ok but these oat bars actually ate 🐝✨
no thoughts, just snacks. these Chocolate Mānuka Honey Oat Bars are lowkey the easiest win in your kitchen — chewy, golden, and packed with that good kaha (energy) to get the tamariki through the day. real ones know.
best part? it’s basically a hang-out activity disguised as baking. let the kids press it down, drizzle the choc, eat half the macadamias before they hit the bowl. it’s the vibe.
no maccas? no cranberries? no stress, bestie. this recipe is forgiving — raid the pantry and swap in whatever you’ve got. coconut, dried fruit, nuts, seeds — make it yours. there’s no wrong way to do this.
ingredients
the base
• 25g melted butter
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup Kai Ora Mānuka Honey
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 cups oats
• 2 Tb flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup roughly chopped macadamias
• ¼ cup cranberries
• ¼ cup desiccated coconut
• ½ cup chopped milk chocolate
the drizzle (non-negotiable)
• ¼ cup white chocolate buttons, melted
method
1. dry team first. Tip all your dry ingredients into a big mixing bowl and make a well in the centre.
2. wet team next. Mix the wet ingredients in a small bowl, pour into the dry, and gently stir till it all comes together.
3. press + bake. Add to a lined baking pan and press down firmly. Bake at 180°C for around 20 mins. Leave it in the tin until completely cooled — patience, bestie.
4. the drizzle moment. Drizzle with melted white chocolate, then slice into bars.
Store in an airtight container (if they last that long 👀).
Made with Kai Ora Mānuka Honey — kaitiakitanga in every jar. Look after the bee, and the bee looks after us. 🐝