These carrot cake oatmeal bars take the delicious flavors from a fan favorite dessert and turn them into breakfast bars with wholesome ingredients. They feature fresh carrot, warming spices, natural sweetness from maple syrup, and a tasty yogurt topping.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Carrot cake breakfast bars put the classic carrot cake flavor in breakfast form—a recipe the whole family can enjoy together!
- The yogurt topping is a great addition to this sweet breakfast.
- It is a well balanced breakfast recipe featuring whole grains, healthy fats, and protein.
- These carrot cake oatmeal bars are a great option for a healthy breakfast but are also great to have on hand for a quick snack.
- This recipe is perfect to make during the Spring and Easter seasons.
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Ingredient Notes
- Shredded carrots - you can shred your own carrots using a box grater or buy pre-shredded carrots for more convenience.
- Maple syrup - we love using natural sweeteners in this recipe. You could swap with honey if needed, but know the taste might change slightly.
- Avocado oil - you could swap for coconut oil or olive oil.
- Oat flour - you can easily make your own oat flour in a food processor or blender by blending whole grain oats.
- Protein powder - pick your favorite vanilla protein powder! We love the vanilla from Just Ingredients and Clean Simple Eats
- Greek yogurt - we like to use vanilla Greek yogurt for the topping.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of ingredients and measurements.
Recipe Tips & Variations
- Some fun carrot cake variations could be adding walnuts, pecans, or golden raisins.
- If you don't want to use the yogurt topping, you could serve the bars with a light spread of nut butter or a drizzle of maple syrup.
- For a delicious treat you could also top with a cream cheese frosting.
How to Make Carrot Cake Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
For the full recipe instructions, scroll down to the recipe card at the bottom of the page.
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs, oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and almond milk and whisk well.
Step 2: Add the shredded carrots to the oatmeal mixture and mix well.
Step 3: Next, add the dry ingredients: oats, protein powder, baking powder, salt, cinnamon.
Step 4: Whisk until combined.
Step 5: Line an 8x8 inch baking dish with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Pour the batter in the dish. Bake for 28-32 minutes or until the center of the baked oats are set.
Step 6: While the oats are baking, add the yogurt to a small bowl. Add maple syrup to taste and combine.
Step 7: Let the baked oats cool for 15 minutes before serving.
Step 8: Serve with a dollop of the yogurt mixture.
Carrot Oatmeal Breakfast Bars FAQs
We recommend storing leftovers in an airtight container, ziploc bag, or wrap an individual square in plastic wrap. Store in the refrigerator and eat within 3-4 days.
This recipe is gluten-free and vegetarian. It can be made dairy-free with the use of dairy free yogurt or omission of the topping. It is not vegan.
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Carrot Cake Oatmeal Bars With Yogurt
Ingredients
For the baked oats:
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon avocado or olive oil
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup almond milk
- ¾ cup finely shredded carrots
- 1 ¾ cups old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Optional add ins: golden raisins, coconut, walnuts
For the yogurt topping:
- 2 cups vanilla yogurt
- Maple syrup to taste (depending on sweetness of yogurt)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs, oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and almond milk and whisk well.
- Add the shredded carrots to the mixture and mix well.
- Next, add the dry ingredients: oats, protein powder, baking powder, salt, cinnamon. Whisk until combined.
- Line an 8x8 inch baking dish with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Pour the batter in the dish. Bake for 28-32 minutes or until the center of the baked oats are set.
- While the oats are baking, add the yogurt to a small bowl. Add maple syrup to taste and combine.
- Let the baked oats cool for 15 minutes before serving. Serve with a dollop of the yogurt mixture.
Notes
- You can make your own oat flour by blending oats in a blender or processing them in a food processor until fine.
- Save Time:
- Use pre-shredded carrots.
- Prep Ahead:
- You can prep the yogurt topping ahead of time. You can also make these healthy carrot cake bars and freeze them to use at another time (see below).
- Freezer-friendly:
- Bake the bars and let them cool to room temperature. Cut them into squares and store in a freezer-safe container or Ziplock bag. If you need to stack the pieces, we recommend separating the layers with parchment paper to prevent them from freezing together.
- This recipe is gluten-free and vegetarian. It can be made dairy-free with the use of dairy free yogurt or omission of the topping. It is not vegan.
- The recipe can be found on My Fitness Pal by searching "BWB Carrot Cake Oatmeal Bars." The nutrition content provided for each recipe is an estimate created through the My Fitness Pal database. Please be aware that the nutritional content of each recipe may vary based on the products you use, the precision of your measurements, and the source you use to obtain nutrition data. While we try to provide accurate information, we give no guarantee regarding the accuracy of the nutritional information provided.
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