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Making a childhood favorite today, homemade blueberry Nutri Grain bars.
As a kid, I loved Nutri Grain bars. I wasn’t really into sugary candies, potato chips, or other “kid” food, but I loved Nutri Grain bars. They were filled with fruity goodness and unlike like other snack bars, they were soft and had that fresh outta of the oven feel to them. Some days I would eat them as a quick breakfast, other days I’d snack on them after school.
As I got older, I slowly grew away from eating the Nutri Grain bars from the box, but that doesn’t mean I don’t get the cravings for one every now and again. <–don’t lie, you know you crave Oreos sometimes too…
In the first year of the blog I made these strawberry Nutri Grain bars (check them out for the strawberry goodness version, I’ve updated the recipe too) and had completely forgotten all about them.
Until now that is.
With everything happening with my Nonnie, it’s left me craving some childhood favorites. Sometimes when you feel kind of down all you really need to do to feel happy again is take yourself back to being a kid for a second.
I know it sounds silly, but trust me it works.
Thankfully, I have this amazing recipe, and my brothers, to bring out the kid out in me again and I could not be more grateful. And speaking of brothers, I just have to say what a life saver it’s been having Kai around (he’s staying at my parents house, which neighbors mine) to help with all the animals…hello to eight goats, thirteen chickens, and two cats. Could not be doing it all and keeping up with work (and life in general) without him. Family is truly the best and I love that mine is always there for each other for the ups and the downs.
Anyway, with back to school time right around the corner (little miss Asher goes back the 24th of August) my cravings for homemade Nutri Grain bars could not have come at a better time because these are perfect for an on the go breakfast or snack packed up for school!
And while you might think it would be hard to make something like these bars at home, it could not be more opposite.
These are actually incredibly quick and easy to make. Yeah!
Okay. Here’s how this recipe does down.
The dough is made up of two of my favorite Bob’s Red Mill ingredients, whole grain flour and old fashioned oats. If there are two baking ingredients I use most often, it’s probably these two.
The secret to the dough however? Greek yogurt. This is what keeps the bars from becoming crunchy, and instead leaves them incredibly soft and moist. I know it sounds a little weird, but trust me, after testing this recipe multiple times, it’s the Greek yogurt that is key!
For the filling, I made a simple homemade blueberry jam, because I had literally buckets of blueberries that were beginning to wrinkle, so jam it was! You can of course use store-bought jam too…and any flavor works!
These are delicious fresh out of the oven or packed up for snacks throughout the day. You can even freeze them and then thaw when you need something super quick!
And lastly? I just have to say that I made these again on Sunday solely for the purpose of wanting to bake up something comforting and it made my whole vibe just happier.
Bottom line? Bake up a childhood favorite, put a smile on…and maybe do something silly too. Sometimes we all just need to be carefree kids again…
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
With fruity Nutri Grain bars in hand. Obviously.
{This post is sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep Half Baked Harvest cooking!}