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No Bake Peanut Butter Bars with chocolate topping and flaky sea salt
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
1 hr 35 mins
 

No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars that are rich in protein. Made with simple ingredients in just 10 minutes, no oven required.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Peanut Butter Bars
Servings: 16 bars
Calories: 389 kcal
Author: Linda Loosli
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Base
  • 2 cups creamy peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 2 1/2 cups quick oats makes 2 ¼ cup oat flour
  • 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
Chocolate Layer
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips heaping
  • 2 tbsp creamy peanut butter
  • flaky sea salt to taste
Instructions
Peanut Butter Base

  1. Line a 9½-inch square pan with parchment paper, leaving some overhang so you can lift the bars out later.

  2. Add the quick oats to a blender or food processor and blend until they resemble a coarse flour. It does not need to be perfectly powdery.

  3. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine 2 cups of peanut butter and the honey. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until smooth and easily stirrable, about 90 seconds total.

  4. Stir in the oat flour and vanilla extract until a thick, cookie dough-like mixture forms.

    The formed dough ball made of peanut butter oat flour base for no bake peanut butter bars.

  5. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and press firmly into an even layer. Freeze for 20 to 25 minutes to firm up the base.

    The peanut butter oat flour dough pressed into a square pan to form the base of the no bake peanut butter bars.
Chocolate Layer

  1. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips and peanut butter. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until smooth, about 90 seconds to 2 minutes.

    Melted peanut butter chocolate topping being poured over the no bake peanut butter bar base.

  2. Pour the melted chocolate over the peanut butter base and spread evenly. Sprinkle the top with flaky sea salt.

    Spread melted peanut chocolate topping, sprinkled with flakey salt, just before freezing the no bake peanut butter bars.

  3. Freeze for 60 minutes, or until set. Let stand at room temperature for 5–10 minutes before slicing into bars.

  4. Use the parchment overhang to lift the bars out of the pan, then cut into 12 large or 16 small squares.

    Sliced no bake peanut butter bars showing thick oat base and chocolate topping.
Recipe Notes

Use a glass to help pack the base. Pressing the bottom of a glass (I used a mason jar) helps create a more pressed, uniform layer to create the base. Pay special attention to packing the edges so it looks smoother when sliced.