Best Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
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We are starting out the New Year with these, super-easy scrumptious no-bake Best Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars! These delicious bars are the best way to celebrate ever, especially if you have a serious sweet tooth looking for healthier options.
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Why You’ll Love These Best Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
If you are searching for an easy vegan treat to satisfy your craving for something sweet, look no further than these delicious vegan no bake Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars. If you love peanut butter cups, you’re going to love these bars!
With an egg-free, gluten-free, dairy-free and no-bake recipe, these bars are the perfect indulgence for vegans and non-vegans alike. Containing just 5 simple vegan ingredients, this scrumptious treat will be a sure-fire hit with the entire family and it literally takes 5 minutes to whip it up!
The best part is, you don’t ever need a reason to celebrate to enjoy these bad boys, except for the most obvious! They are healthy and taste so amazing, which is good because on another note, they are very addicting, yet satisfying.
Using the most nutrient-packed vegan ingredients, this no bake recipe makes a delicious and healthy treat that you can even enjoy on a lazy Sunday morning. So grab your apron and get ready to treat yourself to a tasty, vegan no bake peanut butter bar recipe!
Ingredients You Need
Vegan No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Recipe
Peanut Butter Layer
- peanut butter, almond butter or any nut butter can be used. Sun butter can also be used
- maple syrup, use Lakanto Sugar-free Maple Syrup for Keto option or agave syrup can also be used for a healthy sweetener
- almond flour or 1 & 1/4 cups oat flour, certified gluten-free
- salt
Chocolate Layer
- vegan chocolate chips
- peanut butter almond butter or sun butter can also be used
How to Make Best Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Peanut Butter Layer
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, using a mixer or a food processor mix the peanut butter, maple syrup, salt and flour until well combined.
- Press mixture into an 8×8 dish. Line with parchment paper for easy removal if desired.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer
- Add chocolate chips and remaining peanut butter into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30 second increments until chips are melted about 2 – 2 & 1/2 minutes, making sure to stir each time.
- Pour melted chocolate peanut butter mixture over peanut butter layer into your baking dish.
- Place in freezer for one hour, then cut and serve using a sharp knife.
- Keep stored in fridge or freezer.
Storing Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- Because these have the melted chocolate on top, these peanut butter bars are best kept in the fridge. Store them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 1 week, if they last that long!
Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Substitutions & Variations
- Keto: You can make these Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Keto easily, just switch out the maple syrup with Keto sugar-maple syrup by Lakanto, if that happens to be in your New Year’s resolution! You can get it on Amazon through our affiliate link if you wish! Here are also links for our favorite peanut butter and Vegan chocolate chips.
- Toppings: Top with a sprinkle of sea salt, pretzels, peanuts, almonds or any vegan candies.
- Mix-Ins in the peanut butter layer: Add some crushed graham crackers, oats or chopped peanuts for texture or add some vanilla extract for some flavor.
Stock up for this Vegan No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Recipe to make again and again!
These Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are perfect for potlucks, holidays, snacking (our favorite past-time) and are made with just 5 ingredients, peanut butter, chocolate, almond flour or oat flour, maple syrup and salt.
If you love peanut butter, you definitely should check out these 25 Awesome Vegan Peanut Butter Desserts and these Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies! We think you’ll agree they’re definitely awesome!
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Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Equipment
- 8x8 Baking Pan
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Layer:
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter almond butter or sunbutter can also be used
- 1/3 cup maple syrup use Lakanto Sugar-free Maple Syrup for Keto option
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour or 1 & 1/4 cups oat flour, certified gluten-free
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer:
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup peanut butter almond butter or sunbutter can also be used
Instructions
Peanut Butter Layer:
- In a medium-sized bowl, using a mixer or a food processor mix the peanut butter, maple syrup, salt and flour until well combined.
- Press mixture into an 8×8 dish.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer:
- Add chocolate chips and remaining peanut butter into a microwave safe dish and microwave on 30 second increments until chips are melted about 2 - 2 & 1/2 minutes.
- Pour melted chocolate peanut butter mixture over peanut butter layer.
- Place in freezer for one hour, then cut and serve.
- Keep stored in fridge or freezer.
Notes
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup, add a little more if needed
- 3/4 cup oat flour certified gluten-free or 1 cup almond flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
Recipe slightly adapted from Erin Lives Whole
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