Healthy No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
These Healthy No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars are protein-filled, perfectly sweet, and are topped with semi-sweet chocolate! The combination of natural peanut butter, coconut sugar, and oat flour creates a delicious filling snack.
Equipment
- 2-Quart glass baking dish
- Parchment paper
- Large mixing bowl
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Spatula
- Microwave safe bowl
Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Natural creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 Cup Coconut sugar
- 1 Tbsp Coconut oil melted
- 2 teaspoons Pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 Cup Oat flour
- 1 Tbsp Sesame seeds optional
- 1/3 Cup + 1 Tbsp Semi-sweet chocolate chips dairy-free
- 1 Tbsp Chopped pecans
Instructions
- Prepare a 2-quart baking dish with parchment paper lined in the bottom and sides.
- In a medium bowl mix together peanut butter, coconut sugar, coconut oil, and vanilla until smooth. Add in the oat flour and sesame seeds, and stir with a spatula until combined. You may have to finish mixing with your hands.
- The batter should be similar to cookie dough. Then press it into the glass baking dish and smooth it with a spatula.
- Make the chocolate layer by adding the semi-sweet chocolate chips to a small a microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 30-second intervals until it’s completely melted.
- Pour the melted chocolate over the peanut butter layer and smooth it over the peanut butter layer entirely with a spoon.
- Top the chocolate with chopped pecans.
- Place in the freezer for 30 minutes or in the fridge for 1 hour before slicing into squares.
- Take the bars out of the freezer and leave them for a couple of minutes before cutting. Then slice the bars into 12 even slices.
- Store covered in the fridge until ready to eat. Bars will keep for up to two weeks.
Notes
- Make oat flour by blending 3/4 cup of oats in a Ninja blender for about 15 seconds or until it reaches a flour texture. I use the smoothie attachment because it's easier to clean.
- Use natural peanut butter and not plain. It should only have 2 ingredients, salt, and peanuts.
- If the peanut butter batter is too thick, add 1 tbsp of melted coconut oil.
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl at 30-second second intervals. Or use a small saucepan and heat it on the stove at low heat until it's completely melted.
- To set the bars, freeze them for 30 minutes, or in the fridge for an hour. Before cutting them into squares, let them sit at room temperature for a couple of minutes, so the chocolate doesn't break.
- Keep these bars in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Or wrap them in wax paper, place in a freezer bag, and freeze for up to 3 months.
