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Kids Cooking Activities Healthy Granola Bar Recipe

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This week we planned a fun kids cooking activity paired with a favorite book. Grab the healthy granola bar recipe and read the book with your little one for a fun kids activity you can do together!

 

 

healthy granola bar recipe

Kids Cooking Activities

It is so beneficial to get kids in the kitchen cooking with you. It gives them the ability to learn to cook and pick up lifelong skills along the way. Not only that, but it’s also a ton of fun for them. My kids love to cook with me so I try to make a point of including them in fun kids cooking activities. This month we took the book Unlimited Squirrels: I Lost My Tooth! and created a healthy granola bar recipe to go with it.

 

I lost my tooth book

Unlimited Squirrels: I Lost My Tooth

The book we paired with our kids cooking activity is Unlimited Squirrels: I Lost My Tooth!. I love this book because it brings up funny and relatable conversation starters so I can have a quality conversation with my kiddo while doing something funny and fun.

Unlimited Squirrels features an ensemble cast of Squirrels, acorns, and pop-in guests in a page-turning extravaganza! Each book features a funny, furry adventure AND bonus jokes, quirky quizzes, nutty fact formats, and so, so many squirrels!

In I Lost My Tooth!, Zoom Squirrel has lost a front tooth! The Squirrels leap into action when they discover the missing tooth is a baby tooth! Do you know more about teeth than the Squirrels do? You will by the end of this book!

 

healthy granola bar recipe

Healthy Granola Bar Recipe

What better recipe to pair with this funny squirrel book than a nutty recipe? We decided we’d make peanut butter and nut granola bars and boy were they tasty! They were really easy too so Brady was able to help a lot! You’ll begin by combining 1 cup of peanut butter (or any nut/seed butter), 1/2 cup honey and 1/2 cup coconut oil in a medium saucepan. Stir it together over low-medium heat until it is smooth. You’ll want to do the stove yourself and watch carefully so your child doesn’t burn themselves.

 

peanut butter granola bar recipe

 

Next, add in 2 1/2 cups of old-fashioned oats, 1/2 cup shredded coconut and 1/2 cup chopped mixed nuts.

 

Coconut nut granola bar recipe

 

Then allow your child to carefully stir it all together, being careful of the hot pan. Once it is mixed together dump it into a greased 9×13 pan and smooth it down flat.

 

Peanut butter chocolate chip granola bar recipe

 

Finally, have your child sprinkle a 1/4 cup of mini chocolate chips on the top. Brady loved this part!

 

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Place the peanut butter granola bars into the fridge until they get firm. Then cut them into rectangles. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

 

kids tooth book

After you’ve enjoyed making these no bake granola bars you can dive into the book, Unlimited Squirrels: I Lost My Tooth! while you wait for your granola bars to firm up in the fridge!

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Healthy Granola Bars

Sarah | Must Have Mom
This healthy granola bars recipe is no bake and really easy and versatile. Mix up the ingredients to make many different combinations!
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Snack
Servings 20

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup peanut butter or any nut/seed butter
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil
  • 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 1/2 cup coconut shredded
  • 1/2 cup mixed nuts chopped
  • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Combine peanut butter, honey and coconut oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat and stir until smooth.
  • Remove from heat and add old fashioned oats, coconut and mixed nuts. Stir together.
  • Grease a 9x13 pan (I used coconut oil spray) and dump the mixture into the pan. Smooth the top so it is flat. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and refrigerate until bars are firm. 
  • Cut into rectangles and store bars in an airtight container in the fridge.

Notes

This recipe can be modified in many ways to suit your tastes or change up the flavors. Use any nut or seed butter in place of peanut butter including almond butter, sun butter, wow butter, etc.
You may also swap out the 1/2 cup of coconut and 1/2 cup of mixed nuts for any other mix ins. Use dried fruit, seeds, etc. You can also add the chocolate chips in when you mix it to create a melted chocolate granola bar.

 

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If you loved these no bake granola bars then be sure to also check out our other favorite homemade granola bar recipe! More granola bar recipes:

 

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Healthy No Bake Bars! Oatmeal chocolate chip bars with just 6 healthy ingredients.

 

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  1. Stacie says

    November 1, 2018 at 7:03 pm

    Those look really good. I love getting kids into the kitchen. It’s a great way to bond and to teach them life skills.

    Reply
  2. Scott says

    November 1, 2018 at 7:23 pm

    I’ve never tried making my own granola bars. I thought it would be harder than that. It actually looks pretty easy!

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 5, 2018 at 2:11 pm

      Yes, it is so simple and the kids love making them!

      Reply
  3. Amy says

    November 1, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    I love Mo Willems books! I was lucky to see a lot of his work in-person at a local museum.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 5, 2018 at 2:11 pm

      Oh wow! How lucky for you to be able to see that in person.

      Reply
  4. Kristi says

    November 1, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    Those granola bars look so yummy and love that it’s easy enough for kids to help make! Reading while waiting is perfect too.

    Reply
  5. Brianne says

    November 1, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    Those look so tasty! Time spent with the kids in the kitchen are memories mad, and recipes passed down. These look really simple and fun to make!

    Reply
  6. Shelley R Zurek says

    November 1, 2018 at 11:31 pm

    oh forget about the kids now I want to make the CRANBERRY PRETZEL CHEERIO BARS RECIPE for myself and my husband.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 5, 2018 at 2:11 pm

      Oh they are SO yummy. I could eat them all lol.

      Reply
  7. Nidhi Chauhan says

    November 16, 2018 at 10:38 pm

    These looks yummy and healthy. I need to try this for my son.

    Reply
  8. Nidhi Chauhan says

    November 20, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    Those granola bars looks yummy. I think I have to try this recipe with my son. he would love it.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 21, 2018 at 6:36 am

      Let us know what you think!

      Reply
  9. Marisela Zuniga says

    May 27, 2019 at 10:14 pm

    This looks like a cute book, thanks for the recipes! my son would like these

    Reply
  10. Antoinette M says

    October 20, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    My daughter would love to make these granola bars! The S’mores bars would probably be her favorite.

    Reply
  11. Stephanie Jones says

    October 21, 2019 at 10:26 am

    i wanna these! and the book looks cute!

    Reply
  12. Eve Khoo says

    October 28, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    THis recipe looks easy and yummy! my son loves helping in the kitchen! this would be a great one to include him in it!

    Reply
  13. Amy D says

    November 14, 2019 at 7:34 am

    I would love to make those granola bars with my daughters as a great snack for school. Great idea. 11

    Reply

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