Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Larabars

I know what you mean- there is a time (RARE) where I like something other than chocolate and things like this hit the spot!

Weirdly, I like cookies that are NOT chocolate flavoured! Weird I know! And oh my God… you never fail to amaze me!!!

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.

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!

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!

Holy deliciousness I have to make these! Oatmeal raisin is one of my favorite flavors 🙂 And how simple, too 🙂

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 :).

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 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.

-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?

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.

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!

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 are AWESOME!!! I threw in crasins and flax seeds as well….sooo delish! Thank you!

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!

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?

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!

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!!!

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. =)

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

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 just made these and as I sampled a bite, the words out of my mouth were “Are you freaking kidding me?” Except I might not have used the word “freaking”.These are so so so good! I added chai spice and they turned out so well. Thanks Katie!

These were really dry for me but once I added about a teaspoon of agave they stuck together ok.

OH MY GOODNESS! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! I made these this morning and between me and my two daughters; they are gone. Now, a few hours later I’ve just made a triple batch! I cannot believe how much I love these things!!! I’m hoping we will have some left when my husband gets home! I’m already thinking I’m going to make these as part of my food baskets for Christmas gifts! THANK YOU for this! I am so happy to have just found your blog recently!

I love these! Tonight i used almonds and a 5 oz. package of mixed dried berries (cranberries, cherries, and blueberries from Aldi ‘s. I did not use vanilla but used some organic blue agave. Excellent!

Thanks, Katie! I will try that next time:)

Katie,

I just made these and they are absolutely delicious!! I toasted the walnuts and added cinnamon to the recipe. Wow, so incredibly good!! Thank you so much for the recipe. I can’t wait to make them again 🙂

Is there anything you would suggest for someone who has a tree nut allergy. What could I use in place of all the walnuts in some of your recipes? Sunflower seeds? Any advice would be helpful. Your blog looks so delicious!
Thanks

yum..mm..mmmm! just made these this morning – i had just enough quick oats left to make a batch, and i substituted cashews for walnuts (because i avoid walnuts). i was happy to see a recipe with raisins as the sweetener, too. and although i’m a total chocolate lover, sometimes it’s nice to have a non-chocolate treat. although i wasn’t sure at first if my “dough” was going to work, when i started handling it (i made balls, rather than bars, so i could share more easily), it all came together quite nicely.

and since it worked so well, and i did have rolled oats in the cabinet, i experimented again with a slightly different batch, using the rolled oats, and then adding the raisins and cashews… but oops, not quite enough cashews left, so i added a tiny bit of peanut butter to it, and then i found some tiny bits of the chocolate chips i made the other day (from your recipe!) – more like chocolate shavings that were left at the bottom of the bag, and not too many – so i tossed those in, as well… and… they also came out totally YUMMMMMMY!

thank you so much for all these wonderful, healthier treats! i’m so excited to have found your site!

microwave / oven?

I just made these and I love how easy they are! They taste good (my 3 kiddos love them) so a keeper for sure! I made them try one BEFORE I told them what was in them. 😉 Do these sit out well, or do they need to be kept cold?

Hi Katie! these caught my attention and I’ve made them and put them on my blog, but I added in cinnamon and used unsweetened golden raisins instead! Thanks so much for the recipe 🙂 love your blog

http://perpetualnomming.blogspot.com/2013/03/oatmeal-raisin-cookie-larabars.html

I tripled this recipe and added ground flax, cinnamon, egg white protein powder and some water to stick it together as mine didn’t combine well without the added water. I also added some small dark chocolate chips and I cooked these little balls for 6 minutes in a 350 degree oven since I added the water. YUM! Thanks so much! My vegan daughter loves them!!!!!! As I can have no wheat, I also love these little gems!

I didn’t have any nuts on hand so I used coconut flakes in place of the walnuts – they turned out delish. Thanks so much for this recipe!! 🙂

The walnuts you use are they English walnuts or black walnuts?

sounds soooo gooood. Can’t wait to try them Was looking for something as crunchy and healthy as “the other ones”. Thanks. Will rreply when done !

I made this and all I have is a bowl of dry ingredients. Well, slightly damp. But it seems this recipe is missing an ingredient like honey or something. Help!

I can’t wait to make these! The only type of non-chocolate infused cookie I like is oatmeal raisin… and this is MUCH healthier and basically an acceptable snack or healthy dessert 🙂

Just made these; LOVE them! My raisins were a bit…aged (read: dried out), so I added a little natural peanut butter to make the mix sticky enough. SO very good. Katie – you never cease to amaze me with your recipes. THANK YOU!

Just made these in my Magic Bullet and turned out great.
I was thinking they would be good with a bit peanut butter also a bit of unsweetened coconut. So easy and nutritious.

What binds all the ingredients here.

All these recipes for Larabars sound great, but what can I use instead of walnuts? I usually deal with my nut allergy by simply cutting the nuts out, but the walnuts here are too much of a main ingredient to cut. Are peanuts a good substitute even in the non-peanut butter recipes?

Hi Katie! When you say “pulverize the oats” is the end result essentially equivalent to oat flour (I have some on hand.)? Or is it supposed to be a little chunky-ish? I have a vitamix and a kitchen aid blender. The vitamix guy told me (I imagine he knows what he is talking about!) that OTHER blenders (my kitchen aid probably) are essentially large food processors and food processors are little blenders. Do you agree? So … do you suppose pulverizing the oats in a blender will work the same as a food processor??? Thanks 🙂

I may be the only person with this problem but mine turned out all crumbley–so I pressed batch into bottom of 8×8 pan and put in fridge–hoping that will allow me to cut into bars? Otherwise, not sure what to do–maybe my ingredients were too dried out.

These are yummy perfection–seriously perfection.

Am I missing something? What makes them stick together?

I love this website and I am going to start with the Oatmeal Larabar. Katie, you have done an amazing job. I love chocolate so much that I wanted to start writing reviews of all chocolate stores, and now I will try all your chocolate recipes and write reviews of them too. You are soooo chocokatie!!

I recently tried a larabar recipe and with the two cups making up the majority of the recipe I was really turned off. This seems like a better alternative in my search of building a healthy recipe book for our family. Thanks for sharing!

Love this recipe! I make it definitely at least once a month. I just posted a blog for them as well using almonds instead and linked back to you. Thanks! http://www.heartfulhabits.com/recipe/almond-copycat-larabar/

All Peoples of the World!!!! Try these bars!!! I made them yesterday and they are just Beyond delicious!!

Weeeeell you can’t just sub out half of the walnuts with almonds! Ha! I needed some handbag energy bars and didn’t have enough walnuts. It was too dry but I added more raisins to get it to stick together and made 4 bars. Still tastes good

Yummmmm I just made these this morning and subbed fresh cardamom for the cinnamon. Very tasty. This plus a hard boiled egg will make a nice breakfast. Thanks!!

I found these to be a tad dry. The flavor is good though.

I made these exactly as written and they were good. I made these again and added 5 dates, used only 1 T raisins, 1 t cinnamon, 1 T egg white powder(for protein), and 1 t coconut oil. They were amazing!!