Afternoon Snack Bars

I get a crazy sweet tooth every afternoon. While I would love to eat cookies and sweets every day, I would also like to fit through doorways. I’m trying to cut back on sugar and increase protein and fiber. These bars have tons of “healthy” ingredients: oats, banana, peanut butter, and chia! I hope that they will satisfy my insatiable sweet tooth.

[Update: These bars taste healthy.  They have a cake-like texture, but are still strangely dense.  I give them a 4/10.  Blegh.]

Afternoon Snack Bars
Makes 12 bars

Ingredients:
2 bananas
1 egg
1/2 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
4 Tbsp chia seeds
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325º. Line a 9×9 baking dish with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Mash the bananas. Add the egg, Greek yogurt, peanut butter, and vanilla to it. Mix until smooth. Stir together the remaining ingredients. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Spread the batter into the baking dish.

Bake for 20-25 minutes. Let them cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely. Cut into 12 bars and wrap individually. Store them in the fridge.