Candy, salty, and crunchy, these no-bake peanut butter bars are a healthful various to the basic chewy bars. This variation options my favourite peanut butter + chocolate taste mixture due to all-natural peanut butter and mini chocolate chips with an surprising crunch from Chex cereal. Merely combine every little thing collectively, press right into a pan, and let the freezer do the remainder!

• Rice Chex: This well-liked cereal offers these peanut butter bars a satisfying crunch.
• Peanut butter: Drippy peanut butter is a should! For greatest outcomes, I like to recommend all-natural creamy Smucker’s or Dealer Joe’s manufacturers. In case you don’t have drippy peanut butter, combine in a number of teaspoons of melted coconut oil to your peanut butter earlier than utilizing on this recipe.
• Brown rice syrup: A vegan and low-glucose sweetener that I like to make use of in candy no-bake recipes.
• Honey: Naturally sweetens these bars.
• Peanuts: I like to make use of roasted and salted peanuts for essentially the most “peanut-y” taste.
• Mini chocolate chips: Add the right quantity of chocolate taste in each chew. Mini chips combine in fantastically however chopped chocolate bars additionally work effectively.
• Kosher salt: For the right stability of candy and salty.

TIP: For nut-free no bake bars, use sunflower seed butter instead of peanut butter. Be aware the bars can have a unique style.

Easy methods to Make No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars

A single batch of those bars suits completely in a 9×13-inch casserole dish. Line it with parchment paper for simple removing later!

Use a meals processor to pulse the Chex into small items (however not as high quality as sand) – an identical consistency to what I take advantage of in these peanut butter honey Chex balls. In case you don’t have a meals processor, place the Chex in a gallon-sized bag and use your fingers or a measuring cup to crush them.

Add the peanut butter, brown rice syrup, and honey to a big bowl and blend till mixed right into a batter-like consistency.

Then pour the Chex items, peanuts, and chocolate chips into the peanut butter combination and blend till all substances are totally coated. 

Pour the peanut butter combination into your ready pan, utilizing your fingers or a spatula to unfold it in a good layer. Make sure to actually press the combination down, so every little thing is packed in good and tight.

TIP: Moist your fingers earlier than urgent the combination into the pan to keep away from a sticky state of affairs.

Place the bars into the freezer to set for 1-2 hours.

As soon as the bars are set, take away the pan from the freezer. Gently raise the bars out of the pan and place on a big chopping board. Use a pointy knife to chop into squares, granola-bar type rectangles, or any form you need.

Ideas for Good No-Bake Bars

Easy methods to Serve Them

Add these no-bake bars to highschool or work lunches, pack one for a day pick-me-up, serve on vacation deal with platters, or get pleasure from as dessert. These bars freeze splendidly and I like preserving a batch readily available for snack emergencies!

These bars are greatest saved chilled – both within the fridge or freezer. Hold in an hermetic container within the fridge for 2-3 weeks. To forestall the bars from sticking collectively, place a chunk of parchment paper between layers.

To freeze, wrap every bar individually in plastic wrap and place in an hermetic container or freezer-safe bag for as much as 3 months. Seize and go as wanted!