Homemade Aussie Bites Recipe (2024)

Have you heard of aussie bites? These oat treats packed with dried fruit, nuts, quinoa and more are the best Homemade Aussie bites! This is a copycat recipe from a Costco product– the good ole tub of Universal Bakery Aussie Bites that seem to call out to me as I walk by. A gluten free version is easy to make at home!

What are Aussie Bites?

Aussie bites are a baked oat treat that first caught my eye at Costco. A snack or dessert (or maybe breakfast?) that could be described as packed granola bites baked in a mini muffin tin.

Yes, I am sure that I was sucked in by those lovely Costco samples and I’ve been hooked ever since! Now are these Australian bites really a specialty of the land down under? I honestly don’t think so but they should be!

How do I make a copycat recipe?

Sometimes when you find a food that you love at a restaurant or particular store, it is fun to recreate that recipe at home. The beauty of baking at home means that you can add or take out ingredients as you wish.

How should you start? Begin a copycat recipe with a quick bit of research. It’s simple: look at the ingredient list on the store-bought product you love.

This is a photo of the container of Aussie Bites at Costco. The Costco Aussie bites ingredients are rolled oats, oat flour, butter, canola oil, dried apricots, sugar, cane sugar, raisins, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, honey, shredded coconut, quinoa, chia seeds, sea salt, baking soda, vanilla, and rice flour. All of the ingredients in the Costco Aussie Bites are organic.

You could use an identical ingredient list to make your homemade version. I like to modify copycat recipes a bit to suit my taste.

Here’s how: Notice what your favorite aspect is and build upon that– more raisins? Fewer nuts?Focus on those ingredients and build your own list of must-haves.

Are Aussie Bites Gluten Free?

My affection with the Costco aussie bites version waned when I took gluten out of my diet. Their product isn’t certified gluten free so I set out to make a version at home. Loaded with dried fruit and nuts, these homemade Aussie bites will be a favorite!

Oats are a sneaky ingredient in a gluten free diet. They are naturally gluten free but often in the processing of oats, gluten is added or sneaks in as a contamination.

Even if oats are labled as Organic Oats, they may not be gluten free.

Oats technically “should” be gluten free but often are contaminated with gluten unless otherwise noted that they are tested and certified as gluten free. Bob’s Red Mill is the brand used here (although they sell oats that are NOT gluten free as well so check and double check your labels).

Best solution– make these gluten free aussie bites by checking and double-checking your ingredients at home. Make sure that your oats are certified gluten free.

The same advice holds true for each ingredient. Check and double check.

Making aussie bites organic follows the same guidelines– check that each ingredient you use is labeled Organic as you go.

Aussie bites ingredients

Here are the ingredients I use in my Aussie bites recipe. You’ll notice they differ slightly from the ingredient list shown above on the Costco packaging.

• Dried fruits of apricots, dried cherries, dates, and raisins
• oats- I use gluten free rolled oats from Bob’s Red Mill
• quinoa- the quinoa will be cooked first and is an excellent use of leftover quinoa
• honey
• coconut flakes
• pistachios
• butter
• baking soda

Other add-ins you might consider:

• sunflower seeds
• chia seeds
• vanilla extract
• walnuts

Steps to make Aussie bites

1. Use a food processor to process 1 cup of the oats into a flour consistency. Add this oat flour to the quinoa and remaining oats. Set aside.
2. Pulse the apricots, dried cherries, dates and raisins in the food processor.
3. Add the quinoa &oats back into the food processor as well as the honey, coconut flakes, pistachios, butter and baking soda. Pulse to combine.
4. Press 1 tablespoon of the mixture into each mini muffin space.
5. Bake for 13-15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Let’s look into the details for each step:

Scoop out one cup of the oats (leave one cup remaining) and process to a flour-like consistency.

Empty these processed oats into a bowl with the remaining whole oats and the cooked quinoa. No need to clean out the food processor bowl before you move on to the apricots, dates, raisins and dried cherries.

Process the dried fruit until you have tiny pieces– going too far and making a paste of the dried fruits is perfectly fine too.

Add all of the ingredients back into the food processor and pulse until you have a dough-like consistency.

Take one tablespoon of the dough for each mini muffin space. This recipe makes 24 servings.

What kitchen tools do I need to make the best homemade aussie bites?

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• food processor
• mini muffin pan

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• Gluten Free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
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