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Peanut Butter, Maple & Bacon Granola Bars

Peanut Butter, Maple, and Bacon Granola Bars

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! 

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!

Peanut Butter, Maple, and Bacon Granola Bars

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.

Peanut Butter, Maple, and Bacon Granola Bars

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!

Peanut Butter, Maple, and Bacon Granola Bars
Peanut Butter, Maple, and Bacon Granola Bars
Peanut Butter, Maple, and Bacon Granola Bars

Print the recipe below!

Peanut Butter, Maple, Bacon Granola Bars

Peanut Butter, Maple, Bacon Granola Bars

Yield: 24
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

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

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Mix the oats, almonds, and walnuts. Lay flat on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
  3. Melt peanut butter slowly in a microwavable bowl.
  4. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together peanut butter, honey and maple syrup.
  5. 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.
  6. Cover 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper and pour ingredients into pan. Press down evenly.
  7. Cook at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
  8. Let cool. Cut apart and Enjoy!


Heidi

Tuesday 12th of May 2015

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

Lindivs

Tuesday 12th of May 2015

Yummm!! Sounds good! I'm so glad you liked the recipe!

Amanda

Wednesday 6th of May 2015

Pinned! Thank you for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

Lindivs

Wednesday 6th of May 2015

Thanks for pinning!

Sydney @ Tastefully Frugal

Tuesday 5th of May 2015

I LOVE granola bars but would have never thought to add bacon; but these look and sound amazing! Definitely will be trying soon!

Lindivs

Wednesday 6th of May 2015

I hope you like them!! The combination is delicious!

Jenn

Tuesday 5th of May 2015

yum! Thanks for linking up at #bloggersbrag Pinterest party!

Lindivs

Wednesday 6th of May 2015

Thank you :)

Maria Hass

Thursday 30th of April 2015

This may be the only granola bars I may just get my husband to eat!

Lindivs

Thursday 30th of April 2015

Haha - that's exactly why I made them! Lol

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