These Keto Granola Bars are a healthy bar recipe for breakfast or after a workout. They are just like regular granola bars without any baking time, no sugar, no gluten or dairy, and ready in 30 minutes. The best low-carb granola bars for an on-the-go keto breakfast.
Most no-bake granola bars would not be keto-friendly, but my version is since it uses a flaxseed meal and keto-friendly almonds and seeds. My keto granola bars come at a staggeringly low 2.8 grams of net carbs per slice!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
You can enjoy sweet food on a low-carb diet. It is all about using the right ingredients. Generally, the best low-carb breakfast recipes include ingredients like nuts, seeds, and sugar-free natural sweeteners. All of these are healthy, wholesome ingredients with high-nutrient properties.
Therefore, these keto granola bars are healthy granola bars for everyone. Whether you follow a low-carb keto diet or not, one of these no-bake bars gives your body healthy unsaturated fat, plant-based protein, and fiber. Because these low-carb granola bars have no eggs or dairy, they are perfect vegan granola bars too!
Ingredients and Substitutions
You need only 10 minutes and 10 ingredients to prepare this healthy gluten-free granola bar recipe. See the list below.
- Sliced Almonds – prefer raw, unsalted, organic almonds for the best taste.
- Flaxseed Meal – flaxseed meal, also known as ground linseed, is a flour-like ground that is very high in fiber and low in carbs.
- Chia Seeds – you can pick either white chia or black chia seeds, it won’t make a difference in taste.
- Pumpkin Seeds – or any seed you like such as roasted spaghetti squash seeds to reuse your seeds.
- Unsweetened Shredded Coconut – it’s essential to pick unsweetened coconut as some manufacturers add sugar or sugar powder to their mix.
- Cinnamon – for flavor.
- Crystal Sweetener – Read about my favorite keto-friendly sweeteners to find out how to choose your sugar-free crystal sweeteners.
- Natural Peanut Butter. Yes, peanut butter is keto-friendly! Use it or any nut butter you love, like almond butter or cashew butter. Make sure it is fresh from the jar, smooth, and with no sugar added.
- Coconut Oil – I love to use unrefined coconut oil because I enjoy coconut flavor. If you don’t, use refined coconut oil instead, it has no coconut flavor.
- Sugar-Free Dark Chocolate Chips or stevia-sweetened dark chocolate or 90% cocoa chocolate if you are ok with some bitter cocoa flavor. If you don’t have any, read my recipe to make your own sugar-free chocolate chips.
How To Make Keto Granola Bars
This is a really easy recipe to whip up. Here’s how in pictures.
Prepare a large bowl for the dry keto granola bar ingredients.
Pour all the wet ingredients into another bowl and stir until it makes a sticky texture.
Combine the wet and dry ingredients and stir to make a sticky batter.
Pour the batter into a loaf pan lined with parchment paper.
Add sliced almonds on the top and leave it in the freezer for 20 minutes.
Take the bars out of the freezer and drizzle melted chocolate on the top.
Storage Instructions
These no-bake granola bars are softer than traditional granola bars. That is why I recommend freezing the bars for 20 minutes to set them quickly. Next, you can cut the block into bars and store the bars in the fridge or in the freezer. No-bake goods freeze really well and can defrost only a few hours before eating.
Serving Suggestions
Believe me, you will impress everyone with this keto bars recipe. They might be healthy, but they look like the real thing. Plus, the taste is absolutely amazing. If you love healthy chewy granola bars, you’re served! They are easy to carry in your bag and eat on the go.
It is a no-bake recipe, so they tend to soften if they stay too long out of the fridge – especially in hot summer. I recommend wrapping them in plastic wrap or beeswax paper to make sure they stay fresh until I eat them.
Nutrition Highlights
Not only are these granola bars low-carb, but they are also vegan, packed with nutrients, minerals, and vitamins from flaxseeds, chia seeds, and nuts. It is a delicious melt-in-your-mouth bar with crunchy pieces of nuts and seeds to keep you full until lunchtime.
They have only 2.8 grams of net carbs per serving and include 6.4 grams of fiber. These keto bars are also a good source of nutrients, including protein (7.5 grams) and magnesium (24% of Daily Value).
More Keto Breakfast Recipes
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Line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
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In a medium mixing bowl or a saucepan, place all the wet ingredients: peanut butter, coconut oil, and vanilla.
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Microwave by 30-second bursts, stir and repeat until the coconut oil is fully melted and combines with the nut butter. It should not take more than 1 minute 30 seconds. Otherwise, melt the ingredients in a saucepan under medium heat, often stirring to prevent the mixture from sticking to the pan.
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Stir in the sugar-free crystal sweetener, stir and microwave an extra 30 seconds to incorporate well. Erythritol doesn’t dissolve very well, but it will give some delicious sweet crunch into your bars or see paleo note.
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In a large mixing bowl, add the rest of the dry ingredients: sliced almonds, flaxseed meal, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, shredded coconut, and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
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Pour the nut butter mixture onto the dry ingredients. Stir with a spatula to combine. You want to cover all the dry ingredients with the nut butter mixture.
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Transfer the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Press the mixture evenly with your hand to leave no air. Flatten the surface with a spatula.
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Freeze for 20 minutes until the breakfast bars are hard and set.
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Remove from the freezer, lift the parchment paper to pull out the bar from the loaf pan. Place on a plate. Sprinkle extra sliced almonds on top.
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In a small bowl, microwave the sugar-free dark chocolate and coconut oil until fully melted.
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Drizzle the melted chocolate on top of the bar, return into the freezer for 1-3 minutes until the chocolate is set.
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Cut into 8 breakfast bars.
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Wrap each bar individually into plastic wrap or bee wax. Store in the fridge for up to 8 days.
Nut butter: I recommend smooth almond butter or smooth peanut butter – no sugar added. Nut-free options are sunflower seed butter.
Paleo sweetener: the unrefined sugar I recommend is coconut sugar.
Serving: 1 barCalories: 301 kcal (15%)Carbohydrates: 9.2 g (3%)Fiber: 6.4 g (27%)Net Carbs: 2.8 gProtein: 7.5 g (15%)Fat: 26.8 g (41%)Saturated Fat: 11.1 g (69%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.8 gMonounsaturated Fat: 7.7 gTrans Fat: 0.1 gSodium: 72.8 mg (3%)Potassium: 238.7 mg (7%)Sugar: 2.5 g (3%)Vitamin A: 1.7 IUVitamin C: 0.2 mgCalcium: 55.9 mg (6%)Iron: 1.6 mg (9%)Magnesium: 95 mg (24%)Zinc: 1.2 mg (8%)
About The Author
Carine Claudepierre
Hi, I’m Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I’m passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I’m also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet
Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!
All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.
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