These Gluten-Free Vegan No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars are an easy and healthy recipe made with clean, real food ingredients. They're the perfect no-bake plant-based dessert that can be prepared in under 15 minutes that everyone will love!
Here's Why This Recipe Works
My top 3 favorite reasons:
- It's A Healthy No-Bake Recipe
- Can Be Prepared In Under 15 Minutes
- Made With Clean, Real Food Ingredients
You can feel good about making my healthy, plant-based recipe because it's vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, no-bake, and contains no refined sugar.
What Goes Into This Recipe
Here are the nutrient-dense ingredients that I used to make this recipe:
How To Make This Recipe: Step-by-Step Instructions
Here is how to make this recipe and I'll show you how easy it is with step-by-step instructions below.
Before beginning, prepare an 8 x 8 baking dish lined with parchment paper, then set aside.
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- Wild Blueberry Cheesecake
- Chocolate Crunch Bars
- Pecan Pie Bars
- or my CLEAN DESSERTS Cookbook with 72 plant-based no-baked dessert recipes made with clean, real food ingredients just like this one that you will love!
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Gluten-Free Vegan No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars
Ingredients
For the oat layer:
- 3 cups organic gluten-free quick rolled oats
- ½ cup organic coconut oil
- 1 cup organic Medjool dates (pitted)
- 2 tablespoons organic maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon organic pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
For the chocolate layer:
- 1 cup Enjoy Life semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
- 1 cup organic peanut butter (or cashew butter, almond butter, etc.)
- 1 tablespoon organic coconut oil
Instructions
- Prepare an 8 x 8 baking dish lined with parchment paper, then set aside.
Prepare the oat layer:
- Add all ingredients for the oat layer to a food processor and process just enough to break the dates into tiny pieces and the mixture has a moist, crumbly texture. Take care to not over process or the oats will turn into oat flour. Set aside.
Prepare the chocolate layer:
- Add all ingredients for the chocolate layer to a small saucepan and melt on the lowest heat, stirring the entire time and taking care to not let the chocolate burn, then set aside.
Assembly:
- Add ½ the oat mixture to the prepared baking dish and press it down firmly and evenly on the bottom of the baking dish.
- Pour the chocolate layer mixture evenly on top of the bottom layer of oat mixture, reserving a few tablespoons to drizzle on top if you'd like.
- Using your hands, take a handful of the remaining ½ of the oat mixture at a time and crumble it on top of the chocolate layer mixture until the chocolate layer is completely covered with the top layer of oat mixture.
- Using the palm of your hand, gently pat down the top layer into the chocolate until it is flat and as firm as possible without disturbing the chocolate layer.
- Drizzle any leftover chocolate over the top layer of the oat mixture.
- Place the baking dish in the freezer for approximately 60 minutes, or until it firms up and hardens.
- Remove from the freezer and allow to thaw for about 5 minutes so they will be easy to cut.
- Store in an air-tight BPA-free container in the freezer or refrigerator until ready to serve because the bars will get soft and lose their shape if left out at room temperature.
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information
Copyright Notice
The instructions, notes, and photographs for this recipe by Karielyn Tillman of The Healthy Family and Home™ website are copyrighted material. This copyrighted work is protected and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International License and the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and cannot be legally used without my written permission.
Edna says
Just made these, the bars are absolutely gorgeous and perfectly sweet. My whole family commented about how good they were and we hardly had any left over. Thanks for the recipe Karielyn!
Karielyn says
Hi there Edna! Thank you for trying out my recipe and I am so glad to hear everyone enjoyed it! 🙂
Alex says
Hi!
Just made half the recipe to test it and its almost all gone. Really really delish. Thanks for the recipe!
Karielyn says
Hi there Alex! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe and not to worry...I do the same thing when I make them as they are hard to resist lol!
Thanks for trying out the recipe and for taking the time to let me know you like it...I really appreciate it 🙂