Feb 10, 2025 by admin

Welcome to my 2025 Stop Buying Store-Bought series where I challenge myself to learn to make items I typically buy at the store. Today, we’re trying a homemade chewy granola bars recipe and it is sooooo delicious!

Making Homemade Granola Bars!

Can you believe I don’t regularly make homemade granola bars?? My sister posted her granola bar recipe years ago on this blog, and I always wanted to try it but never did!

I guess I got into the habit of buying them when they were so inexpensive at Aldi. As the price has slowly crept up, I’ve purchased them less and less, but I still buy them occasionally if they are on a decent sale.

Recently, I decided it was high time I learn to make granola bars, but I didn’t have the ingredients on hand for my sister’s recipe so I searched online and found a recipe I could adapt with what I had on hand.

This Homemade Chewy Granola Bar Recipe is SO Yummy!

I was so happy with how these turned out — sweet (but not too sweet), easy to make, and a big hit with our entire family! In fact, Jesse said texted me yesterday saying, “Man, those homemade granola bars are amazing!! So much better than store-bought!”

Now I have to try my sister’s recipe (I’ve heard from so many of you who love it so much!).

Ingredients for Homemade Granola Bars

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 cups oats (quick oats or rolled oats)
• 1 cup crispy rice cereal (I subbed healthy cocoa puffs because that’s what I had.)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

How to Make Homemade Chewy Granola Bars

1. In a medium bowl, stir together oats and cereal.

2. In a small sauce pan, melt butter, honey, and brown sugar together over medium heat.

3. Bring mixture to a low boil. Reduce heat and cook for an additional 2 minutes until the sugar is fully dissolved.

4. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

5. Pour wet mixture over dry ingredients and mix well.

6. Line a small pan (12x8x1 or a similar size) with parchment paper.

7. Dump granola mixture into pan and press down to about 3/4-inch thickness.

8. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and press them into the mixture.

9. Place on the countertop for one to two hours (until fully cooled).

10. Cut into bars, place in an airtight container or ziptop bag, and refrigerate or freeze.

That’s it! Enjoy as breakfast or snack. Yum!

What should I attempt making next as part of the Stop Buying Storebought series?

More Granola Recipes!

• Homemade Granola
• No-Bake Oatmeal Bars
• Easy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
• Oatmeal Energy Balls
• My Sister’s Granola Bar Recipe