These Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars are a delicious and nutritious breakfast, snack or dessert! They’re also gluten-free + vegan friendly!
Chocolate + Peanut Butter is literally a match made in heaven. That’s why you’ll find that we use this combo in our recipes really often because you can’t go wrong! These chocolate peanut butter oatmeal bars are not your average baked oatmeal! The baked oatmeal base is then topped with a thickkkk chocolate peanut butter filling, and then topped off with a crunchy streusel topping. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Plus they can be eaten for breakfast, snack or dessert, you choose!
The ingredients for this easy recipes are:
Oats
Baking powder
Applesauce
Egg
Maple Syrup
Peanut Butter
Chocolate Chips
Coconut oil
Enjoy!
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL BARS
Base
- 1 cup of oats (gluten-free if needed)
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 cup applesauce or 1 ripe banana, mashed
- 1 egg, beaten (sub flax egg for vegan option)
- 1-2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
Filling
- 1-2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup smooth creamy peanut butter
- 1/4-1/3 cup chocolate chips (dairy-free if needed)
Topping
- 1/3 cup oats
- 1.5 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 Tbsp. [maple syrup||https://amzn.to/2AU0enW]
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Combine oats and baking powder in a large bowl and mix well
- In a separate bowl, mix together applesauce, egg and maple syrup. Add to oat mixture and combine well.
- Spoon mixture into loaf pan and spread evenly. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Add chocolate chips to a small bowl and melt in the microwave. Mix in peanut butter until fully combined, add on top of oat base.
- In a small bowl mix together oats, coconut oil, and maple syrup in a small bowl until a crumb mixture forms. Spoon on top. Bake for another 10 minutes.
- Let cool then place in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Slice into 8 bars.
- store in the fridge, enjoy!
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I’m a big fan of oatmeal bars, and these look easy to whip up. Plus you can never go wrong with chocolate + peanut butter!
Oooh, these look INCREDIBLE, girl! I think I’m going to have to make them this weekend 😍
These look great. I just wanted to point out that the directions, unless I’m reading them incorrectly, don’t seem to match the way the ingredients are listed. The egg and the maple syrup are supposed to be mixed into the oatmeal based, but they are listed with the chocolate layer ingredients. It just made me re-read it a few times. Thanks for sharing, I’ll be making these soon.
I love chocolate and peanut butter and I love oatmeal so basically these bars are made for me! Looks amazing!!
Thank you Leah! We sometimes make stupid mistakes like these so we are thankful for people like you! Hope you make them and love them 🙂
well if you love chocolate and PB you will love them! Thank you Ashlyn!
thank you Kristy! 🙂
Thank you so much Nicole! Chocolate + PB for life!
You are 150% correct in that chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven. These oatmeal bars look like bites and delicious snacks that taste heavenly indeed! It’s mind-boggling how easy it can be to create healthy desserts that are cost-effective and minimal effort!
You are so right! Thanks Cassie :
What if we don’t have parchment paper?
just greasing the baking sheet with oil/butter will be fine 🙂
It is so great to read your post.It’s amazing.
What size pants should we use for these? 8 x 8 or 9 x 13? I’m not sure what a large loaf pan is
Hi Alex,
We mean a loaf pan, like the one you would bake banana bread in. If not, an 8×8 should work!
Can you substitute maple syrup? Would monk fruit work?