Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar Recipe (gluten free, dairy free)
I love Perfect Bars. They are my absolute favorite, but the cost keeps going up and it's getting harder to work them into my grocery budget. So I decided to make my own version, and I am OBSESSED! You can make several batches for a lot cheaper than store-bought protein bars. Oh and did I mention they taste like a Reese's peanut butter cup!
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter creamy or crunchy
- 1/2 cup peanut butter powder I use PBFit
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil refined doesn't taste like coconut
- flaky sea salt for topping
Instructions
- Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, add peanut butter, peanut butter powder, maple syrup, and vanilla, and stir to combine.
- Press peanut butter mixture into an even layer in bottom of baking dish.
- In a separate bowl, melt chocolate chips and coconut oil together at 30 second intervals until melted (takes about 1-1.5 minutes).
- Pour melted chocolate over peanut butter mixture and spread into an even layer.
- Place baking dish in fridge to harden for at least one hour and then lift the parchment paper and place it on a cutting board to cut into 9 equal sized bars.