I’m rambling on about oat flour because I found the most perfect recipe to try it out on. These chocolate chip banana oat bites are my new favorite food obsession. It has kicked my ABC smoothie off the top spot. Not only are these bites delicious, each square is under 200 calories, low in fat, and gluten free. The added bananas give these bites a banana bread like taste and texture without all the added fat and sugar that comes along with grandmas banana bread.
Chocolate Chip Banana Oat Bites
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cup Oats
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 3 medium Ripe Bananas
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp Honey
- 2 Tbsp Brown sugar
- ¼ cup Chocolate Chips
For the topping
- 2 Tbsp Chocolate Chips
- 2 Tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Prepare an 8x8 baking dish by spraying with nonstick cooking spray.
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Prepare oat flour: pour oats into a blender or food processor, and blend until oats resemble a powder. You may need to stop and stir up the oats to ensure all oats have been well blended.
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Combine oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.
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In a separate bowl, or blender, mix together bananas, apple sauce, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and honey.
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Add to oat flour mixture until everything is combined.
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Gently fold in your chocolate chips to the mixture and spread your mixture evenly over your prepared baking dish.
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Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until done. Once done, let cool on a wire rack.
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In a small dish, following the instructions on your chocolate chip packaging, heat up chocolate chips and drizzle over the top of the bars. Place peanut butter in a separate dish and microwave for 20 seconds, stir and another 10 seconds. Drizzle over the top of your bars.
Storage
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After I cut these up, I stored half of them in the freezer and half of them in my fridge. These are good straight out of the fridge, or warmed up with your morning coffee as a morning snack.
Enjoy!
Megan McGinnis says
These look so delicious and I love the ingredients. I will be making a point to make these ASAP!