Healthy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Layered peanut butter bars topped with chocolate and crunchy nuts, stacked.

Healthy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: healthy peanut butter bars

Prep Time: 20

Total Time: 20

Servings:

Calories: 322kcal

Author: Laureen King

Homemade Peanut Butter Bars made from scratch peanut butter, figs and coconut.

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Ingredients

For the Homemade Peanut Butter

4 cups dry roasted peanuts

Crust Layer

11/2 cups dry roasted peanuts I used salted
2/3 cup organic unsweetened shredded coconut
1 cup pitted dates
2 tablespoons organic coconut oil barely melted

Center Filling

11/2 cups homemade peanut butter room temperature
1/3 cup organic coconut oil just barely melted
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Chocolate Topping

8 oz dark chocolate I use 72% cocoa
1/2 cup homemade peanut butter

Instructions

Prepare Homemade Peanut Butter Mixture

Place 4 cups of peanuts in blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
Using a rubber spatula, scrape the peanut butter into a medium sized bowl.
Using 1 1/2 cups of the homemade peanut butter, stir together with 1/3 cup coconut oil and maple syrup. Mix until well combined.

Prepare The Crust

No need to clean the mixer or blender after making the peanut butter. Simply place 1 1/2 cups of dry roasted peanuts, shredded coconut, dates and 2 tablespoons coconut oil into blender or food processor. Using the pulse mode blend until combined and coarsely ground. Mixture should stick together when pressed between fingers. Don't over-blend or you will have mush!
Press firmly into 4.5 x 14 inch tart pan that has been lined with wax paper.

Middle Layer

Spread the peanut butter mixture evenly over the crust.
Place in the refrigerator for about 1 hour to allow the bars to set before adding chocolate layer.

Preparing Chocolate Topping

Melt 8 oz of dark chocolate in microwave at 50% power, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. You can also melt chocolate in double boiler.
Stir 1/2 cup homemade peanut butter into the melted chocolate.
Spread over the peanut butter layer and refrigerate until set.
Cut into squares.
Store in the refrigerator until ready to eat. As these bars are made with peanut butter that has no preservatives they must be kept in the refrigerator and served chilled!

Notes

To make Homemade Peanut Butter place 4 cups dry roasted peanuts into Vitamix container and secure lid. Start machine and slowly increase speed to its highest speed. Use tamper to press ingredients towards the blade. In about 1 minute when butter begins to flow freely reduce speed to variable 7. Blend for about 30 more seconds until smooth.

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