I love making simple and healthy snack bars that you can just grab from the fridge and enjoy, like my No-Bake Twix Bars, Samoa Bars, or Healthy Date Bars. It’s a great way to reload or just have a simple guilt-free treat. Classic peanut butter Rice Crispy bars are not that healthy, even made at home. The classic recipe brings a lot of sugar from corn syrup and melted mini marshmallows. Here I am sharing with you our healthy puffed cereal bars made with only real ingredients. Rice Krispies from the popular brand Kellogg’s is not vegan. They are fortified with Vitamin D derived from animal sources. However, there are many puffed rice cereal options on the market containing no additives and are 100% vegan.
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need to make these healthy no-bake bars are 7 ingredients.
Natural Peanut Butter – Use a fresh jar with oil on top and make sure there is no added sugar or added oil in your peanut butter. Natural Peanut Butter (100% peanuts) is always vegan. Maple Syrup – or any unrefined liquid sweetener you love like agave syrup or brown rice syrup. All these options are vegan approved. Coconut Oil – use refined coconut oil to avoid coconut flavor. This is the key ingredient to making peanut butter Rice Krispies treats without marshmallows and still have them hold together. Coconut oil sets the bars under just 73 °F/23 °C. Sea Salt – optional. Don’t add if you are using salted peanut butter. Vanilla Extract – for flavor. Puffed Rice Cereals – Rice Krispies from Kellogg’s are not vegan. That’s why these vegan rice crispy treats are made with natural puffed cereals with no added sugar or vitamin D3. You can use any type of cereals, such as puffed brown rice, puffed quinoa, puffed amaranth, or puffed spelt. Dark Chocolate Chips – I am using vegan chocolate chips. Check the ingredients list to make sure there is no added milk powder. Optional – flax meal or vanilla pea protein powder. This firm up the bars and make them crunchier after being stored in the fridge overnight
How To Make Puffed Rice Bars
This is quite a simple recipe if you follow my recipe card further down, but I’ve included below a few pictures to highlight key steps.
Storage Instructions
These vegan chocolate peanut butter rice crispy treats must be stored in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. They soften quickly at a temperature above 74 °F (23 °C) and are better kept in a cold place. If you want to take away these bars, make sure they are stored in a cool place. Otherwise, if it is hot where you live, you can freeze the bars in an airtight container and thaw them at room temperature. Their texture will be perfect after 1 hour at room temperature, so if you want to travel with these bars, freeze and store them in a cold place in a container.
More No-Bake Peanut Butter Recipes
I love to create no-bake peanut butter snacks. They are easy, healthy, and handy! You may also want to try my healthy vegan snack recipes below.
