Trail Mix Granola Bars

These Trail Mix Granola Bars are chewy, satisfying, and endlessly customizable. The bars are packed with wholesome ingredients like nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and a touch of chocolate, all held together with a naturally sweetened, no-bake base. Think of these as your favorite nostalgic granola bar—but made with real, simple ingredients you can feel good about.

If you’ve ever grabbed a store-bought chewy granola bar on your way out the door, you already know how convenient they are, but making them at home is a total game-changer. These healthy granola bars are perfect for busy mornings, lunchboxes, road trips, or anytime you need a quick grab-and-go snack. Bonus: these bars are TOTALLY toddler-approved.

Why You’ll Love These

Trail Mix Granola Bars check all the boxes when it comes to an everyday staple snack:

• No-bake and super simple to make
• Easily customizable with whatever you have on hand
• Naturally sweetened and made with wholesome fats
• Great for meal prep and storing in the fridge or freezer
• Perfect balance of chewy, crunchy, sweet, and salty

This recipe is a great way to clean out your pantry, just mix and match your favorite trail mix add-ins.

Ingredients & What You Need to Know

How to Make Trail Mix Granola Bars

These come together quickly and require no baking—just a little mixing and chilling.

1. Toast the nuts and seeds: This step adds extra flavor, but you can skip it if you’re short on time. *optional

2. Mix the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, combine the nuts, seeds, oats, chia seeds, coconut, dried fruit, chocolate, and seasonings.

3. Warm the wet ingredients: Gently heat the honey, nut butter, and vanilla until smooth and pourable.

4. Combine everything: Pour the warm mixture over the dry ingredients and stir until fully coated.

5. Press and set: Transfer to a parchment paper-lined pan and press firmly into an even layer—this step is key for bars that hold together.

6. Chill until firm: Refrigerate (or freeze) until set, then slice into bars or squares.

Easy Variations

Once you’ve made these once, you can switch things up endlessly:

• Swap honey for maple syrup to make them vegan
• Use only seeds for a nut-free version
• Add mini chocolate chips or cacao nibs
• Mix in protein powder for a more filling snack
• Add spices like pumpkin pie spice or cardamom for a seasonal twist

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• 1/2 cup seeds of choice I used 1/4 cup sunflower seeds and 1/4 cup pepitas
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts I did a mix of chopped walnuts, pecans, and almonds
• 1/2 cup gluten-free oats
• 1 teaspoon chia seeds
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes
• Pinch of sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon or apple/pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 cup cranberries
• 1/4 cup dried pineapple cut into smaller chunks if large
• 2 tablespoons chocolate chunks
• 1/3 cup raw honey reduce by 2 teaspoons if you don’t like much sweetness
• 1/4 cup nut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Toast seeds/nuts on a sheet pan a 350°F for 5 minutes (optional).

• In a large bowl combine the seeds, nuts, oats, chia seeds, coconut, sea salt, dried fruit, and chocolate.

• In a sauce pan over medium heat, heat honey, nut butter, and vanilla for 1 minute. Pour over the nut mixture and mix to combine.

• Pour into a loaf pan or a small sheet pan lined with parchment paper and flatten with a greased spatula.

• Refrigerate or freeze until hard enough to cut. Store in refrigerator.

For paleo, omit oats.
For vegan, sub honey for maple syrup.
6 large bars or 12 small bars

Serving: 8gCalories: 197kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 5gFat: 11.7gSaturated Fat: 3.6gSodium: 72mgFiber: 3gSugar: 12g

This post was historically sponsored by Nuts.com. As a reminder, I have and will continue to only work with brands that I 100% use in my own kitchen and personally support!