This recipe has been in the works for quite a while. One of my favorite free samples at Costco is the Aussie Bites. They are so stinkin’ delicious, but boy are they expensive. I may or may not sneak back for second and third samples. I’d been salivating over them for far too long so I embarked on making my own copycat version at home.
I took a picture of the ingredient list on the box and went to work. After a few attempts, I’ve finally settled on a version that seems to match the original. The funny part is my husband hates apricots and we both hate raisins so the ingredient list actually seemed kind of scary. I tried substitutions and leaving out the raisins, but just trust me when I say you need them. For once, raisins don’t ruin everything!
These bites are full of good healthy stuff and are super easy to make in a food processor. If you want, you can substitute melted coconut oil for the butter and canola oil. It’ll be different than the original, but it still tastes great.
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Homemade Aussie Bites
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup dried apricots
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup cooked quinoa*
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 24 count mini-muffin pan.
- Pour 1 cup of rolled oats into a food processor. Process for about 1 minute until oats are pulverized into oat flour.
- Add in the remaining 3/4 cup rolled oats, sugar, dried apricots, raisins, flax seed, sunflower seeds, coconut, quinoa, chia seeds, and baking soda. Pulse until apricots and raisins are in small bits.
- Pour in honey, melted butter, canola oil, and vanilla extract. Pulse just until combined.
- Divide batter among the prepared muffin tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove pan from oven and let cool in pan on a wire cooling rack in the pan.
- Once completely cooled, remove from pan and store in an airtight container for 4 to 5 days.
Notes
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Mary Taylor says
Terrific recipe. I adjusted it a bit for my tastes. It seemed a bit sweet so I reduced the sugar by 2 Tablespoon, used dried cranberries instead of raisins and added 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt. I pulsed the ingredients another minute to help my teeth. with the crunch. And yes, cook the quinoa!
Big thank you.
Shirlsaw63 says
So happy to have found this. I was given an Aussie Bar on a plane flight and quickly snatched anotherfrom my traveling mate. Was trying to find the bars online, could only find the bites and now discovered this!! So excited to try. I notice my bar wrapper does not state quinoa or chia in the ingredients but I will try your recipe since I have nothing against those and I see they are regular ingredients in the bites.
Elle Zee says
Great flavour! Def needs cooked quinoa. Uncooked was much too crunchy. Comments suggested salt so I used salted sunflower seeds. 👌 Making a new batch tomorrow.
Anna says
If substituting uncooked quinoa do you still use 1/4 cup?
Rachel Farnsworth says
yes.
Sarah Marsh says
These are great! I’ve made them a few times but always found that they didn’t taste quite the same as the Costco ones. They just weren’t quite as buttery/salty. I tried adding just a 1/2 tsp of salt and they’re now absolutely perfect! I also subbed dates for the apricots this time as I had run out and it worked awesome. Thanks so much for this recipe. Much cheaper than storebought and so easy to make!
Christopher Putnam says
Actually better than store bought — an amazing recipe. I feel like Ijust dscovered gold, thank you!
Anna says
These are so delicious!
Love this recipe!
Verbena says
Can we omit the baking soda? Do these rise? It doesn’t seem like they do. The ones I’ve had are pretty compact and dense, so I’m not sure the purpose for the baking soda.
Rachel Farnsworth says
Yes they do rise a bit. Baking soda is a listed ingredient in the package at the store too.
Alison says
Great recipe and not all that difficult. Just cooking the quinoa in advance and a lot of good ingredients to measure out. Once that’s done, it goes very quickly. Mine turned out very crumbly, so next time, I will add more oil and/or honey. I added fresh ground ginger to half of the batch and they taste even better than the regular ones!
Noz says
THANK YOU!!! I love Aussie Bites, and used to buy them from Shaw’s until three months ago when one doctor told me to stop eating nuts and seeds. Found another doctor, he said that’s nonsense, so my first stop was Shaw’s to get some Aussie Bites — and not only were there none, the ladies at the bakery insisted they had never sold any such product. It was maddening! I bought a lot of them right there! So, I’m a terrible cook, but I’m going to be stocking up on THESE supplies and making Aussie Bites as soon as I can.
Elaine says
Still trying to find out what “Aussie Bites” are – unheard of in Australia!!!
Rachel Farnsworth says
All you have to do is read the text above the recipe 😉
knugget says
These are great. We just got a costco not long ago and its on the other side of town so I don’t go there but a lady let me try them at work. I found this recipe. I used coconut oil and a cup of craisins as that is what I had at home. The trick is definitely letting them cool completely.
Bonita says
I really don’t like the taste of coconut. Don’t mind the coconut oil. Can I leave out the coconut or will it make a big difference in the texture and whether they stay together.
Rachel Farnsworth says
I think you should be good.
MARNI says
I MAKE THIS RECIPE ALL THE TIME. TRY ANY GROUND NUTS IN PLACE OF COCONUT. IE. WALNUTS, PECANS, ALMONDS. ANY OF THESE COMBINATIONS HAVE WORKED FOR ME.
Rita says
My neighbor gave me a few Aussie Bites from Costco, and I really liked them so I decided to look up a recipe to try. I used coconut oil instead of the Canola oil for health reasons and I like them even better than the ones from Costco! Also, I had bought salted sunflower seeds by mistake, but they turned out great. What’s crazy is my 2 year old grandson loves them!! Give him an apple, some cheese, and a couple Aussie bites and he’s a happy boy!