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Honey-Sweetened Almond Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Chewy, no-bake, gluten-free granola bars made simply with oats, almonds, almond butter or peanut butter and chocolate chips. Delicious, healthy snacks that are great for traveling or whenever hunger strikes! Recipe yields 14 to 16 bars.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Honey-Sweetened Almond Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Why it works: Almond and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Honey-Sweetened Almond Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

14 to 16 bars
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

559Calories
15 gProtein
26 gFat
69 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By cookieandkate. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Almond + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  5. Oats + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, almond, chocolate, cinnamon, butter, honey, vanilla):

  1. Flaxseedfits better
  2. Hazelnutfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, chocolate, cinnamon, butter, honey, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.