Homemade Energy Bars

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I will be making these for my ravenous 19 year old nice and nutritious.

Can these be frozen?

Yum! Just made these, it was hard to wait for them to cool. They smelled like heaven. They taste wonderful too, perfect texture. I had to substitute Farro for Groats, but the internets says they are very similar.

Could I substitute honey for the maple syrup? And I will be using toasted quinoa instead of groats because I have it on hand. Thanks.

I made these but they didn’t turn out quite like the picture. They didn’t stick together in a bar they are very crumbly and fall apart. Taste is awesome. What might i have done wrong that they didn’t end up in a bar form?

Could you use agave instead of the maple syrup?

Why do you answer every person who says they crumbled but ignore everyone asking for the nutritional information? That information is needed by many for various dietary requirements.

0h Delicious! I didn’t have maple syrup (Southern Hemisphere and it’s outrageously expensive) so I substituted Argave syrup. at a slightly reduced quantity. I try everything raw and loved the crunch from the groats. I would never have tried them raw without this.

What kinds of oats? Steel cut? Rolled?

Thanks for the amazing recipe. I found it worked really well. I essentially subbed a lot of the dry ingredients for other things, like the nuts for various seeds, and threw in some chia and hemp seeds too. I used hulled buckwheat instead of the groats too. I think it’d be a pretty flexible recipe to be able to sub for wheat free, or nut free eating. For me, its a great lunchbox filler for my energetic boys.

I did make a little more of the apricot paste than the recipe probably called for, as I found it wasn’t blending into a smooth paste without a little extra water added. A teaspoon of vanilla wouldn’t go astray either, just to lift the flavour.

I did press it down extensively, and left the paper on when I baked it, which I assumed that the recipe insinuated be done. I let it cool in the tin, within the paper ‘wrapping’ til just about room temperature, and then sliced it into chunky bars. The knife does need to be very sharp (using the tip worked best for me), and my pieces did crumble a little at the edges, but nothing to complain about, really.

In future, I’d probably look at the balance of dried ingredients, and I’d probably throw some coconut in there somewhere. Overall though, a great base recipe. I just love the idea of using the dried fruit and sweetener as a paste to hold it all together. Next time I may even try throwing in a tablespoon of coconut oil to see how that goes 🙂

When looking for some great vegan energy bars, I stumbled upon this recipe. It looked really great, but then reading all the reviews I started doubting. These reviews about the bars being crumbly and not holding shape almost made me not make them.

I’m really glad i ended up making them in the end anyway. They are really great and I just pressed the mixture extremely firmly in the tin. After baking and cooling them, I could cut them easily with a sharp knife. The consistency is perfect and it’s a great snack for on the go.

I’m normally not one to post reviews, but I just felt I needed to set the record straight: these bars are great if pressed down firmly, as is said by the author numerous times!

I screwed up the recipe but managed to save it – mostly. Here’s where I went wrong; the measures are imperial but the oven temp is metric. This of course, is hindsight. I baked the oats, almonds & seeds at 180F for 20 minutes which didn’t dry them enough. Then I put the pressed bars back in for 10 minutes at the same temp. They didn’t hold together at all when I tried to cut them. I put them back in the oven for maybe 20 additional minutes at the low temp until I noticed the error. I increased the temp to 350F and baked for about 20 minutes. After cooling they cut ok but the texture is a bit off. They still taste great though!
Perhaps this is why some people are finding the bars fall apart. Using the correct temp makes all the difference lol.

These didn’t work out for me. They fell apart. I was extra careful to press it down hard after reading the reviews and I sharpened my knife just before. I let them cool overnight. When I saw they weren’t going to cut well, I put them in the fridge, but it didn’t make a difference.

Mine just fell to pieces completely leaving a delicious but unmanageable pile of bits. I’m afrsud I won’t be making them again.

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