Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

These Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars can easily be made gluten-free and vegan, and they're so incredibly rich and satisfying! Good luck stopping with one!

Total Time

40min

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Author: Lemons and Basil

Servings:

Ingredients

•

1 cup

Creamy Peanut Butter

•

4 Tbsp

Cooked Mashed Sweet Potatoes

•

2/3 cup

Raw Cane Sugar

or Coconut Sugar

•

1 tsp

Vanilla Extract

•

1/3 cup

Oat Flour

•

1 tsp

Baking Soda

•

1/8 tsp

Sea Salt

•

1/3 cup

Chocolate Chips

•

as needed

Coconut Oil

or Non-stick Spray of Choice

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch pan with Coconut Oil (as needed) .

Add Creamy Peanut Butter (1 cup) , Sweet Potatoes (4 Tbsp) , Raw Cane Sugar (2/3 cup) , and Vanilla Extract (1 tsp) to a large bowl. Stir until well mixed and a smooth consistency is reached.

To a small bowl, add Oat Flour (1/3 cup) , Baking Soda (1 tsp) , Sea Salt (1/8 tsp) , and Chocolate Chips (1/3 cup) , gently whisk to combine.

Add dry ingredients to peanut butter mixture, then stir until well combined. Spread evenly into greased 8x8-inch pan.

Top with 2 Tbsp of chocolate chips, gently pressing into the batter, then bake 10 minutes. The bars will look underdone, which is exactly what you want!

Allow them to cool 20 minutes or so before eating. They’ll firm up as they cool and be rich, fudgy, and moist!

Author's Notes

Serves 16 bars.

For the sweet potatoes, you can peel, boil and mash a fresh sweet potato, or use organic canned sweet potato or yams. I’ve used both options, as well as part of a carrot/sweet potato toddler pouch when in a pinch, and they’ve all turned out great!

Nutrition Per Serving

CALORIES

246

FAT

13.8 g

PROTEIN

6.9 g

CARBS

27.5 g