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Sweet and chewy blueberry almond granola bars. Packed with wholesome ingredients, these bars are great for breakfast or a snack. No baking required.
This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond almonds.
Long time ago, when I found out, that I can make my own granola bars at home I was impressed!
I’ve always been a huge granola bar fan, but we all know – most store bought bars don’t taste so good. Dry, packed with sugar and most of the time pretty hard  (I don’t want to break a tooth!), I have not bought any in a while.
These bars could be made in 1 hour and also hold their shape very well.
I like these for breakfast (sweet breakfast!) or post workout snack.
I’m starting to get a little lazy with breakfast lately. I’ll make something like crepes or omelette on the weekends, but during the week – I’ll something that does not require cooking like granola or granola bars. I’m so glad I made these! Their fresh sweet blueberry flavor is perfect for the season.
I recently had the opportunity to try Blue Diamond’s Oven Roasted Blueberry Almonds (no artificial colors or flavors) and their Salted Caramel Almonds. To be honest, I rarely (almost never) get sweet almonds.
I’ve always preferred  their savory flavored almonds. But I’m in love with these sweet ones. I’ve found my new favorite snacks!
The Oven Roasted Blueberry almonds have the most amazing blueberry coating, bursting with fruit flavor. They are also rich in antioxidant Vitamin E.
The salted caramel almonds are coated with sweet and salty flavor are perfect for snacking or trail mixes.
For the chewy blueberry almond bars, Inspired by these amazing Blue Diamond almond flavors, I decided to combine them and see what happens.
These bars are soft, chewy, packed with dried blueberries, a hint of caramel and also Blueberry and salted caramel almonds. If you decide to make the bars, you can use just one of the flavored almonds -either salted caramel or blueberry, but I went a little over excited how much I loved them and used both.
Have a great weekend!
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Chewy Blueberry Almond Granola Bars
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup puffed cereal, (puffed quinoa or puffed millet is ideal)
- 1/2 cup dried blueberries
- 1/2 cup unsalted almond butter
- 1/4 cup honey, (you can use up to 1/3 but the bars will be sweet)
- 1 tbsp caramel sauce, (optional)
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, (divided)
- 1/4 cup Blue Diamond oven roasted blueberry almonds
- 1/4 cup Blue Diamond salted caramel almonds
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp flax meal
Instructions
- Over medium-low heat, melt 2 tsp coconut oil in a medium skillet and toast oats for 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Roughly chop almonds.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, puffed cereal, almonds, blueberries, vanilla, salt,flax meal, coconut oil, almond butter, honey and caramel sauce. Mix to combine.
- Cover 8x8 inch baking dish parchment paper or plastic wrap. Spray with cooking spray.
- Transfer mixture to the dish and press it to pack it tightly. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Cut into 8 bars. Keep refrigerated for up to 10 days.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Blue Diamond almonds come in the greatest flavors! I love what you did with them, Mira — these granola bars look just perfect! 🙂
Thanks!
I love all of the different flavors Blue Diamond offers! These granola bars look great, and I love the flavors you used here! 🙂
Thanks!
Wow! Mira, these are beautiful! They look so perfect! I’ve never made my own granola bars, but I’ve been wanting to for the longest time. My hubby and I go hiking all the time, so these would definitely come in handy! Making this for sure!
I’m so excited by this! I’ve seen plenty of granola bars, but not chewy ones. YAY! Pinning!
I’m happy with the way there turned out, because I tested quite a few recipes and they were hard and falling apart 🙂
This is my favorite kind of summer hiking snack! And I love that they’re chewy…sooo good, Mira!
Thanks Marissa!
I am loving this granola bars , Mira!! Would love to snack on these gorgeous bars.. 🙂
Thanks Arpita!
The salted caramel and blueberry almonds look and sound just perf in these chewy bars 🙂
Thanks Medha!
Love it! Yum! Love Blue Dimond product 🙂
Thanks Valya!
I’m loving all these new flavors of almonds Blue Diamond is coming out with. I’ve made granola, but never bars! Your granola bars are so portable and look amazing!
I’m with you, Mira! Love making breakfast on the weekends, but during the week, it’s too hectic to cook – I need something fast! I like to keep homemade granola bars or granola on hand too. I’ve never tried dried blueberries but I’ll have to be on the lookout for them! Thank you for this Mira! 😀
I totally agree Traci! I got the dried blueberries at Trader Joe’s and they were pretty moist and sweet 🙂