No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (Vegan, Gluten Free)
These no bake chocolate peanut butter bars are your new favorite healthy treat! You need just nine ingredients to make these delicious bars.
Chocolate and peanut butter paradise
Once you make these no bake chocolate peanut butter bars, you won’t be able to stop eating them. They’re dense, chewy, and the perfect balance of sweet and salty. Each bite is chocolate peanut butter paradise!
Made with just nine whole food ingredients, these bars are super easy to whip up. All you need to do is blend everything together in a food processor, top with melted chocolate, and place them in the fridge to set.
What’s in these no bake chocolate peanut butter bars?
Here are the ingredients you need to make these no bake treats:
- Old fashioned rolled oats
- Peanut butter
- Peanuts
- Dates
- Salt
- Vanilla extract
- Maple syrup
- Dark chocolate
- Flaky sea salt
How to make no bake chocolate peanut butter bars
- Soak pitted dates in hot water for at least 15 minutes.
- Pulse oats in a food processor until coarse and grainy.
- Add soaked dates, peanuts, peanut butter, salt, vanilla extract, and maple syrup. Blend together in food processor until ingredients are well combined. The mixture will be sticky and cohesive.
- Press into a parchment-paper lined baking pan in an even layer.
- Melt dark chocolate and spread over peanut butter layer. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
- Place in fridge to set for at least 30 minutes. Then, slice and enjoy!
Tips for making this recipe perfectly
- Use medjool dates if possible, and soak them in hot water. Medjool dates tend to be softer, and have an amazing caramel flavor. Soaking them before blending allows them to soften up even more.
- Process the oats before adding other ingredients. This allows the oats to become a coarse flour, which adds to the cohesive, chewy texture in these bars.
- Leave bars at room temperature for about 15 minutes before slicing into bars. To prevent the cold, hard chocolate layer from cracking, let the bars sit at room temperature for 15 minutes or more before slicing.
If you love this recipe, you may also like
- Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter and Jelly Cups
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Treats
- Peanut Butter Pecan Pie Brownies
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No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (Vegan, Gluten Free)
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 16 bars 1x
- Category: dessert
Description
These no bake chocolate peanut butter bars are your new favorite healthy treat! You need just nine ingredients to make these delicious bars.
Ingredients
- 2 cups medjool dates, pitted and soaked in hot water for 15+ minutes
- 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats (gluten free if needed)
- 1 1/2 cups peanuts
- 1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 4-oz dark chocolate baking bars
- Flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper.
- Place oats in food processor and blend until coarse and grainy. You want the oats to be thoroughly chopped, but not into a fine flour.
- Drain the dates and add them to the food processor, along with peanuts, peanut butter, salt, vanilla extract, and maple syrup. Process for 3-5 minutes until a cohesive, sticky “dough” forms. You may need to stop and scrape down the sides of the food processor a few times.
- Add the “dough” to the prepared baking pan, and use your hands to press it down into a smooth, even layer.
- Melt the chocolate using a double boiler or in the microwave. Pour melted chocolate over the peanut butter layer, using a rubber spatula to smooth it out. Sprinkle chocolate with desired amount of flaky sea salt.
- Place in fridge for at least 30 minutes to set.
- Let the bars sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes, then slice into 16 squares.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Keywords: no bake, chocolate peanut butter bars, vegan, gluten free
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