Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Bars
The perfect easy, healthy snack that will actually fill you up! These bars are gluten, dairy, and refined sugar free, packed with protein, fibre, and healthy fats. Great for lunch boxes or nutritious snacks at home!
Servings: 20 bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup natural peanut butter or nut/seed butter of choice, substitute Sunbutter for nut free
- 1/2 cup coconut oil or butter/ghee
- 2/3 cup honey or liquid sweetener of choice
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp espresso powder optional (enhances chocolate flavour)
- pinch sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats certified gluten free if necessary
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup nut/seed of choice (sliced blanched almonds, roasted pumpkin seeds, roasted peanuts, chopped pecans, chia seed, flax seed, hemp seed, etc.) use a seed for nut free
Instructions
- In a pot or large measuring cup, melt the peanut butter and coconut oil together and stir until combined (either on the stovetop or in the microwave).
- Remove from heat and whisk in the honey, cocoa powder, espresso powder, and salt until combined. Taste the mixture and add more honey if you like it sweeter.
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine. It will be quite thick (mine often forms into a pliable ball), but if it seems too dry you can add a splash of almond milk (or milk of choice) to loosen it up. This time I used roasted pumpkin seeds as my nut/seed of choice.
- Spread mixture evenly in a parchment paper lined 9x13" pan. Cover and allow 1-2 hours to set in the fridge, or 30 minutes in the freezer before slicing and serving. Keep refrigerated, bars become melty left at room temperature for too long.
