Chewy Macadamia Nut, Pineapple, Banana, and Coconut Granola Bars
Soft, chewy, and oh so delicious! These Macadamia Nut, Pineapple, Banana, and Coconut Granola Bars with White Chocolate are the perfect sweet treat all year long. Great for breakfast or a quick snack when you're on the go! SO. GOOD.
Ingredients
Granola Bars
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats, toasted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cups macadamia nuts, chopped
- 1 ¼ cups banana chips, broken
- 2 ½ cups coconut flakes
- ¾ cup dried pineapple, chopped
- ⅓ cup water
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup coconut oil
Chocolate
- 1 cup white chocolate
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
Instructions
- Line an 8" square pan with parchment paper.
- Spray lightly with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, salt, macadamias, banana chips, coconut chips, and pineapple. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, combine water, corn syrup, honey, and 1/4 cup coconut oil.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring continually, to 244° F.
- Remove from heat.
- Pour over dry ingredients.
- Stir together.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Using the bottom of a greased measuring cup or the back of a spoon, press mixture evenly into pan.
- Once cooled and set, lift out of pan.
- Using a sharp knife, cut into bars.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the white chocolate with 1 Tablespoon coconut oil, stirring every 15 seconds.
- Dip each bar into chocolate mixture and set on parchment paper lined sheet pan to set.
Notes
Substitutions:
- If you would like to make these granola bars vegan, you can use agave instead of honey, as well as your favorite vegan white chocolate!
- If you don't like macadamia nuts, cashews make a wonderful substitute.
- You can use dark chocolate or milk chocolate with these granola bars instead of white chocolate.
- Any tropical dried fruit can be added to these granola bars for a fun addition! We love stirring in a small amount of dried mango, apricots, peaches, and even golden raisins.
- The oats and the macadamia nuts for this recipe need to be toasted!
- You will need old fashioned rolled oats. Do not use instant oatmeal.
- The syrup for this recipe needs to be around 244 degrees F, but no higher than 248 degrees F.
- The granola bars should be set in about 1-2 hours, depending on temperature. It may take longer. Once the bars are cold/room temperature, you will be able to cut them, but not sooner!
- If you have leftover white chocolate, feel free to drizzle some over the tops of these granola bars.
- The granola bars can be cut into squares for bite sized snacks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1barCalories: 690kcalCarbohydrates: 71gProtein: 6gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 26gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 92mgPotassium: 345mgFiber: 8gSugar: 53gVitamin A: 13IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 3mg
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.