Banana and oat bars with no added sugar
Nutrition per serving
Soft cereal bars made with rolled oats and mashed banana, with no added sugar. Practical and energising, they make a healthy homemade snack for sport or the school run.
Prep: 10 min | Cooking: 20 min | Servings: 8 | Difficulty: Very easy
Calculated per serving from the Anses Ciqual 2025 values for each ingredient, based on the quantities in the list. Household measures (spoonfuls, pieces) use average weights. 154 kcal · 5 g protein · 22 g carbohydrate · 5 g fat
Ingredients
Method
- Mash the bananas to a purée.
- Mix with the oats, walnuts, raisins and cinnamon.
- Press into a tin.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 180 °C, leave to cool and cut into bars.
Nutritional benefits
The ripe banana sweetens these bars naturally, so no sugar is added. The oats provide fibre and slow-release carbohydrate, the walnuts healthy fats. A filling, healthy homemade snack, perfect before or after exercise and far better than shop-bought bars.
Variations and substitutions
- With dark chocolate chips.
- With peanut butter.
- With mixed dried fruit: apricots, cranberries.
- With seeds: sunflower, pumpkin, chia.
Storage and make-ahead
Keep for 5 days in an airtight tin; they also freeze well. Perfect as an on-the-go snack.
💡 Good to know
Use very ripe (spotted) bananas: they are sweeter and bind the bars better when there is no added sugar.
Related reading
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Foods in this recipe: oats · bananas · walnuts · raisins · cinnamon.
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