Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars – Super Crunchy!

These no bake chocolate peanut butter protein bars are packed with over 11g of protein and 6.8g of fiber per serving! Plus a good amount of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat with only about 350 calories per bar. This quality for less than $.70 per bar is unheard of. This is an excellent plant based snack that will keep your hunger at bay.

The best part is the CRUNCH is ridiculously satisfying!

Keys to success with Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars

• Microwave the peanut butter & agave nectar for 30 to 60 seconds until it’s nice and spreadable
• Once the peanut butter is mixed well into the dry ingredients, press the mixture into a 13″ x 9″ dish using the back of the spoon and really squishing it down so it creates a bar that sticks together
• Microwave the dark chocolate chips and coconut milk for 30 to 60 seconds until it’s nice and spreadable
• Refrigerate for 1 hour or freeze for 30 minutes to make it easier to cut into bars

Are Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars Healthy?

Not all bars are made the same. When shopping for protein bars, I like to look for bars with minimal added sugars (7g or less), a good amount of fiber (5g+) and high quality sources of protein (10g+). It’s great to have bars with nuts, seeds and whole grains instead of highly processed protein isolates and excessive sweeteners. Nuts and seeds give the added benefit of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, while these and the whole grains contribute to the dietary fiber.

This recipe has it all at a fraction of the price!

Adjustments for Kids

If your kids like peanut butter and chocolate, this is an easy sell! If they don’t like chocolate it’s easy enough to leave that off of some of the bars. They may not like seeing the chia seeds in there, and that is also ok to omit, however they give a great amount of protein and fiber so try it with them in there and see if they notice before omitting them!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars Recipe

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• Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

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Dry Bar Ingredients

• 7 c. Nature’s Path Heritage Flakes Cereal (13.25 oz box)
• 1/2 c. chia seeds
• 1 1/2 c. pumpkin seeds, roasted unsalted

Wet Bar Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp agave nectar
• 1 3/4 c peanut butter (0g trans fat)

Chocolate topping

• 1.5 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/2 c. coconut solids from coconut milk

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Instructions

Mix Bar Wet Ingredients together

1. Add the peanut butter and agave nectar to a glass measuring cup or microwave safe bowl.
2. Microwave on high for 30 to 60 seconds. Stir well to incorporate the ingredients together.

 

Crush and Mix Bar Dry Ingredients together

1. In a large bowl add the Heritage Flakes, chia seeds and pumpkin seeds and mix together.

 

Form the Bars

1. Add the peanut butter and agave nectar mixture to the flakes mixture and stir to incorporate well.
2. Press the mixture into a large baking dish using the back of a large spoon to crunch down into the dish. This will help keep the bar together. 

 

Make Chocolate Topping

1. In the microwave save bowl or measuring cup, add the chocolate chips and coconut solids skimmed off a can of coconut milk.
2. Microwave on high for 30 to 60 seconds until the chocolate is melted. Stir well to incorporate the ingredients together. If the chocolate chips aren’t melted after stirring, microwave a bit longer until melted.
3. Spread on top of the bars

 

Cool The Bars

1. Put the bars in the freezer for 20 minutes or fridge for 1 hour to cool completely. Once cooled it will harden together.
2. Cut into 20 pieces by cutting length wise 3 times and width wise 4 times. Store on the counter for a few days, in the fridge for 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 6 months. 

• Author: Gratefulfoodlife
• Prep Time: 5
• Category: Snack

Variations for this Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars Recipe

If you don’t have coconut milk on hand, you can substitute regular milk or oat milk. Any of these will loosen up the chocolate to make it spreadable.

You can omit the agave nectar to make it 5g of sugar per bar! It may take just a little more stirring to get the peanut butter to coat the dry ingredients. And this version is obviously a little less sweet, but still so satisfying!

Let us know how it turned out and if you tried any variations in the comments!

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