56 snack bar recipes

Chewy peanut butter bars stacked in three layers: a buttery cookie base, a gooey marshmallow middle, and a crunchy peanut butter, rice cereal, and peanut topping. A potluck and bake-sale crowd-pleaser.

Great and simple gift-idea! And the result tastes great as well.

These cake-like bars are great for breakfast or snack. For the filling, you can use whatever your favorite dried fruits to substitute the dates.

No-bake Cheerio bars with peanut butter and honey that come together in 20 minutes flat. Just 4 ingredients, no oven required. A crunchy, chewy snack kids can't resist.

These bars have been a family favorite for Mary Wilhelm of Sparta for decades.

One of my favourite bars! Easy to make, and they taste amazing!

These raspberry almond bars are not only good during Christmas...

Made a bunch of these cranberry chews at the weekend, and they were so good. I used half whole wheat flour, which I usually do when I bake. I also used 1/2 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup butter, and these bars came out wonderfully delicious. I have been enjoying them for breakfast and snack. I froze most of the bars. A great recipe.

These rich chocolate-toffee bars from Mary Lueke of Menasha were our top pick in the bar category.

Experimentation led Mary Ann Zarczynski of Franklin to create this recipe, which she described as "very rich and delicious."

Homemade power bars with whole wheat flour, peanut butter, molasses, sunflower seeds, raisins, and wheat germ. A dense, chewy energy snack that stores for days.

These cookies with a candy bar center, from Bev Bosveld of Waupun, are packed with coconut.

Chewy banana oat bars with cinnamon and raisins, made with no butter, no oil, and egg whites only. A wholesome grab-and-go snack or breakfast bar that cuts into 24 squares.

Kentucky Kernels fold chopped pecans into a bourbon-and-butter sugar cream, dropped by spoonfuls and chilled into bite-size Southern candies. A 4-ingredient holiday treat.

You can use any dried fruits, they will come out as delicious as these bars. Perfect for grap-go breakfast or snack.

These delicious bars are just like the name, crunchy, chocolaty and peanut buttery. They are so easy to make, and you can adjust the sweetness according to your own taste. Great for breakfast or snack.