Make 16 delicious, chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars for family and friends! These granola bars are easy to make and they taste fabulous!
Today I want to share a fantastic recipe for chocolate chip granola bars that we LOVE! These granola bars taste amazing AND they freeze well, so you can keep them around, even if you have a very small family!
Since the recipe as written yields 16 granola bars, it makes it convenient to have them around for lunch boxes, or a quick snack. Making them from scratch (with common ingredients) is actually quite simple!
I’m sure you are going to love these yummy granola bars! Here’s how to make 16 delicious Chocolate Chip Granola Bars from scratch!
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Make The Granola Bar Dough
Place soft butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl. Use electric beaters to cream and fully mix these ingredients together.
Add an egg, corn syrup (or honey), and vanilla extract to the mixture, and continue to beat, until they’re fully combined.
Add the “Dry Ingredients”
In a separate bowl, combine all purpose flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add these “dry” ingredients, A LITTLE AT A TIME to the butter/egg mixture, beating well after each addition. The dough will be very thick.
Add chocolate chips, old fashioned oats, and finely crushed graham crackers to the dough. STIR these ingredients into the dough, until they have been completely incorporated.
NOTE: I use a combination of ½ cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips and ½ cup regular sized milk chocolate chips, but you can use whatever variety you have (for a total of 1 cup chocolate chips).
Prepare The Dough For Baking
Prepare a 13″ x 9″ baking pan. Spray a small amount of non-stick spray on the bottom of the pan (to help hold the paper in place), then place a (larger than the pan) piece of parchment paper on top.
TIP: You want the side edges of the paper long enough so you can hold onto them to lift the granola bars easily out of the pan after baking!
Spray the parchment paper lightly on the bottom and sides with non-stick spray. If you have them, I suggest using “chip clips” to hold the parchment paper in place while adding the thick dough (it helps!)
Add The Dough
Spoon all the dough into the prepared baking pan. Spray or grease your fingers lightly, then firmly press down on the dough and begin distributing it throughout the entire pan.
Keep packing the dough firmly down until it is FULLY covering the bottom of the pan into all four corners. If using, remove the “chip clips” now.
Time To Bake
Bake the chocolate chip granola bars in a preheated oven at 350°F for 20-25 minutes. When done, the edges of the bars should be crisp, and the entire pan of bars should be nicely browned on top.
Transfer the pan to a wire rack, and let the bars cool (still in the pan) for 10 minutes (they will firm up as they “cool”).
Using the overhanging edges of parchment paper, carefully lift the entire pan of granola bars up and out of the baking pan. Place the granola bars (still on the paper) back on the wire rack, and let them cool to room temperature before slicing.
Slice The Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
When the bars are at room temperature, they can be sliced into their familiar rectangular shape. First cut the bars in half (top to bottom) using a very sharp knife OR a pizza cutter (my favorite!) You will have 2 halves.
Now slice the bars in half going the opposite direction (side to side). You should now have 4 sections at this point! Slice each section in half (from top to bottom, as shown below in 2nd photo). You should now have 8 rectangles.
The final step is to slice each cut all 8 pieces in half (top to bottom), which will leave you with 16 rectangular chocolate chip granola bars (in 3rd photo below). HOORAY… YOU DID IT!
Serve The Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Now you can enjoy these absolutely scrumptious chocolate chip granola bars! They are slightly crisp on the outside edge, but chewy on the inside.
Wrap all the remaining granola bars individually in plastic wrap, to preserve their freshness. We set them out on a plate once wrapped, and they stay fresh for days. They’re also perfect to add to a lunch box for the kids or take in the car (to munch on while driving to work)!
These chocolate chip granola bars also freeze VERY WELL. After wrapping them individually, place them in a large re-sealable freezer bag or container and freeze. When ready to use them later, simply thaw, unwrap and enjoy!
I really hope you have the chance to make these chocolate chip granola bars! We absolutely LOVE them, and trust you and those you love will, too!
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Recipe adapted from: “Dining On A Dime Cookbook”, by Tawra Kellam and Jill Cooper, page 290, published by T & L Group in 2004
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Make 16 delicious, chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars for family and friends! These granola bars are easy to make and they taste fabulous!
- ¾ cup brown sugar dark or light
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter , soft
- 2 Tablespoons honey or light corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups old fashioned oats uncooked
- 1¼ cups finely crushed graham crackers approx. 4-5 rectangular graham crackers
- ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup milk chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350℉. Lightly spray a 13" x 9" baking pan, then place parchment paper on top. TIP: Paper should be long enough to hang over the sides of the pan, so you can lift granola bars easily out, after baking! Spray the parchment paper on bottom/sides with non-stick spray. *If you have them, use "chip clips" to hold parchment paper in place while adding dough.
Cream butter, granulated and brown sugars in a large bowl, using electric mixer. Add egg, corn syrup (or honey), and vanilla. Beat well, until fully combined.
In separate bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add them (a little at a time) to butter/egg mixture, beating well after each addition. STIR chocolate chips, oats, and graham cracker crumbs into the dough, until combined.
Add dough to prepared pan. Spray/grease fingers lightly, then firmly press down on the dough. Keep packing dough down firmly until bottom of the pan and all corners are covered. *Remove "chip clips", if using.*
Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes. When done, edges should be crisp, and bars nicely browned on top. Transfer pan to a wire rack; let bars cool (in pan) for 10 minutes. Using parchment paper edges, carefully lift granola bars out of the pan. Place granola bars (still on the paper) on wire rack; cool to room temperature (they'll firm up more as they "cool").
Cut bars in half (top to bottom) using sharp knife OR pizza cutter. You should have 2 halves. Now slice the bars in half going the opposite direction (side to side). You should now have 4 sections. Slice each section in half (top to bottom). You should now have 8 rectangles. Slice all 8 pieces in half (top to bottom). You should have 16 granola bars. Serve and enjoy.
*Wrap each bar individually in plastic wrap to keep fresh and chewy. If freezing, place wrapped bars in airtight freezer bag or container.
NOTE: If you only have one type of chocolate chips, use that! Make sure you use 1 cup total. The caloric calculation was made using the ingredients listed.
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