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
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
Nutrition
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Donna B. says
Rachael, thank you for all that you do. There are times when I read some of the reviews and I get some good spins on the recipe and then there are times that people can be rude. I look forward to your recipes. I make slight adaptations to most recipes but I look forward to your emails and you inspire my menu each week. So lets talk about the bites! I never ever ate these tasty little treats before so I have nothing to compare it to. I thought they were excellent! I changed out some of the sugars and fats but kept most of the recipe intact. I love your videos as well. KUDDOS!!
Nancy Nielsen says
This is my “go to “recipe. I have made a few minor changes since I baked them the first time, just to suit my taste better. 1. I don’t use any sugar. I find the honey is enough, 2. I add 2 Tbsp of chopped dates so that gives it some extra moistness and sweetness . 3. I add 2 Tbsp hemp seeds 4. I used melted coconut oil instead of canola oil. 5. I add 1 egg to help it hold together better. If it still seems too dry I will also add a Tbsp or 2 of water if needed to help it hold together, and stay moist. I love them. Delicious. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.
Janet says
This looks like a tasty recipe, and it has some healthy ingredients, but it doesn’t have much protein. I don’t know how that could be remedied in this recipe. Also, every time I cook quinoa, the bag says to rinse it or else it will be bitter. If using uncooked quinoa here, do you suggest rinsing?
Dana Calvey says
I think the recipe is intended to replicate the Costco ‘Aussie Bite’, not be a protein bite. They are pretty expensive at Costco so I appreciate this knock-off recipe!
Julia Young says
When I made these, they were good, but something just wasn’t quite right to me…..I changed the sugar to BROWN sugar, cookes for 11 minutes and now they are just perfect….family LOVE them
Jeremy says
These are great, this is my second time making them! I split the difference and half-cooked the quinoa this time; fully uncooked was too crunchy for my tastes. I also increased the oat flour to ~ 1 1/3 cup to make them a little cakier, decreased the oil to 1/8 cup, and gelled my chia seeds with some water. If I had sea salt, I would have added that to get the experience of biting into little salt crystals. I also baked these in a 9″ x 9″ pan for ~30 min, since I didn’t have mini cupcake holders
The original recipe is great, I imagine plenty of substitutions could make nice variants. I used walnuts, hemp hearts, and hazelnuts this time instead of sunflower seeds and flaxseeds, still delicious.
Dawn says
Just a note: 1/3 of a cup is less than 3/4 of a cup. If you used 1 1/3, you used decreased the amount of oat that’s called for in the recipe.
Claire says
Would it make much difference if I used salted butter instead of unsalted?
Rachel (The Stay At Home Chef) says
You can use either in this recipe.
Julia Young says
I used salted butter and they are just fine
Bethanie says
I have made this recipe countless times after searching for a copycat recipe of Costco’s Aussie bites. They make great gifts for new parents who are up at all hours of the day/night. I keep the quinoa uncooked because I feel like that’s how the Costco version is…. aaaand I’m too lazy to try the other way since this way tastes so good. Thanks for a great recipe
Helene says
THe best recipe you can get, they are DELICIOUS.