Keto Granola Bars Recipe {4 Ingredients} - The Big Man's World ® (2025)

FAQs

What binds granola bars together? ›

While the oats and nuts bake, you can make the sticky glue that holds our bars together. You'll melt butter, honey, and brown sugar in a saucepan and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Mix this sticky mixture with the toasted oats and nuts. Allow everything to cool, and then toss in dried fruit and chocolate chips.

Using the right binding agent in your granola bar recipe is a crucial part of keeping your bars from falling apart. While there are several different sticky ingredients that you can use, we've found that the binding agent that works the best is honey!

Most store-bought granola are not keto-friendly since most are grain-based and include enormous amounts of sugar. Some granolas, however, such as our Nutty No Grainer Mediterranean, are keto-friendly.

The primary ingredient in most granola bars is oats. Oats are a whole grain, which means they haven't been processed to remove any nutritive parts. This maximizes the nutrition of your bar and helps up the fiber and protein content.

Honey: Since it's a granola bar, refined sugar is not used in the recipe as it's meant to be healthy. So to provide appropriate sweetness, honey is used. Also, honey acts as the primary binding agent.

Honey, maple syrup, or agave nectar are popular choices that add a natural sweetness. Be mindful of the quantity, as these sweeteners also contribute to the binding of the granola mixture. Peanut butter, almond butter, or even mashed bananas can act as the glue that holds your granola bars together.

Clumpy Granola Method: Add Whole Wheat and Almond Flour

First, it adds a combo of whole wheat flour and almond flour (or almond meal), which act as a binder to hold the oat mixture together.

Making your own granola bars can be cheaper than buying pre-packaged ones, especially if you buy ingredients in bulk. I often buy old fashioned oats, seeds, chia seeds, and flaxseed in bulk which is cheaper than buying the smaller packages.

Great granola bars put the flavor of the oats at the forefront while supporting players back them up with a mellow sweetness. We found that toasting the oats with a little oil and salt before mixing them with the other ingredients really deepened their flavor.

Oatmeal is high in net carbs, which doesn't fit the low carb, high fat strategy needed to achieve ketosis. Chia seeds, flaxseed, hemp hearts, and almonds are all possible substitutes for oatmeal, whether you make them into porridge or enjoy mixing them with other foods.

What fruits can I have on keto? ›

Keto-friendly fruits include avocados, watermelon, strawberries, lemons, tomatoes, raspberries, peaches, cantaloupe, star fruit, and blackberries. If you're unsure whether the keto diet is right for you or how it may affect your health, consider speaking with a dietitian or your healthcare provider.

Low-carb options that you may eat on the lazy keto diet include:45. Certain fruits: Blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Full-fat dairy: Butter, cheese, and cream. Grains: Brown rice and quinoa. Healthy fats: Avocados and coconut, olive, and nut oils.

Homemade granola bars are a great alternative to store-bought ones. Because they typically use minimally processed ingredients and very little added sugar or salt, they're often more nutritious than packaged versions.

Granola can give us many essential vitamins and minerals. Research suggests that granola may increase the amount of good intestinal flora. I recommend you may consume granola bars but in moderate amounts.

The Quaker Oats Company issued a recall in late 2023 and has added more products to its recall list in 2024 due to a risk of contamination with salmonella.

Clumpy Granola Method: Add Chickpea Flour

This no-stir approach calls for spreading the granola in an even layer on the baking sheet so it will naturally clump together as it bakes.

Granola bars can fall apart if the wet and dry ingredients are not incorporated well enough. Make sure to mix very well before pressing in the pan. If your granola bars seem dry, consider adding in another tbsp of brown rice syrup. I also recommend pressing your bars firmly in the pan with the back of a cup.

Make sure that whichever granola recipe you use, it calls for some liquid, typically oil of some kind (I recommend olive oil for a subtle earthy, floral flavor, or melted unrefined coconut oil for subtly coconutty flavor). The liquid will help the chia seeds to gel, ensuring the granola sticks together.