No Bake Crispy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

Update April 2020: We first made these a few months ago and they’ve quickly become a regular in our house since staying home and having 4 people constantly looking for snacks!

Minimal ingredients, minimal effort (as in 15 minutes and no bake!) and so yummy!

What’s not to love? Peanut Butter (sub your favorite nut or seed butter), Chocolate and Crunch! So satisfying!

Hope you love them too!

Original post…

So excited to share these New No Bake Crispy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars with you!

They are a healthier version of a Rice Krispy treat, made with peanut butter (substitute your favorite nut or seed butter) instead of marshmellows and topped with an amazing layer of chocolate… soooooo yummy!

They have just the right amount of peanut butter, a satisfying crunch and a chocolate topping that is the perfect finishing touch!

They have been a HUGE hit with my family and all my taste testers!

Oh, and they happen to be gluten-free, vegan, no bake and take only 15 minutes to prep!

They were inspired by Crispy Peanut Butter Treats with Chocolate Chips that we used to make all the time from Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet. These were made with Brown Rice Syrup however which we can no longer readily find. So we’ve been playing around with different sugar/ liquid substitutes and found a combination we love!

All you need is 6 ingredients: Natural Peanut Butter, Crispy Brown Rice Cereal (Rice Krispies aren’t gluten-free in the United States so we used Barbara’s  Organic Brown Rice Crisp Cereal), maple syrup, vanilla extract, coconut oil and chocolate chips (we used Enjoy Life semi-sweet but dark chips would work well too).

And they come together quickly!

We simultaneously melted the peanut butter, coconut oil & maple syrup and the chocolate chips and coconut oil.

Then we poured the peanut butter mix over the Brown Rice Cereal and mix to combine.

Pour or spoon the mix into a parchment lined pan and use the back of a spoon or spatula to press it down so it forms an even layer. This will also help the crispies hold together.

Then pour the chocolate over the top. Using a spatula to spread evenly or gently tilt the pan from side to side until the chocolate topping is evenly coating the peanut butter crispies.

Then set in the refrigerator to set, preferably for an hour (or more). If you want to top with sea salt, remove from frige after about 10 minutes so that the chocolate has cooled a little and sprinkle with kosher or coarse sea salt.

Remove from fridge and let sit for 5 minutes before cutting so that the chocolate isn’t so cold that it cracks when slicing squares.

And there you have it! An easy, 6 ingredient treat with the best sweet and salty crunch!

Hope you love them as much as we do!

For more easy and amazing No Bake Treats, try:

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Mini Twix Bars

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