These oatmeal chocolate chip banana breakfast bars have only 7 ingredients and are ready in under 30 minutes!
Are you looking for a healthy breakfast bar recipe or a gluten free breakfast bar? Well, look no further because these oatmeal chocolate chip banana breakfast bars are both delicious and simple!
What makes a healthy breakfast bar?
With the right ingredients, homemade banana oatmeal bars (like these oatmeal chocolate chip banana breakfast bars) can be the perfect start to your day. When I make a breakfast recipe, there are a few things I always aim for:
- Not a lot of sugar/no added sugar: It’s hard to start your day on the right foot if you’re consuming large amounts of added sugar in the morning time. The only added sugar in this healthy breakfast bar recipe comes from the chocolate chips, and you could even use a no added sugar chocolate chip or omit them if you like.
- We need some protein! Most store bought banana oatmeal bars don’t offer much in the way of protein but each of these banana breakfast bars has 5g of protein.
- Bring on the fiber! You know those soft baked oatmeal bars you see at the store? Well, they sure are tasty but they’re often lacking in fiber. My banana breakfast bars have 4g fiber each.], and you can try other mix ins like pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, nuts, or raisins.
Ingredient ideas for healthy gluten free breakfast bars
While this recipe is delicious as is, there’s so many different things you can do with it. Below I will list some substitution options that will still result in delicious gluten free breakfast bars…
- Rolled oats: you can also use quick oats, I wouldn’t recommend steel cut oats.
- Cinnamon: Feel free to experiment with other spices like pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, etc.
- Bananas: you could also try apple sauce, or pumpkin puree.
- Greek yogurt: if you need these banana breakfast bars to be dairy free, you can sub pumpkin puree for the Greek yogurt, or a dairy free yogurt alternative.
- Chocolate chips: Other mix-in options include: pumpkin seeds, dried fruit, flex seeds, and nuts.
How to make oatmeal chocolate chip banana breakfast bars
Have all of your ingredients out and ready to go. Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees.
Add all of your ingredients (oats, cinnamon, bananas, oil, plain Greek yogurt, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips) to a large bowl and mix thoroughly to combine until it makes one messy looking batter.
Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the batter onto a parchment lined pan and shape each scoop into a bar shape, or if you want more of a mounded cookie shape, you can just leave them as is. (You will get about 8 bars out of each batch.)
Bake the bars for 18-20 minutes until the tops are golden brown.
Let the bars cool for 5 minutes on the pan and then transfer to a cooling rack.
You can eat them right away or store the bars in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Try these other healthy breakfast bar options:
- Grain Free Coconut Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Grain Free Hazelnut Magic Bars
- Paleo Blueberry Breakfast Bars
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Banana Breakfast Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 large bananas mashed
- 2 Tbsp oil
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup chocolate chips or other mix-in
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Add all of your ingredients (oats, cinnamon, bananas, oil, plain Greek yogurt, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips) to a large bowl and mix thoroughly to combine.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the batter onto a parchment lined pan and shape each scoop into a bar shape as pictured. (You will get about 8 bars out of each batch.)
- Bake the bars for 18-20 minutes until the tops are golden brown.
- Let the bars cool for 5 minutes on the pan and then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Store the bars in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
20 Responses
Oh THANK YOU!! Funny thing that I was just about re-order some granola bars, but just knew in my heart that I need to make a few tweaks to what we’re eating over here. This came at a perfect time and I will be making them TODAY!
Thanks again! ❤️
It’s me again… so we made these tonight, as promised, and my 4 yr old T1 LOVES THEM!! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us!
I made these bars and they were great! I had some bananas that needed to be used for baking, so this recipe was perfect and so easy!! ?
These are so so amazing. I literally can’t wait to have one with my coffee in the morning! My kids and husband loved them too! Definitely will be making these very often!
I really, really like these! Great for breakfast or snack.
Hi,
I’m wondering if you or anyone else has had any luck freezing these to keep longer and then re-heating when ready to eat?
Thanks!
Hi Liz! Yes, they freeze quite well! I recommend freezing in a flat layer first and then transferring to a freezer bag or container (so they don’t stick together)… and to reheat, heat on 50% power for 20-30 seconds in the microwave or leave out on your counter for an hour.
Great, thank you! I went ahead and made a double batch of these the other day and they are a family favorite now! My husband and children love them, so much so that they didn’t make it into the freezer :). I’ll be making more soon, thanks for another great recipe!
I made a double batch of these the other day and they are a family favorite now! My husband and children love them. I’ll be making more soon, thanks for another great recipe!
Hi!
Just wondering what kind of oil I should be using! I just made them and used vegetable oil, but was tempted to use avocado oil. They look delicious already!
Thanks!
Any kind that’s liquid at room temp will work! I typically use olive oil or avocado oil, but vegetable oil works too.
Thank you so much! They are SO good! We loved them!
These tasted great! I made enough to eat some now and same some in the freezer. I’m weird and enjoy these best when served cold, right out of the fridge.
I just made these for the first time . . . DELISH! And, the kitchen smells so good now. Thank you!!
I made these last week. I live them
But unable to know or find the calories count 1 bar is. I am unable to convert 232kcal.
Would appreciate your reply.
Is Greek yogurt needed Does Greek yogurt have a substitute
You can use regular yogurt!
These are so good! I only had two bananas but they turned out great anyway. This is a keeper. Thanks!
Glad you liked them!
This has become my go to for breakfast. I use peanut butter chips instead of chocolate chips. But they are still very yummy.