Keto No-Bake Granola Bars
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 08/06/2018 - Last updated on 09/13/2024
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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 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.
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Hello from Washington state. Any ideas on what to replace the pumpkin seeds with? Thank you!
Hello! You can add any others seeeds line sunflower seeds, sesame seeds or simply more sliced almond instead. Enjoy the bars! XOXO Carine.
Is there pumpkin in the recipe?
No, there is none. Enjoy the recipe. XOXO Carine.
Awesome recipe! I just wonder if I can use macademia nuts instead of almond? 🙂
Oh my goodness! These are absolutely scrumptious!!!! I just made these, and I tried one of the bars…and oh heaven! oh bliss! What a life saver for a little treat with such low net carbs! Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
You are welcome ! I am so glad you love the recipe. Enjoy the low carb treats on the blog. XOXO Carine.
Hi. I love these bars, but I have a question. I bought Whole Earth stevia and monk fruit zero calorie sweetener. Carb ManGer says it has zero carbs in 1/3 cup, which is required in the recipe. My concern is that on the jar, it says HALF a TEASPOON has 2 grams of carbs. Am I using the correct product? Thanks.
I am not familiar with this product brand but usually a stevia Monk fruit blend has no carbs. You should contact the manufacturer if you are not sure about their nutrition panel. Enjoy the recipe, XOXO Carine.
Hi Carine, I am on East Coast USA near DC. I’ve made these three times now they are so filling and good. First batch I cut into 8 I had one then left for work when I got home my husband had eaten three!
Anyway mine seem to fall apart and melt easy. I tried using a little less coconut oil and more flaxseed meal but it made them even more crumbly. I’m wondering if it’s the almond butter, I could only find the organic and of course when you open it the oil is sitting on the top and you have to mix it in. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks
Sue
Hello from NZ Sue! Do you mean they fall apart when you cut them? If so, it can happen because they get very hard after they come out of the freezer. Warm the knife blade under a your cooktop flame. The knife will smoothly come through the bars not breaking it at all. Also, store them in the fridge to keep them harder. It is cold here in New Zealand so I don’t have this problem as much 🙂 Last tip, try to use peanut butter or cashew butter or sunflower seed butter. I agree that almond butter always have oil sitting on top and make it more difficult to measure. Enjoy the low carb recipes on the blog Sue, XOXO Carine.
Can I use “alive coconut oil”
Any coconut oil brand will work, yes, refined or unrefined. Enjoy the bars, XOXO Carine.
Do you think these will hold up ok for a school lunch snack? Worried they might be melted before the kids can get to them.
In summer they melt fast but in winter it is fine ! Enjoy the low carb recipes on the blog. XOXO Carine.
Hello from Vancouver, Canada. These have a delicious flavor. I have made them with pecans and with almonds and both are great. I use Lakanto monkfruit sweetener and Lily’s chocolate chips. Thank you for your recipes.
That sounds amazing ! I love pecan too. Thanks from trying my recipes from Canada, XOXO Carine
Any chance you can covert to grams for us in the UK. I tried and made them but they were awful and I’m convinced they should be lovely!! Thanks
I am sorry to hear that ! I will try to convert more and more recipes in grams but I like to share the unit I test in my own kitchen for precision. You can find cups for cheap on amazon it is really helpful ! Enjoy the blog recipes. XOXO Carine.
Surely you could measure your cup measures in grams? This recipe would appeal to a far wider audience if you measure by weight. It would be interesting to see if they came out the same weight every time you measured them. I have cups and measuring by volume, no matter how carefully I do it, can vary. I have to say that I am put off recipes that use cups/volume but I may try this but convert myself. If so, would you be happy for me to add metric measurements?
Sure and all my recipes are provided in grams if its your unit of preference. Simply click the metric link above the ingredients and it will convert the whole recipe into grams. Enjoy the recipe on the blog, XOXO Carine
These are SO SO SOOOOO DELISH! Thank you for sharing!!!
Thank YOU for this amazing feedback. I am so happy that you love the granola bars as much as I do. Enjoy all the recipes on the blog. XOXO Carine.
These are the best! A little soft at room temperature, but I serve them frozen.
I love the idea of eating those frozen! So cool ! XOXO Carine.
What would be the best way to add more protein to these do that I could use them as a meal substitute? I need between 10 -30 grams. Thank you.
You can usually replace almond meal by oat flour with a 1:1 ratio but it won’t be low carb anymore. You can add hemp powder for the extra powder but it will dry out the recipe. Enjoy ! XOXO Carine.
Hi, thanks for sharing the recipe, I was wondering if O could avoid using any sweetener.
Thanks
Yes sure you can ! I should not impact the whole recipe texture. It will simply be no sweet at all. Enjoy the lovely granola bars and all the low carb sugar free recipes on the blog. XOXO Carine.
Wondering whether you can substitute honey instead of the sugar substitute? This recipe sounds so good….can’t wait to try it!
Of course any liquid sweetener will work very well in this recipe. Enjoy the bars. XOXO Carine.
Hi, what is the fat content of this recipe please.
Scroll down after the recipe box for the full nutrition panel. Thanks enjoy the recipe. XOXO Carine.
Hi Carine!
Im from South Africa 🙂 I’m loving the flavour of the bars!!! I used xylotil as my sweetener but when I cut my bars they crumbled, any idea as how I could improve?
Anna
Hi Anna, I would leave them only 20 minutes in the freezer, they need to be cold to solidify enough to harden but if you over freeze it will be hard to cut as it will form a rock of nuts and nut butter. Another tip, warm the knife blade on the stove flame, the knife will go through the bar easily, melting the nut butter and coconut oil as you push the blade through without adding too much pressure on the whole bunch. It should avoid the bar to crumble hopefully. Thanks for trying my recipes, Have a lovely day, XOXO, Carine.
Hi I’m from Napier NZ!!! Just wondering what brand of sweetener do you use? Also what do you use as a replacement for powdered sweetener?????
This looks amazing and will be making them this week!
Thanks Heather
Hello! Welcome on the blog Heather. In NZ I love to use Natvia as a sugar free crystal sweetener, they also do sugar free powdered sweetener. Enjoy the recipe. XOXO Carine
Hi, I loved your bars. They were delicious. I started to cut down my carbs to lose weight for my son’s wedding. I lost 6 pounds. I was just wondering if 300 calories was too much for breakfast? Or the calories don’t matter. Or is this something you can eat after you have lost the weight you want to lose. Help!
On low carb I don’t watch my calories but my macro, making sure that my fat, protein and carbs re within the boundaries. This said 300 calories for a breakfast is totally acceptable, it is what most regular breakfast calls for except here you have lots of fibre to keep you full for longer ! Well down on the weight lose and happy wedding to your son ! XOXO Carine.
Second time making these, they are so good and easy to make! Love them!
I am so glad you love the bars too! Thanks so much for making my recipe and sharing your nice feedback here. Really appreciated. Enjoy the blog recipes. XOXO Carine.