These chia bars are easy, no-bake granola bars with a soft texture and perfectly sweetened flavor. Just combine the ingredients and chill for 1 hour before cutting.
Any type of nut or seed butter can be used, as long as it's unsweetened and has no salt added. If you use nut butter with salt added, don't add extra salt to the bars.
Regular sized or mini chocolate chips can be used. The chocolate chips will melt slightly when the warm almond butter is added. If you don't want the chocolate to melt, wait and add the chocolate chips as the very last ingredient after you have mixed in the almond butter and other wet ingredients.
Small dried fruit, like cherries, cranberries, raisins or dried blueberries can be used instead of chocolate.
Honey can be substituted for maple syrup but the bars will be sweeter and stickier.
Even though these are called chia bars, the chia seeds can be left out.