Gluten doesnt worry me at all but I love the sound of these bars. Very tasty.

Looking forward to making this. Thanks.

Reading other comments will be careful about the dried fruits. Mainly get mine freshly dried so safe with those ones.

These look nice, thanks for sharing.

No one in our house has a gluten intolerance but they also don’t eat muesli bars. Great idea though

Whilst I don’t need gluten-free, I have a friend who I know will love these.

There can always be problems.

Hate to spoil your fun but……..If you have to make this as gluten free for medical reasons, check the dried fruit. I recently bought some and didn’t check it. The dried apricots were NOT gluten free. They had either used flour in the drying process or maybe to stop the pieces from sticking together.
NO gluten free muesli bars the first time I tried this recipe. I had to hide them.
Just as well I clean the food preparation areas thoroughly. I now have to make sure there is no residue on tray I washed. May be safer to buy a new one and store in the GF cupboard. I don’t like seeing kids or adults suffer from gluten poisoning.

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  • • mom90758 replied
    • 09 Mar 2016 , 8:33 pm

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  I never knew that some dried apricots may not be gluten free!
  No, I don’t have any special medical reason for making the muesli bars gluten-free.
  Glad you pointed it out.
  I’ve just checked a bag of dried apricots I’ve got and there isn’t written gluten-free. The only allergy advice they write down is: “contains sulphites”.
  Checking in Internet I see that some celiac people had bad reaction to dried apricots and dates too. Main reason seems to be that some companies dust lines with flour to prevent sticking. But in that case I expect them to write down on their package that the product had been in contact with gluten.
  How did you find out?

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    • • mom19782016 replied
      • 13 Oct 2016 , 12:54 pm

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    Wow, I had no idea about that either!

These look really nice. Do you buy the rice malt syrup from a supermarket or specialty store?

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  • • mom90758 replied
    • 19 Feb 2016 , 12:51 pm

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  I buy it in Coles. Brand Pure Harvest.

Looks like a very nice healthy snack,the chocolate on top is a great idea!

Looks nice ! Think I would leave the dried fruits out and add more seeds instead (sunflower- / chia- / hemp-).

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  • • mom90758 replied
    • 02 Feb 2016 , 8:39 pm

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  That’s a fantastic idea!!

Yum this sounds delicious and perfect for lunch boxes in a nut free school.

We are not gluten free at our place but these look wholesome and attractive. . The puffed rice loos a bit like rice bubbles.

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  • • mom90758 replied
    • 30 Jan 2016 , 1:12 pm

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  Yes, but with the difference that the rice bubbles contain sugar, while the puffed brown rice (that I bought in the gluten-free section of the supermarket) does not.

I’ve already got some in freezer for the start of school on Monday!

Delicious. Love the idea of freezing for a ready made lunchbox snack.

i think that this is great if you can freeze these! adding the pumpkin seeds is a new idea to me but it makes a lot of sense