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    Pumpkin Butter Energy Bars

    Pumpkin Butter Energy Bars recipe || Forget buying bland, costly granola bars at the grocery store. Making a batch at home is easy, way cheaper, and incredibly delicious! || @thismessisours #nobake #granolabars #energybars
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    Pumpkin Butter Energy Bars recipe || Forget buying bland, costly granola bars at the grocery store. Making a batch at home is easy, way cheaper, and incredibly delicious! || @thismessisours #nobake #granolabars #energybars

    Forget store bought energy bars that cost $5 a box and often taste like crap. This crave worthy pumpkin butter energy bars recipe come together in a flash with no baking required and taste incredible! 

    Pumpkin Butter Energy Bars recipe || Forget buying bland, costly granola bars at the grocery store. Making a batch at home is easy, way cheaper, and incredibly delicious! || @thismessisours #nobake #granolabars #energybars

    These little bars are a family favorite for fall around here. Todd takes them for his car rides to work, I snack on them while I'm getting everyone out of the door in the mornings, and the kids enjoy them straight from their lunch boxes. While I have used homemade pumpkin butter to make these before more often than not I reach for a jar of Trader Joe's pumpkin butter for the convenience factor. Any way you dish up this energy bars recipe, they are sure to be a hit!

    Pumpkin Butter Energy Bars recipe || Forget buying bland, costly granola bars at the grocery store. Making a batch at home is easy, way cheaper, and incredibly delicious! || @thismessisours #nobake #granolabars #energybars

    If you’ve tried this Pumpkin Butter Energy Bars Recipe, I would be so grateful if you would rate it. Let me know what you think in the comments below. I just love hearing from you, and your reviews and comments really help others that visit This Mess is Ours!

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    Make a batch of these at the beginning of the week, wrap them individually in plastic wrap and store them in the fridge for easy breakfasts and snacks to take on the go. Just be sure to let them come to room temp before you eat them because they really harden up in the fridge!

    Don’t forget to rate the recipe, and let me know what you think about these Pumpkin Butter Energy Bars in the comments below. I just love hearing from you. Your reviews/comments really help other people that visit This Mess is Ours!

    • Author: This Mess Is Ours
    • Prep Time: 10 mins
    • Cook Time: 13 mins
    • Total Time: 23 mins
    • Yield: 12 bars 1x
    • Category: On the go
    • Method: baked
    • Cuisine: snack food

    Ingredients

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    • 1 cup pecans, chopped
    • 1 cup gluten-free oats
    • ⅓ cup pepitas
    • ¼ cup slivered almonds
    • ⅔ cup light brown sugar
    • ¼ cup honey
    • ¼ cup pumpkin butter
    • 4 tablespoons salted butter
    • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 2 cups puffed brown rice cereal
    • ½ cup dried cranberries

    Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the pecans, oats, pepitas, and almonds on the sheet and bake about 8 minutes or until fragrant. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
    2. In a saucepan, bring the sugar, honey, pumpkin butter, butter, and salt to a boil over medium heat. Make a light caramel sauce by simmering until the sugar dissolves completely, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and pour the caramel over the nut and oat mixture. Stir in the brown rice cereal and the cranberries until evenly coated.
    3. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, extend the paper over the sides of the pan to use as a handle later. Pour the cereal mixture into the baking dish and spread out into an even layer. Cover the pan with a second piece of parchment and press down very firmly to compress the bars so that they don't fall apart when you remove them from the pan. Let the mixture stand for about 2 hours until firm.
    4. Discard the top piece of parchment and use the "handles" from the second piece of parchment to gently remove the cereal square from the pan then cut the squares into 12 equal size bars and serve.

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 bar
    • Calories: 283
    • Sugar: 18.1 g
    • Sodium: 137.4 mg
    • Fat: 12.7 g
    • Carbohydrates: 38.4 g
    • Protein: 6 g
    • Cholesterol: 10.2 mg

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    What are the health benefits of oats?

    Oats are a gluten free grain that is packed with protein and fiber. The numerous amount of vitamins and minerals in oats makes them a great alternative to other grains. Among others, magnesium, iron, zinc, and Vitamin B are highly concentrated in oats. All of these positive nutrients help to lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels, promote gut health, and reduce constipation.

    Click here for more information on the health benefits of oats.

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    Is it cheaper to make your own protein bars?

    For most, it is much cheaper to make your own energy bars than to buy them in a box from the grocery store. Additionally, you have full control over the ingredients, making them far healthier for you.

    How do you get energy bars to stick together?

    Adding sugar or honey to the ingredients will help your homemade energy bars stick together. Make sure to let them sit for a few hours so the ingredients can congeal.

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    1. Mick Victor says

      December 30, 2017 at 8:18 pm

      Hi Meg,

      It's Mick Victor your previous neighbor o Prospect. I'm wondering if you can shoot me a recipe for a good all around "energy" bar that I can make at home without a lot of fuss. I buy a bunch of these things, Cliff Bars, Trader Joe's bars but would love to make a bunch on the weekend and have them throughout the week. I like a little [not too much] sweet. Most all the grains and nuts are good except I don't like big fat bulbous nuts in there and I love cranberries and apricots. Anything? PS Happy New Year to you guys!

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      • thismess says

        January 02, 2018 at 4:24 pm

        Hey Mick! Happy New Year!!! We love making homemade energy bars, store bought versions are so expensive and honestly don't taste nearly as delicious. These pumpkin butter energy bars are a personal favorite of mine, but they are on the sweeter side. However, they are super customizable so you can substitute your favorite fruits and nuts in them no problem. Click here for the original energy bar recipe that I tweaked to make these pumpkin butter ones. I have also made them with dried mandarins before which is incredible and since I am a huge PB&J fan I have made a version inspired by those flavors as well.
        If you like Lara Bars we have lots of versions of those because they are Todd's personal favorite! You can find a full tutorial here with the recipe for our White Chocolate & Cranberry Oatmeal Cookie Lara Bar. These are so easy to customize and only take about 10 minutes to make. We love recreating healthy versions of our favorite desserts with them, but you can make them a bit more savory if you like. Here is a list of all of the versions we have made over the years!
        Thin Mint Lara Bars
        Carrot Cake Raw Bars
        Oatmeal Cookie Raw Bars
        Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Raw Bars
        Snickerdoodle Lara Bars
        Coconut Cranberry Lara Bars
        Almond Joy Lara Bars

        I can't wait to hear what you come up with!!

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    2. Luis says

      December 18, 2017 at 11:11 pm

      Very energetic

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    3. Cheryl Landolt says

      October 02, 2017 at 1:17 pm

      Pumpkin butter in crock pot..raw bars tonight 🙂

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      • thismess says

        October 16, 2017 at 9:05 pm

        I am so glad you like the bars!!

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