Melissa Hemsley’s Chocolate Peanut Butter (No-bake) Bars
Perfect for packing into lunchboxes for a healthy snack on the go, these delicious no-bake peanut and chocolate butter bars are full of healthy ingredients.
Introduction
A no-bake family favourite treat. Pretty irresistible but if you don’t devour them over a few days, they will keep for a week in a sealed container. Store in the fridge in warmer months. If catering to any nut allergies, swap the ground almonds for more oats and switch the nut butter for pumpkin seed butter. If you have a preferred nut butter, try that – I love a cashew butter but keep it to the smooth variety for a silkier texture. Look out for 60% minimum cocoa solids for your chocolate.
Ingredients
| 250g | smooth peanut butter |
| 100g | ground almonds |
| 100g | porridge oats |
| 6 tbsp | maple syrup |
| 1 tsp | vanilla extract |
| Little pinch of | sea salt |
| For the chocolate layer: | |
|---|---|
| 180g | dark chocolate, roughly broken |
| 1 tbsp | smooth peanut butter |
| flaky sea salt, for sprinkling | |
| Optional Topping: | |
| 2 handfuls of | toasted peanuts |
Method
Takes 20 minutes, plus setting time. Keeps for 1 week, at room temperature.
Line a small tin or dish (about 15 x 8cm or square equivalent) with greaseproof paper, making sure it comes up high enough on the sides so that you can lift the mixture out of the tin once it’s set.
Mix the peanut butter, ground almonds, oats, maple syrup, vanilla and salt together in a bowl. Transfer to the lined tin, pressing down with the back of a spoon or spatula to make it even and compact.
For the chocolate layer, melt the chocolate in a bain-marie (a heatproof bowl set over a pan of very lightly simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water). Once melted, stir through the peanut butter and pour this evenly over the base. If topping with the whole peanuts, scatter these over the chocolate layer. Sprinkle over a little pinch of flaky sea salt.
Set in the fridge for 1 hour or until firm, then cut into 16 pieces to serve.
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