These Oatmeal Strawberry Bars are easy, healthy, and fruit-filled thanks to the Strawberry Chia Jam made from fresh-picked strawberries. Plus, they are topped with an oatmeal crumble, adding that extra bit of crunch!
Can you freeze these oatmeal bars?
Yes!
- Once baked, let the bars cool completely.
- Cut into 9 squares, tightly wrap each bar in plastic, and place in a large plastic freezer storage bag.
- Place in the freezer for up to 3 months.
How to Make Strawberry Oatmeal Bars
*Please read detailed and printable recipe card below for full ingredients and instructions.
Assemble Your Bars
- Grind your oats, sea salt, and baking powder in a food processor. and then add your wet ingredients and process until the mixture is combined. (Photos 1 & 2)
- Take your oatmeal ingredients, reserving some for the topping and spread evenly in a square pan. Press down to create your base. (Photos 3)
- Then spread some Strawberry Chia Jam oatmeal base. (Photo 4)
- Top it off with the remainder of the oatmeal mixture. Bake for 15 minutes and then cut into squares. (Photo 4)
Substitution, Cook, & Storage Tips
- These bars work with any type of fruit jam. Try these bars with my Crockpot Apple Butter recipe!
- Allow the mixture to cool for at least 10 minutes when it comes out of the oven. This will make it easier to cut into bars.
- Bars taste best the day after baking, so be sure to make these at the beginning of the week to enjoy for breakfast!
- Will store in the fridge for 3-4 days, or you can freeze for longer storage, as noted above. To reheat, place in a 350-degree oven for 5-10 minutes.
How Does This Recipe Help With Vegan Weight Gain?
These are bars you can eat regularly. Oats are slow-burning complex carbohydrates so they are the perfect type of carbs to eat for vegan gains.
These bars also have 5 grams of protein per serving so meal prep these bars and have them as a post-workout snack or quick breakfast.
How Does This Recipe Help With Vegan Weight Loss?
To make this more weight loss (waste/weight release friendly) you could:
- Cut them into 12 bars.
- Omit the sugar in the strawberry jam, especially if you buy strawberries in season.
- Use a sugar substitute like monkfruit or erythritol.
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Oatmeal Strawberry Bars
Ingredients
- 3 cups old fashioned oats note 2
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon himilayan pink sea salt
- 2 medium riped bananas, smashed
- ¼ cup coconut nectar (or whatever liquid sweetener you have on hand)
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 1 cup Strawberry Chia Jam note 1
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Grab your oats, sea salt, and baking powder and grind them up in a food processor.
- Next add your smashed banana, coconut nectar, and coconut oil to your food processor.
- Process until mixture is combined and sticky.
- Grab a small square 9 x 9 inch pan and line with parchment paper (for easier clean up) Take about ⅔ of your mixture and press down into pan firmly.
- Then grab your Strawberry Chia Jam and add on top of oatmeal mixture spreading evenly.
- Top with the remaining oatmeal mixture, crumbling evenly on top of the Strawberry Chia Jam spread.
- Put in oven and bake for about 15 minutes until top is golden brown. Once it's done, remove from heat and allow bars to cool for 10 minutes before serving.
- Will last in refrigerator for about 3 to 4 days and in the freezer for about 3 months.
Video
Notes
- JAM: These bars work with any type of fruit jam. Try these bars with my Crockpot Apple Butter recipe!
- OATS: If you have a gluten sensitivity, make sure you use Certified Gluten Free Oats.
Nutrition
Update Notes: This post was originally published in June 3, 2018, but was republished with new photos, step by step instructions, tips, and a video May 6, 2019.
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corie
hi, i just made these and had to keep them in the oven for way longer to brown on top. they’re still not crispy or bar like. any idea why?
Gina Marie
The are not meant to be crispy. However once cool, you should be able to cut them into bars.
carla kilic
hello, i have not tried the recipe because the nutrition facts are terrifying ~ the saturated fat is 100% of the daily recommended allowance, am i reading that correctly? So no more fat the entire DAY because i ate a strawberry oatmeal bar???
Gina Marie
That is because coconut oil is high in saturated fat and that is what was used in this recipe. You can always omit the oil entirely, lower the oil, or use a poly or mono oil. Saturated is more heat stable which is why I use it in baking (coconut oil or vegan butter) and it is less likely to oxidize when heated at high temperature. With any recipe you find online (not just my site), you can adjust it to your needs. Also these nutrition facts are only an estimate and each calorie tool will compute different ratios. If you do not want to consume that much fat and/or not highly physical active and that much fat is terrifying, simply omit the oil and replace it with something else liquid so that the bars will not be dry. Hope that helps.