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Piece of peanut butter banana oatmeal bar on teal plate with pan of bars in the upper right.

Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars

Beth Lee
Peanut butter banana oatmeal bars with optional yogurt glaze are the healthy tasty snack you're going to love. With an option for a pumpkin version as well, they'll be a great alternative to that giant candy jar around Halloween as well.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 27 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 35 kcal

Ingredients
  

Bars

  • 2 medium bananas mashed
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon date syrup or honey
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups oats
  • ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
  • ¼ cup toasted chopped pecans
  • 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
  • ¼ cup chopped dates medjool or other
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Optional dusting of cinnamon

Glaze

  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt
  • ½ teaspoon orange or lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon orange or lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease an 8X8 pan with baking spray, olive oil, or butter or line it with parchment leaving an overhang to pick up the bars after they are cooked and cooled.
  • In a medium bowl, mash the bananas.
    Mashed bananas in large red bowl.
  • Add butter, peanut butter, date syrup or honey and vanilla and mix well.
    Mixing wet ingredients for banana oat bars in large red bowl with a red spoon.
  • Add the oats, chips, nuts, dates, flaxseed meal and salt and mix well.
    Adding dry ingredients to wet ingredients for the peanut butter banana oatmeal bars.
  • Place oatmeal mixture into the prepared 8X8 square pan. Sprinkle with some cinnamon if you want for a little extra color and flavor.
    Peanut butter banana oat bars being spread in a grey square baking pan with a red spatula.
  • Bake at 350°F for 25 - 27 minutes. You should see just a little browning around the edges of the bars.
    Baked banana oat bars in a grey pan at a slight angle.
  • Make optional yogurt glaze. Combine all glaze ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use. This is not a glaze that hardens so apply when you eat the bar, not ahead of time.
    Yogurt glaze for the oat bars in a red bowl next to the baked pan of bars.

Notes

    1. Remember I mentioned that I toast the nuts before I add them? You can also toast the oatmeal for an extra punch of flavor. Not necessary but might be fun to try to note the difference.
    2. If you do use medjool dates, fresh ones can stick together so either separate them as you add them or put them in with the wet ingredients and whisk them apart.
    3. Any date or other dried fruit cut into small raisin-sized bites will work!
    4. Don't have a square baking pan? No reason this can't work in a round pie pan or rectangular loaf pan. Be creative!
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Nutrition

Calories: 35kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 0.4gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.04gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.03gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 0.4mgPotassium: 141mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 25IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.1mg
Keyword banana, oatmeal, peanut butter
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