These delicious, dairy free blackberry breakfast bars with hazelnuts make a fantastic low sugar breakfast or healthy snack/lunchbox idea your children will love!
This delicious blackberry breakfast bars recipe contains only 6 ingredients and takes minutes to put together.
How to make healthy blackberry breakfast bars
Start by preheating the oven and combining the ‘dry’ ingredients, i.e. oats, hazelnuts and flaxseed. In a saucepan combine the blackberries, coconut oil and honey, bring to boil, then simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent the mixture sticking to the pan.
Then simply pour the fruit mixture into the dry ingredients and stir thoroughly. Transfer the whole thing into the prepared baking tin and pack in tightly. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before cutting into bars.
I made these bars several times until I was happy with the proportions. I wanted the bars to be moist as well as sweet enough to be enjoyed as breakfast bars, healthy snack bars and even dessert bars. And they are!
These semi-sweet hazelnut bars with blackberries are dairy free and do not contain any refined sugar. They are full of oat, nut, seed and fruity goodness making them an ideal healthy breakfast on-the-go.
The mild coconut flavour (from the coconut oil) goes extremely well with the blackberries and even my children, who aren’t usually keen on coconut recipes, didn’t grumble.
Can I make this breakfast bars recipe vegan
Yes, you can! Simply swap the honey for agave or maple syrup or another vegan friendly sweetener.
How to store these oat bars
Once you have cooled and cut this blackberry oat bake into bars place them in an air tight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
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Blackberry Breakfast Bars with Hazelnuts
Ingredients
- 250 g blackberries roughly chopped
- 80 g hazelnuts lightly crushed
- 200 g rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons whole flaxseed
- 4 tablespoons honey alternatively agave or maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 F/ 170 C/ gas mark 3. lightly grease and line a 20x20 cm baking tin with non-stick paper.
- In a large bowl combine the oats, hazelnuts and flaxseed and set aside.
- In a saucepan heat up the blackberries, honey (or agave or maple syrup if you prefer) and coconut oil. Simmer for 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Pour into the oat mixture and stir thoroughly to combine. Pack the mixture tightly into the tin and bake for 20 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into bars. Yields approx. 10 bars.
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Hi, I am Monika, welcome to Everyday Healthy Recipes! This blog is all about creatively simple recipes with a healthy twist, old classics with a modern take, and an occasional Polish dish thrown into the mix - all easy to make, healthy and delicious, perfect for everyday cooking. 
Safia says
December 8, 2016 at 1:05 amMmm, these sound delish! I have raspberries so I’ll have to try with that. Two Qs: 1/ any suggestions what could replace oats for a gluten-free version? I was thinking coconut flour but I’ve heard it’s very drying so I’d have to increase the wet ingredients. 2/ have you tried these raw, firmed up in the fridge?
Monika says
December 8, 2016 at 8:14 amThanks for getting in touch! The only gluten free alternatives I can think of are quinoa and rice flakes, but the texture wouldn’t be the same so the proportions might not work. Unfortunately I can’t really recommend anything and promise it will work as I haven’t tried anything other than oats myself. Maybe a mixture of ground almonds and coconut flakes? No, I haven’t tried these raw, but the coconut flake/almond combination might work. Let me know how you got on:)
safia says
December 9, 2016 at 1:31 pmHi Monika,
So I made these yesterday, substituting with raspberries, pumpkin seeds instead of flax seeds, maple syrup as sweetener, and coconut flour instead of oats –– this I used in less quantity as most recipes I looked up didnt use much of it. I just blitzed everything in my food processor, and then baked as you suggested. I dont think baking had much of an impact, they still werent firm, so I just refrigerated them. They do taste really good, a bit soft instead of the chewy-ness you generally tend to expect from a breakfast bar, but nonetheless a good breakfast option. Thanks for the recipe!
Monika says
December 9, 2016 at 2:43 pmThank you for letting me know Safia! I am glad you made the recipe your own and that it turned out ok:)
Hinal shah says
September 6, 2016 at 7:30 pmWhat might be the shelf life of these yummmieee bars…!!! N also did u used dried black berries or the fresh ones…?? Thank u…pls reply…waiting…:)
monidab@gmail.com says
September 6, 2016 at 7:56 pmI am not exactly sure about their shelf life, they got eaten pretty quickly (I have 3 boys!), but I wouldn’t keep them longer than 3 days. I used fresh fruit in this recipe so I think they may be a bit dry after a while. Perhaps they would stay fresh longer in the fridge. Hope that helps:)
Hinal shah says
September 6, 2016 at 8:11 pmThank you….can i use dried black berries…?? As fresh ones r not available here…?? If no then any other options do i have…??? I jus love ur bars…pls help
monidab@gmail.com says
September 6, 2016 at 8:33 pmI would use another fresh fruit that’s available where you are rather than dried berries otherwise the bars might be too dry. I hope it works out ok:)
Hinal shah says
September 6, 2016 at 8:47 pmThank u so much…!!!
monidab@gmail.com says
September 6, 2016 at 9:09 pmAll the best:)
Katie Bryson (@cookingkt) says
August 31, 2016 at 1:02 pmWhat a great idea for lunch boxes and also to use up all those brambles that are popping up in the hedges now. Thanks so much for hooking up with this month’s Simple and in Season 🙂 xxx
monidab@gmail.com says
August 31, 2016 at 2:48 pmThanks Katie! I’ll be making another batch of these soon, it’s back to school and back to lunch boxes in exactly 5 days:)
hijackedbytwins says
August 8, 2016 at 9:53 amI adore the colour of these breakfast bars, they look so pretty and sound so yummy! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
monidab@gmail.com says
August 8, 2016 at 11:22 amThank you Kirsty, blackberries are a great natural dye, which I love:)
Mandy Mazliah says
August 5, 2016 at 8:08 amYum – these look gorgeous! I quite often make oat bars but I haven’t tried with blackberries. #CookBlogShare
monidab@gmail.com says
August 5, 2016 at 8:16 amThanks Mandy!
Midge Peacock says
August 3, 2016 at 10:34 amThese look lovely! such a pretty colour too! We have a massive bramble patch in the garden this year so I am definitely going to have a go at these! Pinned for later! x
monidab@gmail.com says
August 3, 2016 at 10:38 amThanks Midge, I envy you the bramble patch:)