May 20, 2025

Banana Oat Breakfast Bars: The Real MVP of Mornings

Let’s be honest: mornings can be chaos. Whether you’re wrangling kids, chasing a dog that stole a sock, or just trying to find clean socks for yourself—breakfast can feel like a luxury. Enter: Banana Oat Breakfast Bars. These soft-baked beauties are naturally sweetened, loaded with feel-good stuff, and just the right amount of chocolate. And if you use gluten free oats, these fabulous bars will be gluten free. They’re basically a breakfast hug in bar form.

No mixers. No drama. No refined sugar. Just real ingredients doing what they do best.

 

 

Why You’ll Love Them:

  • Banana-powered goodness – naturally sweet and full of potassium

  • Whole grain rolled oats – fiber-filled fuel to keep you going

  • Almond butter – creamy, dreamy healthy fats

  • Chocolate chips – because joy is also a nutrient, okay?

What You’ll Need:

  • 3 ripe bananas (the spottier the better!)

  • ½ cup almond butter

  • ¼ cup maple syrup

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 2 cups rolled oats (gluten free if using gluten free oats)

  • 2 tbsp oat flour

  • ½ tsp cinnamon

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • ¼ tsp salt

  • ½ cup chocolate chips

Method to the Morning Magic:

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F and line an 8×8-inch pan with parchment paper. Trust us, parchment = no stick, no mess, and super easy cleanup.

  2. In a large bowl, mash your bananas like they owe you money. Get them nice and smooth.

  3. Stir in almond butter, maple syrup, and vanilla. Mix until creamy and united like a breakfast dream team.

  4. Stir in rolled oats, oat flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. You’re looking for a thick, cozy batter.

  5. Fold in those chocolate chips. You earned them.

  6. Pour the mixture into your pan and spread it out evenly like you’re tucking it in for a nap.

  7. Sprinkle more chocolate chips on top (because more = better).

  8. Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until the top is set and the edges are lightly golden and whispering, “I’m ready.”

  9. Cool, slice, snack, repeat.

These bars are perfect for on-the-go breakfasts, afternoon pick-me-ups, or midnight pantry raids. Store them in the fridge and they’ll keep their cool for up to a week (if you don’t eat them all in 24 hours).

And as always, we bake integrity into everything we do—from our products to our people to our mission of giving back. We’re not just about making treats—we’re about making a difference.

Go ahead, grab a bar. Life’s better with bananas and chocolate.

Written by mya zoracki