07/02/2012 10 Comments
This past weekend, we headed to the beautiful Kern River area and set up tent at a campsite right next to the water.
We went water rafting.
We got thrown off our raft after we hit a rock and went down this rapid on my back. Ouch!
It wouldn’t be camping without making any smores. We did a twist on the classic and made marshmallow and reeses peanut butter cups smores 🙂
But more on that fun camping trip later…..
I want to give you a recipe for a delicious snack bar. I made these to bring as snacks while we were camping.
They were chewy and moist. It had banana chips, toasted coconuts and dark chocolate chips….all the above, I love!!
Chunky Monkey Snack Bars
Ingredients:
- 2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped dried banana chips
- 1/2 cup toasted coconuts
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray 8″ X 8″ baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine ingredients until smooth.
- Spread batter in prepared baking pan and bake for approximately 25-30 minutes until bars are cooked all the way through.
- Let bars cool completely in pan before cutting. I let the bar cool overnight and they come out chewy.
Filed Under: Recipes, Snack Bars, Snacks, Weekend Getaway Tagged With: kern river area
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IHeartVegetables says: 07/03/2012 at 6:21 am
YUM! Those sound so good!!!
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07/03/2012 at 7:37 am
I love all these flavors too! Recently I’ve been obsessed with the banana chips from Trader Joe’s, and this seems like a great recipe for them.
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- cravesadventure says:
07/03/2012 at 8:06 am
Love your s’more recipe and those snack bars – YUMMERS:)
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- Lynn @ The Actor's Diet says:
so happy for this recipe! thanks!
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- Shanna, like Banana says:
07/03/2012 at 8:18 am
I’ve whitewater rafted the Kern R too! Except it was like in 2004 and I LOVED it!
Those bars have my name on it — please return to owner 😉
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- KatsHealthCorner says:
07/03/2012 at 8:43 pm
Oh my gosh — those sound AMAZING!!!! 😀
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- The Healthy Epicurean says:
07/04/2012 at 1:33 pm
I love all things coconut also. These sounds soooo delicious – I have to try them out 🙂
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- kat says:
07/07/2012 at 7:36 pm
peanut butter cup smores! the best!!! 🙂
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- withasideofhope says:
07/09/2012 at 5:15 am
Those bars look amazing! 🙂
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- Erica says:
07/10/2012 at 10:47 am
I make Jenna (eat live run)’s banana chocolate chip bars alllll the time. These are similar, but I love the coconut addition- yum! What a cool weekend. For some reason…your blog found its way out of my reader!
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