No-Bake Fruit and Nut Bars

These fruit and nut bars are a breeze to whip up with no baking required and are chock full of texture from 3 kinds of nuts and lots of dried fruit.

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Not me just casually upping your snacktime game with pretty much the easiest no-bake bars in all the land.

This recipe is closely comparable to your standard packaged fruit and nut bars, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say they’re even better both in texture and flavor.

And the fruits to nuts ratio is OFF THE CHARTS. I could eat one of these every day and please don’t ask any further questions.

If you’re trying to decrease the amount of packaged granola bars consumed in your house, this recipe is going to be your secret weapon to making it happen! The texture on these bars is thicker and crispier than any packaged bar I’ve ever had and everyone who tries these agrees.

These Bars Feature…

• A crisp and chewy texture
• Crunchy almonds, cashews, and pecans
• Sweet dried cranberries and apricots

Making the Bars

(scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe)

Ingredients You Will Need

• Crispy rice cereal
• Almonds
• Cashews
• Pecans
• Sunflower seeds
• Flaxseeds
• Dried cranberries
• Dried apricots
• Honey
• Almond butter
• Coconut oil
• Kosher salt

Choosing Your Nuts and Fruit

I like to use a combination of almonds, cashews, and pecans for the nut portion and dried cranberries and apricots for the fruit portion. Keep reading for alternatives you can use!

For the nuts, it’s important that you choose roasted or you can quickly toast the nuts yourself over medium heat on the stovetop until fragrant. Because these bars are no-bake this step is essential getting a crisp texture from the nuts.

Tips for Perfect Fruit and Nut Bars

1. Use a mix of honey, almond butter, and coconut oil to bind bars – I don’t recommend substituting these ingredients as they act as the “glue” to hold the bars together once chilled.
2. Chill bars 2 hours before slicing – this chill time is essential to setting the bars.

Recipe Variations

Try these ideas for a different twist on these bars.

• Use different dried fruit – try raisins, dried blueberries, cherries, or pineapple.
• Use different nuts – try using walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, or hazelnuts.
• Top bars – try a drizzle of melted semisweet or dark chocolate.

Storing Bars

These bars store well in refrigerator up to 1 week. You can also freeze them up to 2 months and thaw in refrigerator once ready to serve.

Because of the fact that these bars are no-bake, I do recommend storing them exclusively in the refrigerator. They tend to lose their structure the longer they sit out at room temperature.

It’s the toasty nuts and rice krispies that really pull all the texture together in these bars! Paired with all that soft cranberry + apricot fruit goodness and it really is the bar of everyone’s snack dreams.

Consider snacktime SERVED.

More snack bars to make next!

• Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
• Pumpkin Granola Bars
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola Bars

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This post was updated with new recipe adjustments and photos on 9/16/26.