These are my new favorite Larabars:
Only, they’re not really Larabars at all.
I stumbled upon the recipe while making Hot-Fudge Brownie Larabars.
The hot-fudge Larabars used to be my favorite. But their place has now been usurped… by a non-chocolate bar?! Yes, these oatmeal cookie bars are so good I like them better than the chocolate flavors!
I’m a disgrace to my chocolate-covered blog.
Oatmeal-Raisin Cookie Larabars
A new addition to My Gluten-Free Recipes.
- 1/2 cup raisins (80g)
- 6 T quick oats (30g)
- 1/2 cup walnuts (40g)
- 1/8 tsp plus 1/16 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Pulverize the oats in a food processor, then add all other ingredients and blend very well. Form into balls or bars. (If you want, you can portion the dough into plastic bags before smushing the bars, so your hands don’t get sticky.)
See the following post for Nutrition Facts.
This recipe makes a little over three Larabar-sized (45g) bars. I like to double the recipe—the bars last at least two weeks in the fridge. They can also be frozen.
Question of the Day:
Do you have any favorite “non-chocolate” snacks?
If a certain favorite snack of mine doesn’t have chocolate, it’ll probably either have peanut butter or coconut. But really, most of my favorite snacks have chocolate!
Here’s a list of all the Homemade Larabar Flavors.
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I have never been the first to comment! I am a little bit excited! I do have favorite snacks without chocolate too…namely fruit smoothies (usually have coconut butter or coconut extract) or edamame and apples with peanut butter. Coconut and nut butters are just too delicious to pass up!
I know what you mean- there is a time (RARE) where I like something other than chocolate and things like this hit the spot!
Delish!! I was so looking forward to the new flavor yesterday. Can’t wait to try this, thanks!
Weirdly, I like cookies that are NOT chocolate flavoured! Weird I know! And oh my God… you never fail to amaze me!!!
RICE PUDDING!! No raisins please but with cinnamon. mmmm
one of my favorite on the go snacks is in fact unsweetened chocolate because its so easy to tote around. If I’m snacking at home it’s usually leftovers or yogurt with nut butter… no my leftovers do not include chocolate (usually!). These photos are so gorgeous.
PEANUT BUTTER!!! yep, thats about it. But unsweetened chocolate is my favorite snack of all time (just like KatieDid above)
And that treat looks so chewy! I really want to sink my teeth in!
awesome!!!!! can’t wait to try this out!
YUM! Oatmeal raisin is one of my fave cookies, and I LOVE Larabars, so I will definitely be making this soon!
Nut butter is probably my other favourite non-chocolate snack…but then again my fave nut butter is Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut haha!
yay for gluten free bars!!! I’ll have to give these a try, I’ve been trying to make my own granola bars since there are few gluten and soy free ones, and they start getting expensive!
I can’t get over how simple these are to make! As someone who hates doling out a lot of money for granola bars, I am very excited for this recipe!!
These look so simple and tasty! I love larabars but they can be pricey to eat every day. Trying to cut back a bit.
I love soft and chewy peanut butter cookies. Ooh and egg nog cookie cutouts with cream cheese in them. NOT healthy but oh so good!
I LOVE the combination of oats, raisins and walnuts! Yum
My favourite non-chocolate treats are nut butters, dried fruit and yoghurt.
Katie! When is your cookbook coming out???!
Making these!!! They look fab
Holy deliciousness I have to make these! Oatmeal raisin is one of my favorite flavors
And how simple, too 
I can’t wait to make these, they sound delicious and kind of holiday-ish actually! Nothing beats chocolate for me but I’ve really been into cinnamon lately. and pumpkin pie spice. and anything involving those things
ooooh yum! i love anything oatmeal-raisin flavored & i also love larabars. it’s such a good idea to make them at home. anyways, i’m new to your blog & i love it! thanks for sharing katie
Hahaha: “I’m a disgrace to my chocolate-covered blog”. Love it. You’ll probably come up with an even better chocolate recipe in the not-too-distant future though so I wouldn’t worry! These do look amazing though
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These are delicious – I’ve made similar cookie dough balls with a touch of cinnamon… I think cinnamon makes everything better!
I have lots of favorite non-chocolate snacks. I eat a lot of things from sweet to savory, crunchy to “creamy”, and sour to flavorful things. I do love fruit….. but then again non-choclate granola/power bars are a favorite, and cookies and cereal.
Hey, I was wondering if I could put in a recipe request for you to try and make sometime before the holidays: could you try and re-invent the creme-filled maple leaf sandwhich cookie? The variety carried at Costco has Hydroginated oils, and is very high in fat and calories for one cookie. Trader Joes makes a much better kind, but still, I thought this would be a really yummy cookie to try.
Thanks!
I could try… lol but I have to google it first. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them!
I am so in love with these right now I can’t handle it. Ghaa I want want want!
- Katie at http://www.ohshineon.com
gotta be honest here… I this blog for my son and husband. Both love chocolate, one is daibetic and the other has food allergies, so we are always looking for healthy new recipes. I however, am allergic to chocolate, so almost any dessert without chocolate is my favorite…lol. I absolutely love your blog and especially everything chocolate free that I can enjoy too…..
Your photos just keep getting better and better! And the recipes, too. I made your chocolate fudge larabars for the millionth time just last week
. Will have to try these too!
yum- sounds good! Photos are gorgeous too! I made a non-chocolate gingerbread variety recently but haven’t put that on my blog yet. The choc orange ones are still my absolute favourite Nak’d bars (the UK version of Larabar) and I’ve been making them for friends cut up into little bite size cubes.
I love Larabars and am always looking for some good GF snacks to put in my son’s lunch. Thanks!
Oh my gosh, I think my jaw dropped a bit when I saw the title. These look fantastic! As soon as I can get my hands on a food processor I’m making them
My favorite non chocolate snack would have to be something bread related, or coffee if that counts as a snack!
Yum! I used to love oatmeal raisin Clif bars. Favorite non-chocolate snack? Definitely something with nut butter!
Hmm well I always feel chocolate larabars > non-chocolate larabars but these look pretty delicious and super easy to make! Not to mention cost-efficient! I’ll have to make these soon!
Love Larabars! I need to make my own, would be a lot cheaper! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
They look delish…. hey, you could always dip them in chocolate
these look great!!!
If the self proclaimed queen of chocolate likes these bars, they must be good! My new favorite Larabar flavor is the Key Lime Pie. I normally go for chocolate and peanut butter flavors but the intense lime and coconut flavors blew me away.
These work for me! Yum. Love those healthy fats.
To answer your question…if it is not chocolate, than it is vanilla!
Yummy!! I’m totally with you: sometimes, I just don’t want chocolate in my dessert
Not often, but sometimes. My favourite snack is these 5 minute Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Dough Balls on my blog (also chocolate-less). They’re ALWAYS in the fridge, and Dallas loves them, too!
One of the first recipes I ever made when I started blogging was Ani Phyo’s oatmeal raisin cookies which are raw, vegan, GF. I love her cookbooks and these remind me of those. I love the little green ribbon you tied them up with…so cute!
Any nut butter on a spoon straight from the jar! yummy…sometimes granny smith apples double yummy!!
made these today..but used dates because I didn`t have raisins and added some almond butter to make up for the drier dates. Sooo good…I might have eaten the whole batch before it made it to `bar`form.. =)
Generally if its non-chocolate then it must include peanut butter!
Those look absolutely amazing and exactly what I’ve been looking for! And you are NOT a disgrace to your chocolate blog, you have risen above it! You are secure in your love of chocolate and are not afraid to show your versatility in cooking and blogging
Yummy, I just harvested some black walnuts so I am definitely making these, have everything it was meant to be, Thanks!!
I’d have to say my fav non-chocolate treat has to be oatmeal raisin cookies. So, it’s a sign- I MUST make these larabars. Like now.
-Gasp- No dates?
Oatmeal raisin clif bars are amazing. Perhaps, if you’re feeling a disgrace to your chocolate blog, you can add chocolate chips..like an oatmeal-chocolate chip cookie since the raisins are taking the place of the dates?
We love Larabars, but I hate paying for them. Thanks for this recipe!!!
I am sorry I say this on a chocolate-covered blog but chocolate isn’t always the answer. For me coconut is the magic word. Well, chocolate-covered coconut beats everything
I have so many different favorites for indulging in a light snack – cookies, muffins, pie… with a hot cup of coffee, tea or apple cider.
Carrots? Not exaggerating at all, I usually make it through 2-3 pounds of them each week.
Oh boy, these are delicious!! I made them a few minutes ago while waiting for dinner to finish cooking, lol. I love them!! Thank you, Katie!!
Hey Katie! Loving this – I made it in the vitamix so it’s much more smooth than in your pictures, but it’s delicious! One thing though, is that it’s a touch too salty for me! I suppose that’s good, though, because it keeps me from eating it all in one sitting.
Thanks for another great recipe!
Hmmm… yikes, I’m so sorry! I always forget that not everyone likes salt as much as I do! If you want to save them, just throw more of everything else into the food processor, omitting the salt, and blend it together with the pre-made dough. That way you can salvage the dough and get it to a saltiness you like
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I was just thinking I need to make a batch of homemade Larabars soon and then I checked my email. You must have read my mind. I just made these and can’t wait to try them tomorrow for my snack. I was very tempted to all some chocolate chips to the mix but it was so warm coming out of the food processor that it probably would have made a melty gooey mess
I love all Larabar type snacks, chocolate of course, your blondies, peanut or almond butter toast…..the list goes on and on. There is not much I don’t like! PS I plan to make your giant chocolate chip cookie pie for Thanksgiving this year and cannot wait to try it.
Oooh I hope you like it!!
These sound fabulous Katie! I want to try and sub pecans for the walnuts due to allergies but FANTASTIC!
Those Larabars look amazing!! I think all my favorite treats contain chocolate – I love it!
My favorite non-chocolate treat is your peanut butter no-bake cookies and the milkshake made with them. Mmmmm – I need some raisins!
i was JUST searching for an oatmeal raisin bar recipe last night and am so glad you posted this before i started making one of the other ones i found! can i replace the walnuts with cashews?
Obviously I can’t personally vouch for the taste because I haven’t tried it… but texture-wise it would definitely work!!
I love larabars! They should totally make this flavor! But I guess they don’t really have to now LOL! I can just make it myself!
I need to ask for a food processor for christmas so I can make these and several other things on your lovely blog!
Oh my Katie, are you quite sure that you aren’t a fairy from dessert-heaven?
I love having pb+bananas,. it’s delicious, quick, and easy to have on-the-go (though people do look at you rather oddly when eating a pb-smothered banana).
LOL dessert heaven? That sounds like a super-fun place!!
You’re a genius. I mean, you knew that, but still.
Last night, after dinner, I usually have my after dinner chocolate-but there was none to be found (very rare!) I didn’t know what to do! lol I settled though in some banana soft serve with cacao nibs! lol still a lil bit of chocolate I squeezed in there!
OMG, I cannot wait to make this recipe…and I think I can make it sooner rather than later bc it is so simple…thank you! I love making homemade snack bars!! It a fav!
My favorite non-chocolate treats would have to be peanut butter, yogurt or apples with caramel dip! Great recipe by the way!
OMG these look amazing!!!!
I wonder if you could make a pumpkin pie lara bar? Or better yet, a chocolate chip pumpkin lara bar? Do you think the pumpkin would spoil?
I did do a pumpkin version once… it was a few years ago (sorry for the old, confusing post!). http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2009/11/23/pumpkin-pie-babies/
LOL it was so long ago that honestly I don’t remember how well it held up! I do remember I liked it at the time, but I don’t remember how I stored them.
Oh man, these look and sound so delicious. I love Larabars but I definitely don’t love the price each one of those babies are. Thanks for the great recipe. It sounds just like an oatmeal cookie, but without all the yucky sugar and butter. Any chance you’ll make some homemade peanut butter and jelly “Lara”bars? Or have you already and I’m just late in the game?
You can form my pb cookie dough cookies into larabar form (I usually do that). Maybe sub some of the raisins for dried cherries or other dried berries if you want more of a pbj flavor? http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/08/24/peanut-butter-cookie-dough-cookies/
These look yummy, but both of my kids have peanut & tree nut allergies. Any suggestions on what I can use instead of the walnuts?
I haven’t tried any other nuts with this recipe, so I can’t vouch for the taste. But texture-wise, at least, any other nut (cashew, almond, etc) will work. Or these are completely nut free: http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/08/18/girl-scout-cookie-larabars
I am SO glad you have some LaraBar “recipes.” I love LaraBars but boy oh boy are they expensive. And your fudge babies? Those are just pop-able LaraBars. And really anything with Fudge in the title HAS to be good!
I have loved most of your recipes, but this one was kind of gross to me. And this is coming from someone who eats oatmeal, walnuts, and raisins every morning! I tried giving them to my daughter but she didn’t like them either–even after I put chocolate chips in for her. They looked good but just were too raisin-y or something. I’ll have to try another of your recipes tomorrow for our baking time!
These look delish! Do they call for dates also?
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Aww thank you! I will!
Omygod, these are so good! So fast, and really close to my favorite oatmeal raisin cookies. I like larabars okay, but the addition of oats makes these much more cookie like, and I like them better!
I feel like adding a few chocolate chips to these could not be a bad thing.
these are literally the best things i’ve EVER tried. i LOVE your blog. thank you so much for all your delicious recipes. you are awesome!
These look SO good! I love your recipes, Katie!
These are AWESOME!!! I threw in crasins and flax seeds as well….sooo delish! Thank you!
Works for me! I love these little ones
Not entirely sure what I did wrong here, but these came out so dry that I couldn’t form them into bars. I had to add almond butter to get them to become somewhat wet. maybe next time i will add more raisins. They were still great with the almond butter though. Thanks!
Hmmm… maybe the food processor wasn’t strong enough to fully process the raisins or break down the walnuts? That’s all I can think of, because mine are usually SO soft… sometimes even verging on being a little TOO soft from the oily walnuts!
I’m glad you found a way to save them, though!
Hi Katie,
. I love your site. It’s well written and I LOVE the photographs! I just tried the Oatmeal-Raisin Cookie Larabars recipe and doubled it but it ended up very dry. I could not form bars from it. I ended up adding about 8 dates to get the moisture needed. What could I have done wrong?
My daughter came across your site and recommended it to my husband and I about 3 hours ago since we are newbie vegans
Hmmm… what kinds of dates did you use? And did you use a food processor? If possible, I highly recommend using SunMaid dates (found in regular grocery stores, near the raisins). They are much softer than the dates you get at Whole Foods.
I used medjool dates (Carmal Nature) brand from the Giant supermarket. Yes I did use a food processor. Your recipe does not call for dates. Did you miss an ingredient? I ended up with dominos instead of bars BTW (30 gm). I entered my modified recipe on Livestrong.com and came up with 82 calories for each one
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Oh wow, I’m embarrassed now. In my previous response, I got my recipes mixed up in my head! No no, there are no dates…sorry for my mistake!
But still, the dough should not be dry. In fact, mine is very very sticky! What kind of food processor do you have? And do you pulverize the oats first? Are you using quick oats, and not doing heaping tablespoons?
Hi Katie,
No worries. I have a Cuisinart food processor. It did a pretty good job of pulverizing I thought but I have nothing to compare it to. It was probably the use of whole oats instead of quick. Also, the conversion when doubling the oats was ¾ cup (before pulverizing). Does that sound right? Next time I’ll try it with the quick oats but they sure do taste grand with the dates! Thanks for responding. Thanks for responding. You’ll he “hearing” more from me as if we are BFF!
Oh yes, that would definitely be the problem. Also, 6 T of quick oats would be closer to 1/3 cup than 3/4. Four tablespoons is 1/4 cup.
I just made these! I rolled them into little fudge baby balls, though. I wanted to make this flavor because they don’t have chocolate in them (WAIT — Let me explain!!!). My mom is allergic to chocolate, poor thing, and she gets terrible migraines if she eats it. I loved the chocolate chip fudge babies so much that I had to use this recipe so she could try one! She loved them, too! I took some pictures, and I thought they were cute enough to share! Here are the links! Hopefully, they work! Oh yeah, I didn’t have walnuts so I used almonds.
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Nice pictures! How can I post a picture here?
Awww! They do work! I love the little polka-dot truffle wrappers– so fancy!
This just absolutely made my day!
LOVE this recipe! thanks!
I just made these with dried tart cherries and pecans…yuuuuummmmm! Thanks for the recipe. I love Lara bars but didn’t love paying for them.
Would these be good to take for an excursion? Or what recipe you’d recommend?
Sure!
I LOVE YOU!!
Today I had an emotional day and ate a whole batch of fudge babies for lunch with a glass of almond milk and don’t even feel bad about it. Looking forward to trying strawberry shortcakes tomorrow for breakfast and many more of your recipes. Genius!
Do you have a suggestion for substitutions when there are nuts involved? I’m allergic to all treenuts but can eat peanuts, but sometimes I just don’t like the nut flavor. Any suggestions on what to sub with for this recipe and some of the others that call for nuts?
Here’s my fudge baby flavor without nuts: http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/04/11/girl-scout-samoas-in-larabar-form/
Katie, I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you also post quantities in grams! I live in England, and will NEVER understand why Americans still fill up all these cups and spoons to measure things out, when all I have to do is put the mixing bowl on my tiny weighing scale and press the zero button whenever I want to add the next thing! Could someone enlighten me?!
LOL I know! It would be SO much easier for me if everyone owned a food scale… they are so much more reliable when it comes to measurements
. I guess we Americans just *can’t* admit that someone else has a better system! But honestly, your system is so much better 
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hi katie! one question, do the oats need to be cooked before they are pulverized? all I have is steel-cut, hope those will work instead of quick!
Homemade larabars are one of my new favorite things. These look wonderful! I love oatmeal raisin cookies, so if I can enjoy a similar treat guilt-free, I am all over it!
made these tonight along with the Girl Scout larabars as well, so good. Wondered if you could add flaxseed meal to these Oatmeal Raisin ones? Loved the oats, but thought it would be great if I could sneak some flax seed into them too?? Or substitute that for the oats?? Love your site!!!
I’m sure you could add them in too… Why not?
Just tried these–mine came out a bit crumbly, not nice and moist like your pictured (my bars wouldn’t even hold together!).
I followed the recipe exactly–any idea what might have happened? (They WERE still yummy though!)
Try Sunmaid dates! They’re much softer.
You are a GENIUS! I eat a Larabar everyday for a snack at work. Today, I couldn’t wait to open my homemade oatmeal raisin “larabar!” These things are unreal, Katie! Thank you so much!
These were awesome! I added a healthy pinch of cinnamon and toasted the walnuts first to enhance their flavor. I wasn’t sure this would work with a Vitamix but it did and now I’m looking forward to trying your other fudge baby/larabar recipes. Thanks for spicing up my snack routine.
I would love to eat these Larabars but alas am severely allergic to tree nuts. I can have the peanut ones but not the others! Not sure what I can substitute for the tree nuts. Any suggestions?
Try the Samoas larabars. No nuts!
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/chocolate-covered-recipes/fudge-baby-mania/
Hey! First of all, your recipes are delicious! I have tried a few of them and have been thrilled with the results so far. I did, however, want to let you know that this (and a few other recipes under Gluten-Free) is not quite gluten free because of the oats. Oats in themselves are technically gluten free, but, more times than not, they are processed with wheat and there is enough contamination to consider them unsafe for those with Celiac or a gluten intolerance. Uncontaminated oats can be found in certain countries…unfortunately, America is not one of those.
Sorry to be a Debbie downer, but I thought you might want to know. =)
Hi Sara,
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Actually there ARE brands of oats that are certifid gluten-free. Bob’s Red Mill, for example, makes a brand. Look in the gf section of most health-food stores
Rice Crispy marshmallow treats! They are my weakness! And when I make them I add just a pinch of cinnamon, it’s my secret ingredient! YUM!!!
These are AMAZING!! I can’t stop eating them
Love the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Larabars. Made them for the first time tonight and they were delicious. I am new to your site and am looking forward to making more of your recipes. Thank You!!!!
Just made these in my little food processor. I pulverize the oatmeal, took it out.
mixed the raisins and walnuts add a splash of cinnamon
the dough just formed a ball all by itself, add the oatmeal back
it just worked like magic…
definetly gonna make this again
may be with more spice *nutmeg, cinnamon….
These turned out really well, I won’t be buying them again. I shaped them into five bars which makes their nutrition – 196 kcal, 9.2g fat of which 0.8g saturates. 24.3g carbs of which 9.9g sugars and 3.7g fiber. (multiply by 5 and divide by the number of pieces you made) They’re maybe a bit small this way but perfect for an energy kick which is what I wanted! Thanks for the recipe Katie!
Hi, I don’t have any quick oats- would this work with rolled oats instead or would it be too tough?
Sorry, I’ve not tried it so I don’t know.
ahh okay. I’ll give it a go when I have the energy and let you know how it works
i could only find craisins in my house, do you think those would work/taste as good?
ure!
Made these, but they came out pretty crumbly and hard to form into bars…what do I do?! They taste sooo good, but so hard to eat when they are crumbling in my hand!
I highly recommend sunmaid dates, because they’re much softer. Also, make sure you’ve pulverized fully. And put the dough in a plastic bag (closed) and smush.
With other bars I’ve found adding a drop or 3 of flavourless oil (sunflower, canola, vegetable) can help hold it together.
I am interested in your recipe for oatmeal raisin larabars
you do not instruct any cooking time. do you bake these cookies ?
please reply .
Thank you
No baking necessary! Just blend, Squish together into whatever shape you like, and you’re done!
Would these work with cranberries? I’m not sure because they are’t quite as juicy as raisins.
Sorry, just saw someone else already asked the same question. i think I’ll make them with dates and then add the cranberries after pulverizing everything
These are soooo good! I don’t know how, but they almost taste buttery!
My favorite Larabars are Cherry Pie, Apple Pie, Banana Nut, and Cashew Cookie, but the sugars don’t do so well with me. I’d love to know how to make these versions without sugar, but I don’t know the full ingredients. Do you have any suggestions?
Katie’s homemade Larabars and fudge babies use dates or raisins as the only sugar source (and the base to hold everything together), so you could play around with one of her existing recipes and just modify the nuts or add other fruits in addition to get the flavors you want. Hope that helps!
Hi Katie! I recently discovered your blog (and just started my own) and I love it. I just made these and they are amazing! Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes.
Yummy! I didn’t have quick oats so I pulverized my rolled oats a bit longer and it turned out fine. Mine aren’t as pretty since I used golden raisins (everything is all one color) but they sure taste good! To all those who said it came out dry: it’s going to look kind of dry/crumbly straight out of the food processor, but if you transfer to a baggie and squish everything together, it should form a ball of dough. The first time I made a fudge baby/Larabar recipe (the German chocolate fudge bites) I thought it looked kind of like dirt and wasn’t sure how that was going to make balls, but it does!
I began to makes these and got worried they looked dry and didn’t realize til it was too late I didn’t need it.. I added a small amount of coconut spread and instead of vanilla I used almond extract. I didn’t have any vanilla. Oh my chickens! Sooo good! Thanks!I want to try the cookie pie!
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