Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars
 
 
A healthier take on oatmeal bars, this recipe includes NO butter and NO refined sugar. As a bonus, they're easy to freeze: simply let thaw for 10 minutes or so before serving.
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Serves: 16 pieces
Ingredients
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • ¼ cup coconut oil
  • 3 Tbsp raw honey, or maple syrup
  • 10 medjool dates, pitted
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Line a 9x9-inch baking pan with wax paper, leaving an inch or so hanging over the edges.
  2. In a food processor, add ¾ of the peanut butter, coconut oil, honey, dates, and vanilla, pulsing until smooth. Add in the oats and pulse until well-combined. The mixture will be crumbly, but it should hold it's shape when pressed into a ball.
  3. Press ¾ of the oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
  4. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the chocolate chips and remaining peanut butter, stirring until smooth. Pour the chocolate onto the crust layer and spread evenly with a rubber spatula or spoon.
  5. Crumble the remaining oat mixture over the chocolate, gently pressing it in.
  6. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Once firm, remove from the pan by lifting the wax paper by the edges. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Recipe by Port and Fin at https://portandfin.com/healthy-no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-oat-bars/