Healthy Banana Bread Granola Bars

These healthy banana bread granola bars are full of hearty oats, banana, cinnamon, & chocolate chips. They are sweetened with only a bit of maple syrup & the banana. They are the perfect snack to fill you up & fuel your day!

DAIRY-FREE & GLUTEN-FREE Healthy Banana Bread Granola Bars

These healthy banana bread granola bars are 100% dairy-free by using coconut oil in these bars. You also will want to make sure to use dairy-free dark chocolate to keep them 100% dairy-free. This is my favourite for dairy-free baking.

This recipe is also 100% gluten-free as long as you use certified gluten-free rolled oats. I used these in this recipe. If you are not gluten-free you can use any rolled oats in this recipe.

CAN I MAKE THESE Healthy Banana Bread Granola Bars LOWER IN SUGAR?

As I am sure you know by now, Lakanto is my go-to for lower sugar baking. I even made an eCookbook including it as my main sweetener of choice for most of the recipes! So if I was going to swap out the maple syrup in these granola bars for something that won’t spike blood sugar as much I would use their maple syrup or this one.

I would also recommend using a lower sugar dark chocolate & I love these for lower sugar baking that requires chocolate or chocolate chips!

HOW TO STORE Healthy Banana Bread Granola Bars

I store them in an air-sealed container in the fridge or the freezer. If you store them in the freezer, they will last longer & simply remove one from the freezer as desired. Note: if you do keep them in the freezer, I recommend taking them out & re-heating them in the microwave or oven before you want to enjoy them!

CAN I FREEZE THESE GRANOLA BARS?

Like I mentioned above you definitely can! Just take them out & re-heat them in the microwave or the oven until warm & enjoy!

Can I make these healthy banana bread granola bars vegan?

I haven’t tried making these vegan yet myself so I can’t say for sure how they will turn out but I do have a few recommendations you can try! I would first swap out the egg with a flax egg (2 tbsp ground flax seed + 3 tbsp water & let it sit for 10 minutes to thicken up). You also want to make sure you’re using vegan chocolate chips, I like these ones.

And last you will want to swap out the collagen peptides for your favourite vegan protein powder. I like collagen in baking because it dissolves well & is flavourless so doesn’t affect the final product. So keep this in mind when using a protein powder they ca vary greatly in taste & texture. I also find most don’t dissolve as well as collagen in baking so you might need to use slightly less protein powder.

If you do make any subs please let me know how they turn out & what worked or didn’t work for you!

Ingredients you will need:

• 1 ripe banana (1/2 cup, mashed)
• vanilla extract
• pink salt
• cinnamon
• coconut oil, melted
• maple syrup (you could also try this one for a lower sugar option)
• gluten-free rolled oats
• collagen peptides
• superfine almond flour
• egg
• baking soda
• chocolate chips (I like these for dairy-free & these for sugar-free)

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