These Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are sweet and chewy with mini chocolate chips in every bite. The oats are toasted for added flavor and the bars are super easy to make.
Author:Marisa Guerra
Prep Time:15 minutes
Chill Time:2 hours and 30 minutes
Cook Time:12 minutes
Total Time:3 hours
Yield:12 servings
Category:Breakfast
Ingredients
222 grams (2 1/2 cups) old fashioned oats
84 grams (1/4 cup) honey
56 grams (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
53 grams (1/4 cup) light brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
Heaping 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Spread oats out on a parchment lined baking sheet and toast for about 8 minutes.
Shuffle the oats around and then toast for another 5 minutes.
Transfer oats to a bowl and set aside.
Add honey, butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt in a nonstick pan and cook until it begins to bubble, stirring constantly.
Add honey mixture to the oats and fold it in until combined.
Place the bowl in the fridge to chill for about 30 minutes.
Once chilled, fold in most of the mini chocolate chips. The mixture will have stiffened slightly, but also cooled so the chocolate won't melt as much.
Line a square pan with parchment and hold the parchment sides down with four binder clips.
Transfer the granola to the pan. Wet your fingers with a little bit of water and gently press the mixture down into the pan. You can use a bench scraper to help make sure they're pretty compact and level.
Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top and gently press them in.
Cover the pan with plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours until they're firm.
Lift the bars out of the pan by lifting up the parchment. Cut in half one way, and then the other way so you have four equal parts. Cut each of the four parts into three equal sized bars for a total of twelve bars. Enjoy!
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