These easy healthy Vegan Banana Nut Granola Bars are packed with deep caramelized banana flavor & are made with only a handful of ingredients. No refined sugar! Pack them for an amazing plant-based office snack, sweet breakfast on the go, or for road trips with hungry kids.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 50 minutes
  • Total time: 60 minutes
  • Yield: 12 bars
  • Category: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
  • Cuisine: American, Vegan

Ingredients

  • 4 bananas (, sliced into 1/2 cm thick slices)
  • 1.5 cup nuts (, mix of walnuts cashews, almonds, pecans)
  • 1 cup oats
  • 6 dates
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • cinnamon

Method

  1. Place sliced bananas on a parchment lined baking sheet. Add oats and nuts to another baking dish. Bake the sliced banana at 375 deg F (190 C) for 15 mins, Reduce temperature to 350 deg f (180 C) then add the nuts and oats to the oven and bake for another 15 mins. Let cool.
  2. Alternatively, you can cook the bananas in a skillet with 2-3 tbsp non-dairy milk until caramelizing.
  3. Add the toasted nuts and half of the oats to a food processor. Pulse to break the nuts into a coarse meal, then add dates along with the caramelized banana, and pulse to break down the bananas a bit. Add cinnamon, salt, the other half of the oats and pulse again until a dough like state. (If your dates are not very soft, process with the banana to break them down before this step)
  4. Press this mix into a parchment lined brownie pan and bake at 300 F (150 C) for 20 mins.
  5. Cool, slice and store refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.