spread less well since the chopped nuts will be more ‘bumpy’ some flat sliced almonds. Enjoy the bars, XOXO Carine
If I doubled the e recipe, what size pan would I use? Would a 9*13 be sufficient? Thanks!
If your pan has a height that fit two time the recipe volume then yes it is ok but it will create think bars! Otherwise use a wider pan like a 9 inches x 9 inches. Enjoy, XOXO Carine
Just wondering she the serving size is one bar. Do you have anything more specific so it is easier to track in apps? How much weight is one bar ?
The serving is for one bar, the recipe make 8 bars of same size from a pan 8 inches x 5 inches. If you use the same pan size and spread the ingredients evenly into it and then cut into 8 even portion each bar will have the same amount of net carb, nutrition panel seen in the recipe. Enjoy, XOXO Carine
Thank you for such a great recipe… just wanted to ask you if I can replace the flaxseed meal with Psyllium husk or almond flour? thanks
ou can replace it by ground chia seed to keep the same taste and texture. Enjoy the recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine
Hi love the bar, it worked well like your picture but when I did put it in my bag to take to work it melted. Not sure to why this keeps happening. any ideas. thanks
I am glad you love the breakfast bar recipe. Coconut oil melt under 23C so yes, if its hot where you live, it can melt and soften easily. My tips in summer, freeze the bar before you go, and carry this in your bag frozen. It will defrost fast about 2 hours so when you want to eat, the texture will be perfect, XOXO Carine
Scrumptious! A huge hit. Thank you.
This recipe is my go to for a sweet filling dessert or snack. So amazingly good! I accidently melted my chocolate chips so i just mixed it in. Taste like reese cups ????
These are excellent, I don’t add the sweetener, they are tasty enough!
Love this recipe, so glad I came across it. I follow low carb but get sick of eggs for breakfast. This is such a great alternative , good grab and go option.
Hi, could you use powdered erithyritol instead of crystal?
You will need way more to achieve the same level of sweetness by it will work. Use my keto sweetener converter, to convert the amount of crystal to powder. Enjoy! XOXO Carine
These are fabulous! Who needs regular candy when you can have these? No missing out for sure! I substituted chopped walnuts for the pumpkin seeds once and it was delicious also. I cut my bars in fours then munch on them throughout the day, that way it’s just enough to satisfy my sweet tooth! A million thank you’s for creating such greatness! HUGS!