Paleo Granola Bars
These paleo granola bars with hemp seeds and coconut are easy to make and taste amazing.
These paleo coconut bars are gluten-free, grain-free, vegan and aside from toasting the coconut, there’s no-baking required. They’re sweetened with pure maple syrup and only contain a handful of other wholesome ingredients.
Enjoy these for an energy boost before a workout, as a mid-morning snack or for a sweet treat anytime of day.
Recipe Features
- Just 4 simple ingredients needed.
- Toasted coconut adds an extra touch.
- Include nutritious hemp seeds for a chewy texture, nutty flavour and source of nutrients.
- Naturally sweetened with maple syrup.
- No-baking required (aside from toasting the coconut, which is optional).
- Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free and suitable for a paleo diet.
- No blending needed.
- Great for hiking, camping and snacking on-the-go.
Ingredient Notes
This list is not complete. Please see the recipe card at the end of the post for the complete ingredient list with measurements and detailed instructions.
- Nut Butter: You can use cashew butter or almond butter or for nut-free bars, tahini or sunflower seed butter.
- Coconut: Use shredded unsweetened coconut. For extra flavour, try toasting it first!
- Maple Syrup: This can be swapped for soaked, pitted dates.
- Hemp Seeds: Hemp seeds are idea for their fine consistency. If you want to substitute sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds or nuts, I’d recommend pulsing them in a food processor to break them down a bit before adding them to the bars.
Add-Ins: Try adding things like raisins, unsweetened cranberries or cacao nibs for a treat. You can do chocolate chips too but they would no longer be paleo with the added sugar. For extra flavour, you can add a pinch of cinnamon, sea salt and/or vanilla extract.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Toast the coconut. This step is optional but adds a wonderful flavour to the bars.
To toast coconut, preheat your oven to 325 F. Spread shredded coconut on a baking pan and bake in the oven for 5-10 minutes until nice and brown. Make sure you keep a close eye on it so it doesn’t burn.
Step 2: Mix the ingredients. While the coconut is toasting, you can mix up the dough for the bars.
You can mix everything up in a bowl or make easier work of it and toss everything in food processor and blend into a thick, sticky dough.
Step 3: After you’ve mixed up the dough, press it into a parchment paper-lined 7 or 8-inch square baking pan. Take a few minutes to really work the dough in and press it into all the corners.
Step 3: Freeze then slice.
Place the bars in the freezer for 1 hour or refrigerate overnight. After they firm up, lift them out of the pan and cut into squares or bars.
Notes
Serving Size: I would recommend cutting these into 16 bars to keep the serving size on the smaller size however you can also cut them into 8 larger bars. If I was heading out on a long hike for example, I’d go for a large bar but for a daily snack or dessert, a smaller portion works well so you can grab 1 or 2.
Nut-Free Bars: Use sunflower seed butter or tahini instead of nut butter.
Add-Ins: Try up to 1/2 cup add-ins such as cacao nibs, raisins, chocolate chips or cranberries.
More Energy Bar Recipes
Loving these no-bake bars? You might like these too:
- No-Bake Granola Bars
- Raw Hemp Seed Brownies
- Sesame Energy Bars
- No-Bake Oatmeal Bars
- Paleo Energy Bars with Cashew and Coconut
Did you try this recipe? I’d love to hear about it! Scroll down to the comment section to leave a star rating and review.
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No-Bake Paleo Granola Bars
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 16
- Category: Snack
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Enjoy these homemade paleo granola bars with toasted coconut for a nutritious and delicious snack or dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted (95 g)
- 1 cup cashew butter or almond butter (240 g)
- 1 cup hemp seeds (160 g)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup or raw honey (75 g)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 325°F.
- Spread the coconut on a baking pan and bake for approximately 5-10 minutes or until thoroughly browned and toasted. Watch carefully after 5 minutes as it can burn quickly.
- While the coconut is toasting, mix the other ingredients together in a bowl or food processor until it forms a thick dough.
- Add the toasted coconut and mix well.
- Press the mixture into an 8 x 8 inch baking dish lined with parchment paper. Make sure you spend some time really pressing it down into the pan.
- Freeze the bars for 1 hour or refridgerate overnight. Lift the bars out of the pan using the parchment paper and slice into 16 squares or 8 large bars.
- Store in a container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
Optional Add-Ins: 1/4 cup raisins and/or chopped dark chocolate or cacao nibs.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 204
- Sugar: 4.5 g
- Fat: 17 g
- Carbohydrates: 11 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 6 g
Can i make it with just the coconut and hemp seeds?
::reads recipe while eating honey, shredded coconut, & hemp seeds out of the containers::
Great work Awesome recipe. Came across it and tried. YUM.
These were fabulous – going to be a staple in my kitchen weekly! Yum.
Woohoo! So glad you liked them!!
Omfg, thank you so much for posting this! It is going to be so helpful when I buy Hemp Seed at the store! Fabulous!
The bars are in the fridge, but I had to leave about 1/3 of the batter out to eat by spoon. AMAZING!
Made these last week and love them! I added carrot pulp from my juicer to the recipe. Tasted like carrot cake!
That sounds amazing!! Glad you enjoyed them!
WOW, these are INCREDIBLE…I will go ahead and try oats first, since I have them on hand, but I ran out of almond butter, so I have to wait until I get to the store to make them for the husband… but WOW…what a GREAT recipe! THANKS!
Hi! These sound great, and I plan to try them. My husband is in the military and can’t eat hemp (so dumb!!) do you have a suggested substitute to the hemp seeds? I think I’ll try them with the hemp and have the whole pan to myself… 🙂
Hmmm, if you don’t mind using a grain, you can substitute oats for the hemp seeds. That shoudl work a-ok! Or make them with hemp and eat them all yourself! Let me know how it goes 🙂
Deryn, These sounds amazing!! I’ll have to try it out!!
Alex, I was thinking maybe sunflower seeds in place of hemp, extra coconut, or like Deryn mentioned oats..
You could use popped amaranth seeds. Pop them in a skillet with a lid.
I used flaxseed and it was awesome!!! I still used the hemp too though.
Can’t wait to make these! (thank hubby for making them grain free) Eek I’m hoping we both can do 14.3 – anxiously waiting for the announcement!