Gluten Free Vegan Mixed Berry Fruit Bars Recipe

I’m the worst at eating breakfast. Or rather, I’m the worst at allotting time to eat actual breakfast in the morning. As hard as I try, I’ve always been the kind of person who is rushed in the morning. Thus, I always end up having to eat my breakfast on the go. When I worked at the bakery, I was literally walking down the street at 5:30am in the dark while eating yogurt and granola with a spoon out of a magic bullet cup. Pretty sure I even had to pack a fried egg in Tupperware once and eat it en route to the bakery. Smoothies were my go-to breakfast of choice for a long time, but sometimes I just don’t want something so cold first thing in the morning. These past couple weeks I had been eating something random and small, so I decided I had to use my meal prep skills to make myself some kind of bar for breakfast. After a lot of searching and recipe tweaking, these mixed berry bars were born.

I had originally planned on making date squares, but those can sometimes be too sweet and actually have a ton of butter in them! I knew I wanted something healthier with a few servings of fruit, not too much fat and not a lot of carbs either. I looked around a bunch and eventually found these mixed berry bars. I loved that they were gluten free and vegan! Plus, they didn’t require a ton of ingredients or too much butter!

I knew that I had to make a few tweaks though. I changed up the ratio of crust to crumble, added a few more spices, doubled the amount of berries, and threw in a few other things. These mixed berry bars are now one of my favourite things to make for breakfast because the pan lasts me the entire week! I also have a problem where if something is super delicious, I’ll have a hard time not eating it all at once. I think they call that a lack of self control. So, these are the perfect balance of tasty, but not sinfully tasty, so they actually last me the entire week.

They’re also great because you can choose from a ton of different berries or fruits to put in them. So far I’ve tried strawberry-raspberry mixed berry bars (not my fav), and the blueberry-raspberry version I’m sharing today. You could also try using blackberries, cherries, currants and even stone fruit when it’s in season!

Mixed Berry Bars

Yield: 8-16 Bars (depending on how small you cut them)
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Bake Time: 40 Minutes

Recipe adapted from Project Om

Sometimes when I have a little extra time on the weekends, I like to eat these bars with some greek yogurt. It’s the perfect blend of sweet juicy berries, with creamy tangy yogurt. Such a great way to start the day!

The great thing about these bars is that there are so many options for making them. Don’t have oat flour? No problem, use normal flour. No chia seeds? No worries, leave em out! Is it peach season? Great, use peaches! Or better yet – combine peaches and raspberries! The combinations are endless – and delicious.

Let me know what you think of these mixed berry bars! Hopefully they’ll be on your breakfast rotation soon!

xo, tess.

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