Written by Dianne B. Published on in Desserts, Vegan (All)
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These Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars have only four ingredients, are no-bake, gluten-free and low-FODMAP. I’ve also included a vegan option for this recipe.
I think peanut butter-chocolate is one of my favorite flavor combinations. OK, well, it’s probably a tie between that and mint-chocolate. Either way, chocolate is the common denominator. I especially love dark chocolate. Luckily, it is also low in FODMAPs, along with the other ingredients in these bars.
Developing the Recipe
Maybe you are familiar with a recipe for homemade peanut butter bars that taste just like a Reese’s peanut butter cup. It features crushed up graham crackers to make the consistency like a real peanut butter cup. I figured out that if you use a natural peanut butter (one that contains only two ingredients – peanuts and salt), you can get that same grainy texture, but without using the crushed up crackers!
I played around with the proportions of the butters and sugar and came up with this recipe that has only four ingredients. Plus the decadence of dark chocolate. I have included a way to make these vegan by replacing the butter with coconut oil. The coconut oil makes the consistency of the peanut butter mixture a lot thinner, so the preparation is a bit different. The peanut butter layer has to be refrigerated until firm before adding the chocolate layer.
These bars are easy to make, gluten-free, wheat-free, and of course, delicious! I hope you like these Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars as much as I do (which is a lot)!
Try these other Chocolate &Peanut Butter recipes from my collection:
- Peanut Butter Marshmallow Fudge
- Peanut Butter Quinoa Porridge
- Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
Low-FODMAP, Gluten-Free, Vegan Option (see note below)
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate, gluten-free, low-fodmap, peanut butter, vegan
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes minutes
Chilling Time 2 hours hours
Total Time 20 minutes minutes
Servings 16 bars
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (see note below for vegan option)
- 1 cup natural creamy peanut butter (I use Smucker’s)
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 3/4 cup dairy-free dark chocolate morsels (I use Enjoy Life)
- 2 tablespoons natural creamy peanut butter
Instructions
Line an 8″ square pan with aluminum foil and coat lightly with cooking spray.
In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup natural creamy peanut butter. Stir until smooth. Add the confectioners’ sugar and stir until fully incorporated. Spread evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan.
In a small saucepan, melt the dark chocolate morsels and remaining 2 tablespoons peanut butter together over low heat, stirring until chocolate is just melted. Drizzle evenly over top of peanut butter layer then carefully spread out with a spatula.
Chill in the refrigerator until set, about 2 hours. Lift bars out the pan using the foil. Cut into bars and serve. These keep best stored in the fridge.
Notes
To make these vegan, replace the 1/2 cup butter with 1/2 cup virgin coconut oil. The peanut butter mixture will be considerably thinner, so wait until chilled solid before adding the the chocolate layer: Pour the peanut butter mixture in the bottom of the prepared pan and refrigerate until solid, about 1 1/2 hours. Make the chocolate layer as stated above and spread over the top of the chilled peanut butter mixture. Refrigerate another 30 minutes, or until set.
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June 12, 2017 at 12:32 am ·Reply
Chocolate and peanut butter are very close to my heart. I gotta try this recipe. Thanks!
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January 1, 2018 at 1:48 am ·Reply
This chocolate peanut butter dessert is really delicious and simple! Thank you!
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January 1, 2018 at 10:14 pm ·Reply
Glad you like it!
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April 10, 2018 at 7:27 pm ·Reply
Chocolate peanut butter dessert is simple & delicious! Simply delicious! Thanks!
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May 4, 2018 at 3:55 am ·Reply
Wonder if I could omit the confectioners sugar and sub coconut flour?
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March 26, 2019 at 7:47 pm ·Reply
This looks so good! I love that the ingredient list is so short! What a great one to through together in no time!
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March 26, 2019 at 7:48 pm ·Reply
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
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Dianne B.
March 28, 2019 at 7:53 pm ·Reply
I think they will probably keep about a week, maybe longer if refrigerated.
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Karen Portish
April 19, 2019 at 3:06 am ·Reply
These are the bomb! Thanks so much! Have you ever tried adding gluten free Rice Krispies to these? I’m going to add about a cup to the peanut butter mix, so will let you know how they turn out. 🙂-
Dianne B.
April 22, 2019 at 10:14 pm ·Reply
I haven’t tried adding rice krispies, but I think it would work fine. Let me know how they come out!
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Amanda
July 25, 2019 at 7:03 pm ·Reply
Can u use something different than coconut oil and still be dairy and gluten free?
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Dianne B.
July 30, 2019 at 1:13 am ·Reply
Yes! You can try using vegan margarine, such as Earth Balance.
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Sophie
September 2, 2021 at 4:11 pm ·Reply
I used vegan becel margarine, but I would definitely still let the peanut butter layer firm up a bit first. My chocolate ended up spreading into the peanut butter.
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Jen
July 21, 2020 at 2:30 am ·Reply
I made these without butter … just 3 ingredients and they came out so peanut buttery amazing! You just have to melt the peanut butter, remove from heat and stir in confectioners sugar ( a little harder to mix). And add melted chocolate and they were amazing!-
Dianne B.
July 21, 2020 at 7:39 pm ·Reply
Sounds great! Glad you liked it.
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Sandy M
December 26, 2020 at 8:05 am ·Reply
I made the graham cracker version for years. So good to know it’s possible without them. We now have a peanut/nut allergy in the family. Do you think it would work with sun butter?
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