These Paleo Banana Bars are great for snacking on. They are soft but not crumbly, moist, slightly sweet, and grain free. They’re made with real food ingredients like bananas, natural almond butter, almond flour, coconut flour, and honey. They’re practically perfect in every way.
I like them for an afternoon snack, and my college attending son likes them for on-the-go between class eating. I’ve mentioned before that I make a lot of bars for him, and I like to make a variety. I love that these bars provide him with some unrefined carbs as well as healthy fat and protein.
Yield: Makes 24 squares
Paleo Banana Bars
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup blanched almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 medium)
- 1/2 cup natural almond butter (unsweetened)
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the banana, almond butter, coconut oil, eggs, honey, and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until done in the center. Place the pan on a wire rack to cool before cutting.
Those definitely sound like my kind of bars, Linda! I love all the ingredients!
Shirley
Growing young men need the good carbs. 🙂 Nice recipe, Linda.
Yum! These look delicious! I love that they’re grain free!
I recently made these with pumpkin instead of banana. I wanted the flavor of fall. I added 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice and 1/4 cup of honey since the pumpkin isn’t sweet like the banana. They came out perfect! My whole family loved them. It was perfect. Thank you for developing this awesome and versatile recipe!
Linda,
When a recipe such as this one–Paleo Banana Bars–calls for “vanilla,” is that supposed to be liquid vanilla extract or solid vanilla bean powder?
Since each will affect the final texture of the bars differently, I never know for sure which vanilla product I should use. (Your FAQ page, by the way, does not answer this question either. I checked:)
–Mae, OTP in the ATL
Hi Mae. It refers to liquid vanilla extract.
What could be used in place of the almond and coconut flour?
Sorry, but there’s no good substitute.
I needed to do something with overripe bananas. I don’t like making muffins. This recipe worked beautifully and everyone love it. It’s like banana bread in a pan.