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These Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are fudgy and chewy, perfectly salty-sweet and covered with a thick layer of silky peanut butter-infused chocolate! They're melt-in-your-mouth rich, super satisfying, and high in protein and fibre. They're quick and easy to make, require just 4 ingredients, take 20 minutes to make and come together in one bowl. They're also gluten-free and refined sugar free and great for meal prep. They're perfect for sharing, are a great make-ahead dessert for entertaining and make excellent edible gifts!
How to make this recipe
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- Place the oats in a food processor.
- Whizz until they form a fine powder.
- Place the peanut butter and maple syrup in a glass mixing bowl.
- Place the bowl over a pan of boiling water and stir regularly until the peanut butter is melted and liquidy.
- Add the ground oats and mix well.
- Transfer the mixture to aone-pound loaf tinlined withbaking paper.
- Smooth over the top.
- Place in the fridge to firm up slightly while you melt the chocolate.
- Break up the chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl with the peanut butter.
Tip: You can use the same bowl - no need to wash it out.
- Place the bowl over a pan of boiling water and stir regularly until melted - make sure not to overheat it as the chocolate will ‘split’ if you heat it too much.
- Carefully pour the melted chocolate mixture on top of the peanut butter layer.
- Tip the loaf tin from side to side so that the surface is completely covered all the way to the edges.
- Place in the fridge for at least a few hours until completely firmed up.
- Cut into squares once it’s completely firmed up.
How long do thesekeep for?
They keep covered in the fridge for a good few days.
Substitutions you can make
- Thepeanut buttercan be replaced withalmond butter, cashew butter or pecan butter.
- For a nut-free version, replace the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter.
- Themaple syrupcan be replaced with agave syrup or brown rice syrup.
- For a refined sugar free version, use a refined sugar free chocolate.
More vegan no-bake desserts
- Chocolate Pudding Pots
- Chocolate Truffles
- Fudge
- Strawberry Trifle
- Key Lime Pie
- Blueberry Cheesecake
- Healthy Peanut Butter Balls
- Snickers Bars
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Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (Gluten-Free)
These Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are fudgy and chewy, perfectly salty-sweet and covered with a thick layer of silky peanut butter-infused chocolate!
4.46 from 11 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate peanut butter bars, no-bake vegan dessert, peanut butter bars
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 8 bars
Calories: 374kcal
Author: Rhian Williams
Ingredients
- 75 (¾ cup) rolled oats (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
- 250 g (1 cup) smooth peanut butter (or sub almond butter)
- 6 tablespoons maple syrup (or sub any other similar sweetener)
For the chocolate layer:
- 150 g (5.3 oz) dark chocolate (ensure vegan/gluten-free if necessary) *
- 2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter (or sub almond butter)
Instructions
Place the oats in a food processor and whizz until they form a fine powder.
Place the peanut butter and maple syrup in a bowl.
Place the bowl over a pan of boiling water and stir regularly until the peanut butter is melted and liquidy.
Add the ground oats and mix well.
Transfer the mixture to a loaf tin lined with greaseproof baking paper (I used a one-pound loaf tin).
Smooth over the top .
Place in the fridge to firm up slightly while you melt the chocolate.
For the chocolate layer:
Break up the chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl with the peanut butter (you can use the same bowl - no need to wash it out).
Place the bowl over a pan of boiling water and stir regularly until melted – make sure not to overheat it as the chocolate will ‘split’ if you heat it too much.
Carefully pour the melted chocolate mixture on top of the peanut butter layer.
Tip the loaf tin from side to side so that the surface is completely covered all the way to the edges.
Place in the fridge for at least a few hours until completely firmed up (may take slightly longer depending on the temperature of your fridge etc).
Cut into squares once it’s completely firmed up – you should be able to get 8 squares.
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
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Notes
*For a refined sugar free version, use a refined sugar free chocolate.
For a nut-free version, replace the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter.
Nutrition Facts
Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (Gluten-Free)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 374Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 7g35%
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 199mg8%
Potassium 441mg13%
Carbohydrates 38g13%
Fiber 5g20%
Sugar 17g19%
Protein 12g24%
Vitamin A 7IU0%
Calcium 47mg5%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Reader Interactions
Comments
Susan
This is a 5 star so exuberantly declicious treat!Reply
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much!
Ekawati
I love your recipes they’re great and easy to make. But just wanted to make sure on something here just to sure I’m not wrong, the nutrition facts on calories is per serving right? So in this recipe 1 bar = 347 calories. If I’m wrong please correct me thank you.
Reply
Rhian Williams
Hi - yes the nutrition facts is per serving. This whole recipe makes 8 very large bars!
Nicola
These bars look like the peanut butter bars I enjoyed for dessert at lunchtime in my middle school cafeteria. I’ve been hoping to find a recipe for them, for years now. Thank you.
{One issue with your wording, though: usually if I see “nut-free” in a recipe, I think of tree nuts, from raising my nut-allergic son. Peanut allergy is different—sometimes I think it’s worse for those people, like a more vicious allergy—but your suggestion of sunflower butter works for both allergies.}Reply
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much, hope you'l like them! And thank you for the feedback re. allergies, I will definitely bear that in mind. Appreciate you pointing it out!
Agnes
delish, thanks! and lovely photosReply
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much!
