These crunchy honey-sesame bars make a healthy snack since there is no refined sugar used. A simple sesame bar with just 2 ingredients.
This honey-sesame bars recipe is made without any extra additives, though you can add a pinch of salt for better flavor balance. These crunchy sesame bars are made by heating the honey well, causing it to harden after cooling, so you can break the bars into pieces.
It is best to use roasted sesame seeds, but you can also roast them yourself in a dry frying pan. Sesame seeds burn quickly, so stay close and stir regularly.
You can also use black sesame seeds, or a mix of black and white sesame seeds, but typically white sesame seeds are used for making these bars.
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Made by Véronique
Published at 2025-08-20, this recipe is for 10 persons and takes 30 minutes.
Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.
Updated at: 2025-11-12
If you are using unroasted sesame seeds, you need to roast them yourself in a dry frying pan until they are golden brown.
Prepare a heat-resistant baking dish or baking sheet lined with baking paper along with an extra piece of baking paper.
Heat the honey for about 10 minutes in a large frying pan. You want the honey to be hot and slightly thickened.
You can check if the honey is hot enough by dropping a bit into a glass of water. You can see right away if the honey will harden enough to be broken. If the honey remains soft, it needs to be heated longer.
Warning: the honey is extremely hot.
Once the honey is hot enough, stir in the roasted sesame seeds along with a pinch of salt. The salt will enhance the flavors of honey and sesame.
Spread the honey and sesame mixture over the baking sheet lined with baking paper and cover with an extra piece of baking paper. Use a rolling pin to flatten the mixture evenly, but do not make it too flat.
You can use a knife to cut the sesame mixture into bars while it is still hot; the best way to do this is to keep the knife under hot water first.
Let the sesame bars cool completely and then break them into pieces or bars. Enjoy!
My sesame bars are still soft, what should I do?
If you didn't heat the honey long enough, it's not a problem. You can solve this by briefly baking the sesame mixture in the oven until it is crispy.
How long can I store sesame bars?
Store sesame bars best in a tightly sealed container with a lid, placing pieces of baking paper between each layer so they don't touch. You can keep the sesame bars for up to a week. You can store them longer, but they won't be crispy anymore.
Per 1 serving / piece:
| Amount | Ingredient | Allergens | Kcal | Carbs | Carbs of which sugars | Fat | Fat of which saturated | Protein | Fibers | Sodium | Iron | Calcium | Magnesium | Potassium | Phosphorus | Copper | Zinc | Iodine | Selenium | Vitamin C | Vitamin D | Vitamin A | Vitamin B1 | Vitamin B2 | Vitamin B6 | Vitamin B12 | Vitamin B11 | Vitamin E | Vitamin K | Vitamin K1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | ml | honey | 129.36 | 31.71 g | 31.54 g | - | - | 0.17 g | - | 2.94 mg | 0.55 mg | 2.10 mg | 0.84 mg | 21.00 mg | 8.40 mg | 0.04 mg | 0.25 mg | - | - | 1.34 mg | - | - | - | 0.01 mg | 0.02 mg | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 40 | gram | sesame seeds | sesame seeds | 232.40 | 2.40 g | - | 21.40 g | 3.20 g | 8.36 g | 3.00 g | 20.00 mg | 3.64 mg | 312.00 mg | 140.00 mg | 184.00 mg | 240.00 mg | 0.60 mg | 2.20 mg | - | - | - | - | - | 0.40 mg | 0.10 mg | 0.06 mg | - | 28.00 µg | - | - | - |
| 0.1 | pinch | of salt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.00 mg | - | 0.01 mg | 0.29 mg | 0.01 mg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 361.76 | 34.11 g | 31.54 g | 21.40 g | 3.20 g | 8.53 g | 3.00 g | 62.94 mg | 4.19 mg | 314.11 mg | 141.13 mg | 205.01 mg | 248.40 mg | 0.64 mg | 2.45 mg | - | - | 1.34 mg | - | - | 0.40 mg | 0.11 mg | 0.08 mg | - | 28.00 µg | - | - | - | ||||
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