Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal Bars

Enjoy a baked gingerbread oatmeal bar as a snack or dessert. These wholesome bars are made with natural ingredients to satisfy hunger and give you energy.

You might also like to try no-bake granola bars or these cherry oat bars. And these strawberry oat bars and lemon poppyseed loaf are great too!

Why You’ll Love It

Tasty: With flavorful ingredients like rolled oats, spices, pumpkin puree, and more, these oatmeal bars are full of amazing flavors and should appeal to everyone in the family. So you might want to make an extra batch of these gingerbread baked oats treats if you want to bake more wholesome recipes.
Simple: There’s no need to buy baked oatmeal bars from the coffee shop or grocery store when it’s this simple to make your own gingerbread baked oat bars. You just need to combine the baked oatmeal bar ingredients, bake the mixture and cut into servings.
Portable: These breakfast bars are ideal for a snack on the move, so take a couple with you to work or wherever you’re heading and you can enjoy them whenever you feel hungry.

Christmas Baked Oatmeal Bar Ingredients

A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Quick oats: As the name suggests, these cook fast!
Spices: Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, and cardamom offer warm, earthy flavors.
Coconut sugar: For sweetness.
Eggs: To bind the bars together.
Pumpkin puree: Make sure it’s 100% pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling which is already spiced and sweetened.
Medjool dates: For a sweet, rich taste.
Molasses: Another sweet ingredient.
Vanilla extract: Use pure vanilla extract for the best flavor.

How to Make Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.

Mix the dry ingredients: Put the dry ingredients in a blender or Vitamix and blend until finely ground.
Combine the wet ingredients: Blend the wet ingredients together, then mix with the ground dry ingredients, mixing in some more oats.
Bake the oatmeal breakfast bars: Pour the oatmeal mixture into a greased baking dish and bake in a preheated oven until done.
The finishing touches: Let the baked oatmeal recipe cool and then cut into squares and serve.

Substitutions and Variations

Optional add-ins: Add in anything you want from chocolate chips, dried fruit, or shredded coconut to chopped nuts such as pecans or peanuts. Throw in anything else you want like almond flour or almond butter, white or dark chocolate chips or even some cranberries if you’re planning to serve this as a festive holiday breakfast.
Oat milk: You can substitute almond milk or soy milk for the oat milk, or use dairy milk if you prefer.
Maple syrup: Honey or agave syrup would work instead.

Serving Suggestions

With brunch: If you want something sweet with your breakfast tacos or bacon and baked eggs en cocotte, these bars are perfect.
As a snack: Enjoy one (or two!) of the bars or as a snack, paired with lavender matcha latte or your favorite drink. This health snack is portable so some people like to keep one in their drawer at work or in the car in case they get hungry while stuck in traffic!
With more sweet treats: Pair these with chocolate coconut bars or orange bars.