Crunchy and chewy muesli bars made from a combination of nuts, toasted seeds, coconut and rice bubbles mixed with a golden honey toffee. Nuts and Seeds Muesli Bars are a great treat for school lunches.
I've made a variety of muesli bars over the years. These delicious Nuts and Seeds Bars are unique in that they don't have any dried fruit or rolled oats in them. In fact they are mostly nuts and seeds!
If you like sesame snaps (those moreish little treats available from Asian supermarkets) then you will love the flavour of these muesli bars. An excellent treat for kids and adults alike.
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Ingredient notes:
- Honey: The honey is critical for holding everything together. You can use liquid or solid honey.
- Nuts and seeds: Use your favourite combinations of nuts and seeds.
- Rice bubbles: To make these bars gluten free, use gluten free rice bubbles instead of regular rice bubbles.
Note: Scroll to the recipe card for the ingredients, quantities and the full method.
Step by step instructions:
Line a 27 cm x 17cm slice tray with baking paper.
In a dry frying pan over a gentle heat, toast all of the seeds for 5 minutes. Stir constantly to ensure they don't burn.
Remove from the pan and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the nuts, coconut and rice bubbles then set aside.
In a saucepan, melt the butter, sugar and honey until bubbling. Stir while bubbling for 2-3 minutes.
Pour the honey mix over the nuts and seeds then quickly mix to combine.
Add to the lined slice tin and spread out to the edges using a metal spoon to press it down.
Place in the fridge until set. Use a sharp knife to cut into bars.
Recipe FAQs:
Depending on how cold/well-set the muesli bars are, you can either use a large, sharp chef's knife, or a serrated bread knife. For clean lines, carefully wipe the knife between slices.
Absolutely! As long as they add up to 1 cup of seeds, you can use whichever you have to hand.
Storage:
These muesli bars are best kept in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
Top tips:
Once the honey mix has come to the boil and turned a lovely golden colour, you will need to move quickly so that it doesn't set. Have your bowl of nuts and seeds right next to the stove top, alongside a good spatula. Work quickly to scrape all the honey mixture from the pot and combine the wet and dry ingredients together.
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Nuts and Seeds Muesli Bars
Chewy and crunchy muesli bars made from toasted seeds, nuts and rice bubbles combined with a caramel toffee.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup sesame seeds
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup roasted cashews, roughly chopped
- ½ cup roasted almonds, roughly chopped
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- ½ cup rice bubbles
- 100g butter
- 150g brown sugar
- ¼ cup honey
Instructions
- Line a 27 cm x 17cm slice tray with baking paper.
- In a dry frying pan over a gentle heat, toast all of the seeds for 5 minutes. Stir constantly to ensure they don’t burn.
- Remove from the pan and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the nuts, coconut and rice bubbles then set aside.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter, sugar and honey until bubbling. Stir while bubbling for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the honey mix over the nuts and seeds then quickly mix to combine.
- Add to the lined slice tin and spread out to the edges using a metal spoon to press it down.
- Place in the fridge until set. Use a sharp knife to cut into bars.
Notes
- Any combination of your favourite nuts would work in this recipe.
- To make these gluten free - use gluten free rice bubbles instead.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 215Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 348mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 2gSugar: 16gProtein: 3g
Nutritional values are approximate. Please use your own calculations if you require a special diet.
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Harriet says
Will this work with Golden syrup or will it be to sweet not hold etcetera
VJ cooks says
Do you mean instead of honey? Yes that should work.
Alana says
Awesome. One of my kids hates honey. What about Maple Syrup? And are there any other substitutes you can recommend?
VJ cooks says
I did try it with maple syrup, but it didn't hold together as well unfortunately.
Rebecca says
Please tell me that you could freeze this? Just made a triple batch and hoping to have a stash in the freezer!
VJ cooks says
Yes of course!
Claire says
For rice bubbles could you use rice crispies, as in the ceral?
VJ cooks says
Oh I'm not familiar with that cereal sorry. Is it sweetened? The rice bubbles offer some plain crunch to the mix. Sweetened cereal might make the recipe too sweet. I've also used cornflakes and they worked well.
Rebecca says
Loved this recipe - used one substitute (swapped brown sugar for coconut sugar) and it was a lunchbox hit. Definitely adding to the favourites
VJ cooks says
That's awesome, thank you for the feedback Rebecca.
Anna SWINDELLS says
Have you frozen these bars - I made a double recipe!!
VJ cooks says
Hi Anna, go you! Yes, you can freeze these bars (great for any special grandchildren coming to visit!).
Ulla says
Hi there, can you recommend a substitute for butter if I wanted to make this dairy free? Thank you
VJ cooks says
I haven't tried this dairy free, sorry!