No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

If you love no-bake dessert recipes like my No-Bake Brownies, No-Bake Vegan Chocolate Cheesecake Bars, or Healthy No-Bake Oatmeal Bars, you’ll be for a treat with this healthy raw dessert. They are not only easy to prepare, oven-less, and perfect on hot summer days. But also a healthier treat packed with raw ingredients that brings you all their vitamins and nutrients.

Ingredients and Substitutions

All you need to make these delicious, decadent chocolate oat bars with peanut butter are:

Quick Oats – I don’t recommend rolled oats simply because their texture is coarse and the layer doesn’t firm up the same. Coconut Oil or plant-based butter – I recommend refined coconut oil if you don’t like the light coconut flavor that contains extra virgin coconut oil. Sea Salt – for decoration and flavor. Coconut Sugar or unrefined cane sugar, or simply any sugar you have on hand. I do have a preference for unrefined sweeteners, but brown sugar and white sugar also work well. Vanilla Extract – for flavor. Maple Syrup or any liquid sweetener you love, like agave syrup or coconut nectar.

For the chocolate peanut butter mixture you need:

Dark Chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips – I do like 70% cocoa to keep the sugar low and enhance the chocolate flavor of the bars. Peanut Butter – Pick natural peanut butter with no added sugar and no added oil.

How To Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

This is the easiest no-bake bar you will either make. The base and topping use the exact same mixture to reduce the effort in the kitchen. Plus the middle layer is a simple combination of two ingredients. So let me share with you my tips to make this easy dessert in no time. As mentioned earlier, the oatmeal mixture is used to make the base and topping of the chocolate peanut butter bars.

Storage Instructions

Store the bars in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. You can also freeze the bars in zip-lock bags or airtight containers for up to one month. Thaw in the fridge the day before serving.

Serving

You can serve the bars at room temperature. They won’t melt that easily, except if you place them in a hot sunny place. Serve plain or with a drizzle of extra melted dark chocolate, peanut butter or shredded coconut. You can also pour Vegan Whipped Cream or Peanut Butter Dip on the bar for a decadent version!

Allergy Swaps

Here are some options to make this oatmeal bar if you have some allergies to the ingredients used in this recipe:

Nut-Free – You can swap peanut butter for sunflower seed butter, pumpkin seed butter, or tahini. Sugar-Free – You can use sugar-free liquid sweeteners and allulose instead of coconut sugar. Also, use a sugar-free stevia-sweetened chocolate chip brand. Gluten-Free – Pick gluten-free certified oats.

Below I answered your most common questions about this no-bake recipe.