Homemade S’mores Granola Bars – like a combination of a chewy granola bar and a rice crispy treat!

As a kid, I used to love Quaker Chewy Granola Bars.
Their s’mores flavor was always my hands-down favorite. With mini chocolate chips and gooey marshmallows in each bite, those granola bars would instantly make me forget I was in the school cafeteria and not sitting around a campfire.
This is my homemade version of the classic packaged s’mores bars – with a much shorter and cleaner ingredient list!

If you’re wondering why I’d want to create my own granola bars instead of just buying the ones from the store, the biggest reason is that you get to control the ingredients when you make your own. My version has just a handful of ingredients and can be gluten-free, vegan, and 100% whole-grain, without all the artificial flavors and corn syrup found in the packaged version. Homemade vs. Packaged Granola Bars – Comparison
Quaker Chewy S’mores Granola Bars: Granola, Brown Sugar, Crisp Rice, Whole Grain Rolled Wheat, Soybean Oil, Whole Wheat Flour, Sodium Bicarbonate, Soy Lecithin, Caramel Color, Nonfat Dry Milk, Corn Syrup, Brown Rice Crisp, Semisweet Chocolate Chips, Sugar, Dehydrated Marshmallows, Corn Syrup Solids, Invert Sugar, Glycerin, Graham Cookie Pieces (Sugar, Whole Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Canola Oil, Honey Powder, Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor), Contains 2% or Less of Soybean Oil, Sorbitol, C...