Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars!
This no-bake chocolate peanut butter dessert is rich and decadent. It combines two of my favourite flavours, chocolate and peanut butter. These Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars feature a rich peanut butter base topped with a dark chocolate coating. The recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free.
The base is made from peanut butter and coconut flour and naturally sweetened with maple syrup.
For more chocolate peanut butter recipes, try my Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies, Peanut Butter & Jelly Cups, or Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Base:
- 1 cup natural creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Chocolate Topping:
- 8 oz dark chocolate, melted
OR
- 1/2 cup cocoa or cacao powder
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Garnish
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the peanut butter, coconut flour, maple syrup, vanilla, and sea salt. Stir until fully combined and a ball forms.
- Add the dough ball to a parchment lined 9x9 baking dish. With damp hands or a spatula, evenly spread the dough to form 1 flat layer. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, melt your chocolate or prepare your own chocolate mixture by adding melted coconut oil, cocoa or cacao, and maple syrup and stir until combined.
- Pour you melted chocolate over your prepared peanut butter base. Spread with a spatula into an even coating. Set in the fridge until set, at least 30 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt once set, optional.