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No Bake Healthy Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bar

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Prep Time:45 minutes
Cook Time:0 minutes
Total Time:45 minutes
Course: Snack
Servings: 12 bars

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter the drippy kind with just peanuts + salt!
  • 1 1/2 tbsp virgin unrefined coconut oil
  • 3 tbsp honey or date syrup, if vegan
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Dry Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup flaxseed meal
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats or ancient grain oats gluten-free, if desired
  • 1/3 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

For Drizzle Topping:

  • 2 tbsp chopped pecans if you want bars more firm than chewy
  • 2 tbssp dark chocolate chip chunks
  • 1/2 tsp virgin unrefined coconut oil

Instructions

  • Mix wet ingredients (peanut butter, coconut oil, honey, vanilla) + cinnamon in a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir occasionally until smooth.
  • Remove smooth mixture from heat + stir in dry ingredients (flaxseed meal, chia seeds + rolled oats). Fold in chopped nuts + shredded coconut.
  • Choose a smaller pan size (like 9x9 or 8x4) + line with parchment paper.
  • Pour mixture on top of parchment paper, spreading the mixture out evenly + firmly. Press any desired extra chopped nuts on top.
  • Place dark chocolate chips + 1/2 teaspoon of coconut oil in a small pan on medium-low on stovetop. Stir until completely melted, then quickly drizzle melted chocolate mixture over bars diagonally.
  • Set bars in refrigerator for 25-minutes, then the freezer for another 10-minutes until the mixture has hardened.
  • Remove bars from freezer, cut into skinny granola bar rectangles (about 12) + store in an airtight container (in bulk or individually wrapped) in the fridge for up to 7 days.