Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars (dairy-free)

Two fingers holding up a square of a dark chocolate and peanut butter crunch bar.

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars (dairy-free)

A 5-ingredient, peanut butter crunch bars recipe you'll love sinking your teeth into! A blend of maple syrup and cacao powder red over crispy rice cereal to create a chewy, crunchy texture.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword dairy free crunch bar, healthy crunch bar, no bake, no bake chocolate bar

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Total Time 40

Servings squares

Calories 206kcal

Author Shelby Stover

Ingredients

⅓ cup coconut oil measured solid
½ cup cacao powder
⅓ cup natural peanut butter
¼ cup maple syrup
1 tbs maple syrup
2 cup crispy rice cereal
½ teaspoon sea salt optional

Instructions

In a medium pot combine the coconut oil, syrup, and peanut butter. Heat over extremely low heat until coconut oil is melted. Whiskhisk until everything is combined.
Stir in the cacao powder and mix until no clumps remain and chocolate is smooth.
Pour the rice puffs into the pot and mix until they're all coated.
Line an 8x4 pan with parchment paper and pour the mixture into the pan. Use a silicone spatula to smooth the mixture until even. Sprinkle the sea salt over top if using.
Freeze for thirty minutes. Remove from the freezer and let sit for three minutes before cutting.
Enjoy slightly chilled!

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Notes

Grab all the ingredients you need from my pantry staples.

Make sure to use crispy rice and not puffed rice or you'll have a chewy texture.

Do not over heat the coconut oil mixture or the peanut butter will burn.

You do need both maple syrup amounts listed.

Sprinkle sea salt on top of the bars before freezing for the BEST flavor.

The bars taste best chilled but at room temperature, they won't hold together perfectly for long. So, enjoy them chilled from the fridge.

The bars have a very dark chocolate flavor, if you prefer a sweeter chocolate flavor, use cocoa powder in place of cacao. It's a bit more processed and thus naturally sweeter.

You could also mix a few dairy-free chocolate chips into the puffed rice mixture or 1tbs of them into the melted mixture for added sweetness.

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