Hellooo Chocolate and Peanut Butter!!! 😉
if your like me and you eat granola bars like ALLL the time them meet your new best friend!
how was everyone's Holiday?! I hope it was great and filled with lots of love and spending time with family 😉
welll guess what! if you follow me on instagram of FB then you probably already seen it BUT I have blonde hair now!!! I'm super excited about it!
and an update on the pupperz, he is still doing very well still we have about 2 weeks left of his medication "maintenance" now because now he just gets his meds every 3 days and then fingers crossed when it's all gone that he will be in the clear 😉 but if it comes back he will have to go back on meds... at least it doesn't mean surgery again so I'm happy about that but still hoping for the best and hoping it stays gone!
I just wanted to share that really quick! NOW...on to these yummy but healthy treats 😉
these Best Ever Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bars are of course Vegan and Gluten Free and Soy Free!
they are so easy to make seriously no baking required for these! you literally combine all the ingredients in 1 pan and then shape it on a sheet and place in the freezer until firm!
they are super healthy but taste like dessert!
and I mean do I need to say anything other than Chocolate and PB in the same sentence to convince you how de-lish these are?!
I kept them in the fridge for about a week and they stayed fresh, I ate one pretty much every day and Nick was begging for a third batch to be made... yeah you read that right a third batch because the first batch was gone in like 2 days... yeah they taste like a candy bar but with all natural ingredients!
I hope you try them and love them as much as we did!
Hope you all enjoy this recipe... if you make it you will totally be addicted!
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Best Ever Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bars Vegan GF Soy Free
Best Ever Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bars Vegan GF Soy Free
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 20 1x
- Category: snack/meal on the go
Ingredients
- 1 cups whole rolled oats
- ¼ cup GF all purpose flour
- 2 cups GF Vegan chocolate rice crisps
- 1 cup salted peanuts
- ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon brown rice syrup
- ½ cup plain natural PB (or salted natural PB)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ½ tsp salt
- â…” cup vegan GF SF chocolate chips (I like sunspire 65% cocoa one)
Instructions
- get a food processor and put oats and pulse a few times just to break up the oats a little and add to a large bowl
- same things with the rice crisps put in food processor and pulse until bro0kwn up and add to bowl and same for the peanuts peanuts...
- add flour to bowl and stir everything together
- in a medium pan (leave it off) add you brown rice syrup, Peanut Butter, maple syrup, vanilla, salt and then turn on medium heat and sitr until everything is mixed well
- next add your bowl of dry ingredients but add it slowly in about 3-4 different batches mixing it each time
- once everything is mixed turn the heat off and grab a cooking sheet lined with parchment paper and pour the mixture onto that
- SPRAY YOUR HANDS WITH NON-STICK COOKING SPRAY (otherwise it will all just stick to your hands like crazy)
- use your hands to for a large rectangle (see picture) kind of like kneeding bread form an tight bar shaped rectangle
- melt your chocolate chips in the microwave about 1 minute
- pour chocolate over bars and spread out evenly
- place in freezer for 15 minutes then remove and cut into bars... store in fridge until ready to eat or wrap up and bring with you.
- store for about 1 week
- Served 10 Large bars or 20 small bars
mira
I love reading your healthy GF recipes Michelle! These peanut butter granola bars sound amazing! Pinned! Have a happy New Year!
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Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Michele! I can't believe that New Year's is almost here, what a year! These granola bars look amazing! I'm drooling over the chocolate and peanut butter combo. Perfection! And pinned!
Valya @ Valya' s Taste of Home
This is a incredible treat for New Years! Love the combinations in this recipe. Love your pictures! 🙂
Linda @ Veganosity
Love your blonde hair Michele! I'm so happy your puppy is doing well.
These look dangerous. I love peanut butter and chocolate, I'm sure I'd eat the entire batch.
Ceara @ Ceara's Kitchen
SO happy to hear your puppy is doing well 🙂
And these granola bars - hubba hubba!! They look absolutely, mind-blowingly goodd!!!! Cannot wait to try them 😀 Pinned!!
Happy 2015!!
Annie @Maebells
There is simply nothing better than peanut butter and chocolate! These bars look amazing!
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Mir
I hear blondes have more fun!
These look great. PB and chocolate, my fave!
Kelley @ Chef Savvy
These peanut butter granola bars sound amazing! I've always wanted to try making my own granola bars at home. Have to try your recipe!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
I agree that these look like the best ever. Chocolate and peanut butter is always a winning combination for me.
Happy 2015!
Stacey @ Bake.Eat.Repeat.
Peanut butter and chocolate is just the best combination ever! These granola bars look great Michelle!
Jess @ whatjessicabakednext
These granola bars look delish! Love the PB and chocolate combo, so good! Happy New Year!
Vanessa @ VeganFamilyRecipes.com
Woah! These look unreal! Peanut Butter and Chocolate...wins every time 🙂 Looks delicious and surprisingly easy to make. Can't wait to try it!
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Amrita
OH YUM! This is like a rice krispie treat, snickers bar and quaker bar all in one. All my favourite things when I was not vegan. I was actually thinking of making a vegan snickers slice next week! Now I really am going to make it after seeing this!!
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tworaspberries
RIGHT!!! sweet I can't wait to see what you make, post it please! it sounds DELICIOUS!!! 😉 (I miss snickers since going vegan) hehehe!
Mary Frances
OMGosh I love these! I make something similar but this looks out of this world. I must try - they sound perfect for when those choc/pb cravings hit (aka every day amiright? 🙂
tworaspberries
YESSS Mary Frances! you are so right 😉 everydayyy!!! thanks girl!
Lilli @ Sugar and Cinnamon
I know if I made this I would eat the whole thing in about one day 🙂 It looks so delicious!
tworaspberries
it is seriously de-lish! like dessert, but healthy 😉 thanks Lilli!