Trail-Tested Power Bars

Packed with an array of crunchy, sweet, and wholesome ingredients, these power bars are great for lunch boxes, camping, traveling, or on-the-go snacking.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 356 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup wheat germ
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 0.5 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 0.5 cup packed brown sugar
• 0.33333334326744 cup honey
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.33333334326744 cup pure maple syrup
• 0.5 cup sunflower seeds
• 0.5 cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (such as Grape-Nuts®)
• 0.5 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 0.5 cup flax seeds
• 0.5 cup sesame seeds
• 0.5 cup chopped banana chips
• 0.5 cup chopped almonds
• 0.5 cup chunky peanut butter

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x14-inch baking pan.

Step 2

Mix rolled oats, whole wheat flour, cereal, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a large bowl.

Step 3

Whisk banana, eggs, oil, applesauce, maple syrup, honey, vanilla extract, and salt together in a separate bowl until evenly blended. Stir into the oat mixture. Stir in flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, chocolate chips, banana chips, walnuts, almonds, and peanut butter.

Step 4

Use your hands to mix the ingredients, and press into the prepared pan.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely in the pan, about 30 minutes. Cut into 2-inch bars.