How To Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Snack Bars
Reward yourself with these delicious gluten-free snack bars made with peanut butter, peanuts, almond meal, dates, and naturally-sweetened with honey.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ⅓cuphoney,or brown rice syrup
- ⅓cupalmond meal
- 1tbsppeanut butter,or any nut butter
- ½tsppure vanilla extract
- 2cupssalted peanuts,roughly chopped
- 5medjool dates,roughly chopped
- ⅓cupmini chocolate chips
- 4ozsemi sweet chocolate,melted, for drizzling, optional
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
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Line an 8- or 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper with enough overhang on the sides to easily remove the bars from the pan.
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Set aside.
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In a medium bowl, mix the honey, almond meal, peanut butter, and vanilla together until combined.
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Fold in the peanuts, dates, and chocolate chips until combined.
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Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking pan and press very firmly into an even layer. (Have it packed in as tightly as possible.)
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Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or until lightly browned on the edges.
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the pan set on a wire rack for 1 hour, then transfer to the refrigerator to chill for 1 more hour. (This firms up the bars which help them stay compact.)
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Remove the bars from the pan using the overhang on the sides and cut into bars.
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Drizzle with chocolate before or after cutting.
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Individually wrap each bar in plastic wrap or parchment.
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Store at room temperature for 1 week or in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Recipe Notes
The cookies get a little sticky at room temperature over a few days, so store it’s better stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Calories: 403.26kcal
- Fat: 24.84g
- Saturated Fat: 6.27g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.21g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.52g
- Carbohydrates: 42.18g
- Fiber: 5.13g
- Sugar: 33.18g
- Protein: 10.43g
- Cholesterol: 1.24mg
- Sodium: 141.08mg
- Calcium: 45.56mg
- Potassium: 391.49mg
- Iron: 1.26mg
- Vitamin A: 0.93µg
- Vitamin C: 0.11mg
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