Toasted Coconut Snack Bars! Oats, brown rice cereal, chia, flax, cinnamon, and coconut in a crispy no-bake bar. Any easy + healthy snack fan will love them!
THIS POST IS SPONSORED BY EDWARD & SONS
Hello January. Hello 2019. Hello time for quick, easy, and healthy.
I always find this time of the recipe year tricky – switching OFF the cookies/peppermint/fudge part of my brain and ON the healthy part overnight. Real food, meal prep, breakfast, nutritious stuff…I’m working on it.
Truth be told I wasn’t in the kitchen developing and shooting recipes for a full month. I left St. Pete on December 5th, got back on January 5th, and was all over the place in between. First my parents’ house in northern Florida > South Africa with friends for a couple of weeks > back to my parents’ for Christmas > to see my sister in Atlanta before she moved to Portland > to visit other family in North Carolina > finally back home to (sunny!) St. Pete.
Getting back in the kitchen and behind the camera definitely felt weird at first, but I’m slowly re-finding my healthier new years recipe rhythm. Starting with these Toasted Coconut Snack Bars!
I consumed every single existing lots of prepackaged bars on my plane/road trips, so I came back still craving snack-y things just minus the wrapper.
But we’re only two weeks post holidays, and I still barely know what day of the week it is, so these bars needed to be EASY (a.k.a. short ingredient list and no-bake please!)
The tricky thing about toasted coconut in a no-bake bar is the toasted part…usually. But Edward & Sons understands that we are lazy but also love the toasty taste of golden coconut flakes, so they have gifted us with Let’s Do Organic Coconut Flakes that come ALREADY TOASTED. And with no sugar or oil or anyting weird added either, just coconut. I am all about it – in no-bake snack bar form and straight from the bag snacking form too.
Since the coconut toasting is already taken care of, all that’s left to do is mix together:
- rolled oats
- crispy rice cereal
- Let’s Do Organic Coconut Flakes
- chia + flax seeds
- cinnamon
- salt
Then melt together:
- maple syrup
- coconut butter
- and vanilla
And pour the melted stuff over the dry stuff, mix until sticky-coated, press into a pan, and refrigerate.
The chia + flax seeds could be all chia…or all flax…or hemp and chia…or hemp and flax…you get the idea. And the crispy rice cereal could be swapped for another cereal you love. And the oats could be subbed with quinoa flakes. And the coconut butter could be replaced with another nut/seed butter (although see recipe notes). So customize and make these bars yours.
Except the toasted coconut flakes, that part is non-negotiable. And don’t mess with the salt either because it’s key in granola-y things.
Happy new years no-baking to you!
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Toasted Coconut Snack Bars! Oats, brown rice cereal, chia, flax, cinnamon and coconut in a crispy no-bake bar. Any easy + healthy snack fan will love them!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup (80g) Let’s Do Organic Unsweetened Toasted Coconut Flakes from Edward & Sons
- 1 cup (100g) rolled oats
- 1 cup (30g) crispy rice cereal
- 2 tbsp (15g) chia seeds*
- 2 tbsp (15g) flax seeds
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup (90g) coconut butter**
- 1/3 cup (105g) maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the oats, rice cereal, toasted coconut flakes, seeds, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a small saucepan (or microwave), melt the coconut butter and maple syrup together. Whisk in the vanilla.
- Add to the dry ingredients and mix to coat.
- Press firmly into a loaf pan or dish (I used this 9×6″ baking dish) lined with parchment paper.
- Chill for at least 4 hours until set.
- Slice and eat!
- Keep covered in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze for longer storage.
Notes
*Or 1/4 cup total of any mix of seeds you like
**You can use other nut or seed butters, but the coconut butter becomes firm in the fridge so they hold together and have the best texture with coconut butter.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 378
- Sugar: 10g
- Fat: 26g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Carbohydrates: 29g
- Fiber: 7g
- Protein: 9g
Keywords: vegan, gluten-free, easy, no bake, meal prep, granola, breakfast
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Yay!!!! Natalie I am SO stoked to try this!
One question though, I know it’s a big different but can coconut *oil* (measured out in solid form first of course) replace the coconut butter? Or would I be better off just using one of my nut butters? Even though as you said it’d be a bit less firm!
* it’s a BIT different. Darn you auto correct!!
So I do think coconut oil will work, but reduce the amount to 1/4 cup. Coconut oil will make them firm like the coconut butter version, so if that’s your goal I’d suggest that over a different nut butter 🙂
Woohoo, Natalie is backkkkk!!! Yay! Haha! So happy to see one of your posts again, the internet wasn’t the same without you, lmao! And you came back with a mouth-watering recipe! I have a huge love for toasted coconut, the flavor is so fantastic, especially coconut bacon too. But in desserts, this is inspiring Natalie. I’m in love with how much chew, texture and crispy ingredients you got going on here and they are SO dang healthy on top of it all, totally in love. Definitely cannot wait to try these! My last 2 recipes I tested with coconut butter were epic fails, so I put it aside for awhile mad AT IT, but these are saying it’s time to get it back out, haha. One of my favorite combos is the combo of rice cereal and oats, it’s just so amazing. Definitely trying these soon, so glad you are back!
Haha aww you are too sweet😘 It’s good to get away and forget my phone and social media for a while, I hope you had a wonderful holiday too sweet friend!
What crispy rice cereal do you use?
Here I used this one: https://amzn.to/2Mgh5Ud
My kids would LOVE this! I am so excited to try it. Coconut is literally one of my favorite ingredients.
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Same! So flavorful and a little sweet naturally, I love it. I hope you guys enjoy them, happy friday🤗
These look fantastic. Can’t wait to make them. Lets Do coconut flakes are my favorite! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Agreed they are awesome, I love their coconut milks too 🙂 Hope you enjoy, Alicia!
I love the flavor of this recipe but the bars didn’t stay together for me. Is there a trick I’m missing? I followed the recipe exactly. The one thing I noticed was when I melted the coconut butter and syrup it was more watery than in the video which looks creamy. Any fix for this?
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Hmm could be the brand of coconut butter, it should definitely be a creamy mixture–what brand did you use? And they have to stay chilled, so this was from the fridge yes?
It’s called pure blends. It is quite soft so I think that may be the difference. I willl try with another brand if I can find one. Thanks for the quick reply. Love this recipe though. I want to try it again.
This recipe is SO GOOD. It is so easy, no fancy equipment required and not even baking. I used tahini instead of coconut butter because I was out and though they didn’t hold they were delicious. It’s sweet and salty from the half teaspoon of salt that probably makes all the difference. I’ll make them again for sure.
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Oooh I love the sound of tahini in here, I bet that was amazing😋😋 And yes, I find the salt to be crucial in all granola/granola bar things. Thanks for the feedback and enjoy!
A minor oversight, but you omitted the quantity of cinnamon in the recipe. How much would you recommend?
Oh my bad! I used 1 teaspoon😊
So yummy? My kid asked where the cinnamon was after I made these. He caught the the description said cinnamon, but there isn’t any in the actual recipe. How much do you recommend?
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Ah my bad! I think I just used a half teaspoon, it’s optional yummy with and without 🙂