These no-bake almond oat bars are crammed full of delicious healthy oats, almonds, almond butter and honey. Easily portable, they’re a guaranteed energy boost just when you need it most.
These no-bake almond oat bars are EXACTLY the kind of snack you want to be taking with you when you’re about to conquer a REAL mountain.
LIKE Scotland’s biggest mountain – Ben Nevis, as we did!
Best of all they're easy to make.
All it takes to make these amazing no-bake bars are just four ingredients and 10 minutes assembly.
Then pop into the fridge overnight and cut into bars in the morning.
Your oat bars will fit perfectly into your hiking lunchbox.
Ideal too if you’re just looking for a quick pick me up snack during a non-hiking day!
Can you imagine the vital instant energy boost from the natural sugars and then the slower release of constant energy from the carbs in the wholegrain oats really giving you that “lift” and then keeping you going, to reach that summit, just when you feel like you’re flagging a little?
Yep, been there?
Well. It’s all here in these delicious no-bake bars.
In fact, it’s pretty vital to make sure you are constantly keeping your energy levels “topped up” especially when you’re out hiking.
Did you know, for example that on average climbing / Hillwalking Mountains can burn at least 400 calories an hour?
We always have some kind of home-made oat or energy bars with us whilst out hillwalking.
That’s just sensible to do that. Oh, and obviously the waterproofs too!
Other energy bars that we also like to take with us include these fruit and nut snack bars or these pecan nut biscuit bars, which were recently featured in backpacker.com.
To Make These No-Bake Almond Oat Bars You May Need….
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I use this 8" (20cm x 20cm) square cake pan for this recipe.
It's great value for money and a kitchen essential.
Made with goldflon non stick coating it prevents food from sticking to the pan.
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Watch the short video I made to show you how to make these delicious no bake almon oat bars. It shows you how easy it really is!
No-Bake Almond Oat Bars Recipe
You could easily add a little dried fruit to these almond bars like cranberries or sultanas.
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
No-Bake Almond Oat Bars Recipe
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Ingredients
- 250 g smooth sugar free almond butter
- 300 g smooth natural honey
- 225 g porridge oats
- 75 g flaked almonds
Instructions
- Line the bottom and sides of an 8" / 20cm x 20cm square baking tin with greaseproof / parchment paper.
- In a large saucepan over a gentle heat, place the almond butter and honey and stirring constantly, allow these to melt and infuse together. Remove from the heat.
- Stir in the oats and almonds and combine the mixture well together.
- Put the combined sticky mixture into the lined baking tin and flatten it out all over by pressing down with the tips of your fingers making sure the bottom of the tin is evenly lined.
- Place the baking tin into the fridge overnight.
- In the morning, remove from the fridge, lift out the hardened slab using the greaseproof paper onto a cutting board, and cut into 8 bars.
- Store in a fridge in an airtight container to keep as fresh as possible until time to eat.
Sweetima
Mmm these look amazing! I love granola bars and this looks super easy to make plus i am sure it tastes wonderful! I would love a granola bar right now 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks for your comment Sweetima.
Yes, they are really easy to make, great for when time is short! 🙂
GiGi Eats
No bake is MUSIC to my ears!!! 🙂 I cannot eat almonds or oats though, womp womp but I know these will be a MOUTH-PLEASER to man-friend!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Ah, thank you GiGi, I'll need to make a no bake hiking snack suitable for yourself next time. Something I will look into and I consider it a challenge! 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Trying to make food easier Liz and I think I managed to succeed with this one. Thank you! 😀
Heather@hungryforbalance
These do look delicious and very energy dense! Perfect for hiking in the mountains! My husband and I really enjoyed hiking (pre-baby and all) and I think these would be perfect to take on our long hikes.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi Heather, thank you for commenting. 🙂
I've just wrapped the final three of these bars ready for our hike up Ben Nevis tomorrow. I'm pretty sure we'll be in need of these during the 1344m we'll be climbing!
Thalia @ butter and brioche
These almond oat bars look like the ultimate healthy and nourishing of snacks. Yum!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thank you Thalia. 🙂
Whilst these snacks are definitely going to be healthy and nourishing for us, and pretty portable too, I'd so love one of your delicious cakes at the top. Might be a bit more difficult carrying it though. 😉
Susie @ SuzLyfe
I finished the book about the nurse in Scotland. I feel so far away from you now. ANd that distance will be further when you conquer a freaking mountain, you crazy man.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
The mountain has been conquered Suz, and soon enough I will be back littering the blog with hundreds of photographs to bring us closer together again. 🙂
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
I cannot wait to see your pictures from this trip to Ben Nevis! I shivered a little when I saw the amount of snow y'all had in April up there! YIKES! But - if I had these bars - I'd forget about the cold! With only 4 ingredients and the fact that they don't need to be baked - what a great recipe!
Hope you and Lynn have a safe and fun trip, Neil!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thank you Shashi, I can see I've hit on something really popular here with this no bake bar. So many variations of it in my head now. 😉
Erin@BeetsPerMinute
I made some baked oatmeal bars this past weekend for Luke's lunches and they were as the kids say an "epic fail" -- he's so nice though, he always eats my terrible creations and swears they aren't as bad as I say. These bars however, look and sound wonderful, AND you don't have to bake them, which always works for me! 😉
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I'm pretty sure that you are overly harsh on yourself regarding your cooking and baking Erin! I would have loved to have tried your baked oatmeal bars, any kind of home baking is great to me, and also great that you at least try!
Looking forward to seeing you guys on Saturday! 😀