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Chocolate Chip Coconut Walnut Baked Oat Bars

Chewy baked oat bars with toasted coconut flakes, crunchy walnuts and melty chocolate chips, sweetened with mashed banana and maple.

Chocolate Chip Coconut Walnut Baked Oat Bars

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups100 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • ⅓ cup30 gSweetened shredded coconut
  • ⅓ cup chopped40 gWalnutschopped
  • 3 tbsp30 gSemisweet chocolate chips
  • ⅔ cup sliced100 gBananaripe, mashed
  • ¼ cup60 gCoconut milk, cannedstirred well
  • 1½ tbsp30 gMaple syrup
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • ½ tsp2 gBaking powder
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt
  • ¾ tsp3 gCanola oilfor greasing the pan

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease an 8x4-inch loaf pan with the canola oil and line it with a parchment sling.
  2. In a large bowl, mash the banana, then whisk in the canned coconut milk, maple syrup and vanilla until smooth.
  3. In a second bowl, stir together the oats, baking powder and salt, then add three-quarters of the sweetened shredded coconut and three-quarters of the walnuts.
  4. Stir the oat mixture into the banana mixture, then fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Press the batter evenly into the pan and sprinkle the remaining quarter of the sweetened shredded coconut and the remaining quarter of the walnuts over the top, pressing lightly.
  6. Bake 25 to 28 minutes, until the top is golden and a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
  7. Cool in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes, then lift out with the parchment and cut into 4 bars.

Check labels: Vegan when you buy semisweet chocolate chips labeled vegan.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Check labels: Dairy-free when you buy semisweet chocolate chips made without milk.

Contains: Tree nuts. Some brands contain milk, gluten, soy.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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