Time for our Monthly Ingredient Challenge again!!
I’m so lucky to be included in these challenges alongside some amazing foodie bloggers!
This month one of my favourite ingredients was chosen for the monthly ingredient challenge: BACON! I already used bacon another month when I made my Apple, Bacon, and Cheddar Crostinis. I had no trouble coming up with another recipe. This month I added bacon to the classic granola bar, to create Peanut Butter, Maple, and Bacon Granola Bars!
The first thing I did was roast my oats and nuts.
Roasting both of these ingredients really brings out the flavour in them.
Almost any recipe with nuts deserves to have them roasted first!
I gathered the rest of my ingredients next. The combination of maple and bacon is phenonmenal *drool*. If you’ve never tried it, I urge you to try it one day!
The wet ingredients I used were honey, maple syrup and peanut butter. Then I used maple bacon to up the maple flavour (This Canadian can’t get enough!), and I used 1/2 dried cranberries, and 1/2 dried blueberries for my dried fruit.
It came out looking delicious!
My husband and daughter both loved the flavour in these unique granola bars. I’m SO glad I took the risk with this recipe.
Hope you like it!
Print the recipe below!
Peanut Butter, Maple, Bacon Granola Bars
A sweet granola treat. Everything is better with bacon!
Ingredients
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 8 slices maple bacon, cooked
- 1 cup dried fruit (cranberries and blueberries are great!)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Mix the oats, almonds, and walnuts. Lay flat on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
- Melt peanut butter slowly in a microwavable bowl.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together peanut butter, honey and maple syrup.
- In a large bowl, add liquid mixture to roasted ingredients. Also add dried fruit, and chopped bacon. Mix all ingredients together so that they are all moist and well combined.
- Cover 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper and pour ingredients into pan. Press down evenly.
- Cook at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Let cool. Cut apart and Enjoy!
These look quite tasty! I really like that you didn’t use any refined sugar, so this is a treat I’d be happy feeding to my kiddos! Pinned and sharing on Facebook later today :)
Those sound so good. I love all those flavors, and I bet they go great in granola bars. Mmmm… Pinned.
Yum! Great addition by adding bacon.
Oh my YUM! I’m more than a little obsessed with granola bars so I’m always searching for new recipes! Pinning to try asap!
Yay! So glad you liked it!! Enjoy :)
These look soo good Lindi! I often take a granola bar in my lunch box but have never tried making my own! Thanks for sharing your recipe, going to try it! Enjoy your weekend, friend!
Thanks! I got inspired by a friend who always makes her own granola bars :)
What a fantastic idea! I never would have thought of this but can’t wait to try it! Adding bacon to anything just makes it better :-)
Agreed! You can basically add bacon to anything! lol.
I eat granola bars almost every day, this is a must try recipe for me! The addition of bacon will make it much more satisfying!
I’m so glad! I hope you like it!!
I’ve been thinking about making granola bars this week as an easy and portable snack. These look wonderful, and I love the mix of dried berries.
Thank you Mary! The mixture of sweet and savoury is delicious in this mixture :)
Bacon in granola bars?! My husband is going to love you for this recipe! I love the addition of the maple syrup. Thanks for this Lindi!
Thanks Aspen! I’m glad you liked it! Hope your husband does too :)
I never would have thought to do this and now all I want to do is try it!
hahah, you should! It’s delicious!
LOVE that you added bacon to granola bars!!! The husband would totally love these for work snacks. Pinning now :)
He will! My hubby loved eating them :) Anything with Bacon, right?! lol
These sound and look delicious!
Thank you so much for stopping by. They are very good!
These look delightful! Can’t wait to try them!
Let me know what you think if you get a chance to try them!
oy vey is mir – now i’m hungry all over again! :D
haha. Food pictures will always make me hungry too!
Everything gets better with bacon. What a great idea to add bacon to a granola bar!
Haha, isn’t that true! Love bacon!!
This may be the only granola bars I may just get my husband to eat!
Haha – that’s exactly why I made them! Lol
yum! Thanks for linking up at #bloggersbrag Pinterest party!
Thank you :)
I LOVE granola bars but would have never thought to add bacon; but these look and sound amazing! Definitely will be trying soon!
I hope you like them!! The combination is delicious!
Pinned! Thank you for sharing with us at Merry Monday!
Thanks for pinning!
Hi Lindi,
These sound and look amazing! I luuuuurve bacon {obviously} and have been looking for a nice energy bar with bacon.
I’m going to definitely try these with loads of nuts!
Thanks! X
Yummm!! Sounds good! I’m so glad you liked the recipe!