Oatmeal Energy Bars

These tasty vegan energy bars taste just like full-fat, non-vegan oatmeal cookies. Completely irresistible. They are great as breakfast bars with coffee, as an in-between meal snack to keep you going, or a healthy dessert! Once you try them, you will never bother with non-vegan oatmeal cookies again!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 116 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ⅓ cups rolled oats
• 1 tablespoon wheat germ
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ⅓ cup almond butter
• ½ cup honey, warmed
• 1 tablespoon ground flax meal
• ½ cup vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup ground unsalted cashews
• 2 tablespoons shelled unsalted sunflower seeds

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x11-inch baking dish with aluminum foil.

Step 2

Whisk oats, flour, chocolate chips, ground cashews, sunflower seeds, flax meal, wheat germ, cinnamon, and sea salt together in a large shallow bowl.

Step 3

Stir warmed honey, almond butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until well-mixed. Pour honey mixture into oat mixture; stir until batter is well-combined. Turn batter out into prepared baking dish. Lay a sheet of waxed paper over batter and press firmly to evenly distribute in the baking dish. Remove and discard waxed paper.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until golden and fragrant, about 12 minutes. Pull aluminum foil from baking dish and cool bars in the aluminum foil for 10 minutes; remove and discard aluminum foil. Cut into bars.