Keto Granola Bars Recipe - Ketofocus (2024)

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What granola bars can you eat on keto? ›

Granola Bar Recipe Ingredients

Natural peanut or cashew butter – It helps bind the bars together, and it adds protein, healthy fats, and irresistible nutty flavor. Whole rolled oats – They give these bars a perfect chewy texture.

New and Improved Recipe for 2024!

For those wanting the occasional change from toast, our low-carb and keto-friendly (Just 2g carbs per serving) granola is just the ticket. This Natural flavour granola is packed with fibre, is a source of protein and will keep you going right through to lunchtime.

to not go overboard with your mix-ins otherwise your bars will fall apart (always happens to me..). that if your mixture seems too dry to add a bit of water (start with just 1 tsp) to get a stickier consistency. that if your mixture seems too wet to add more oats/oat flour/shredded coconut/or other dry ingredient.

In other words, RXBARs are not keto-friendly. By definition, the main requirement of the keto diet is to stay in ketosis. Eating too many carbs inevitably kicks you out of ketosis.

While there are several different sticky ingredients that you can use, we've found that the binding agent that works the best is honey! When added to your homemade granola bars, honey acts as glue that sticks all the pieces together.

Add an egg white.

The whites act as a kind of glue that binds the ingredients together. To ensure that the egg whites coat all the ingredients, I beat them with a whisk until foamy and increased in volume, which makes it much easier to fold into the granola.

While the oats and nuts bake, you can make the sticky glue that holds our bars together. You'll melt butter, honey, and brown sugar in a saucepan and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Mix this sticky mixture with the toasted oats and nuts. Allow everything to cool, and then toss in dried fruit and chocolate chips.

The less restrictive approach may also suit those who like to eat out or cook larger meals for a family. However, as the lazy keto diet does not always induce ketosis, it may not promote weight loss as effectively as the traditional keto diet.

Halo Top's Keto Series

This keto ice cream comes in a variety of flavors, in pints and pops, from Mint Chocolate Cookie to Banana Cream Pie. These options have about 4–10 grams of net carbs per pint, so you can enjoy them and stay in ketosis.

Is there a cheat day on keto? ›

Keto practitioners say that you can absolutely have cheat days while observing keto. But it's important that you do it right to stay in ketosis and on track with your weight loss goals.

If your granola bars are falling apart or seem too crumbly, here are a few tips. Make sure you use honey or another sticky sweetener such as maple syrup in the liquid part of the recipe; this recipe calls for honey. This will help bind together the ingredients and keep that signature bar shape.

Clumpy Granola Method: Add Egg White

The egg white is whisked until frothy (20 to 30 seconds will do it), then stirred into the oat mixture. The idea is that the egg's protein will help the oats bind to each other and create delicate clusters.

Nature Valley bars are not keto compatible, are likely to have a severe impact on ketosis, and we recommend avoiding entirely.

Quaker Chewy granola bars are not keto compatible, are likely to have a severe impact on your ketosis, and we recommend avoiding entirely. Instead, try Keto Bars, our favorite ultra low-carb, high fat, delicious snack bars with no hidden carbs or added sugar!