Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars Recipe

peanut butter

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed butter

Almond butter offers a similar flavor with less saturated fat.

dark chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: cacao nibs

💰Cheaper: milk chocolate chips

Cacao nibs are lower in sugar and higher in antioxidants.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: corn syrup

Maple syrup provides a unique flavor while being a natural sweetener.

rolled oats

🥗Healthier: steel-cut oats

💰Cheaper: quick oats

Quick oats cook faster and are more affordable.

In a microwave-safe glass bowl, add 2 cups of old-fashioned oats.

Pour in 1/2 cup of honey (melted if hard).

Add 1/4 cup of butter.

Add about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of ground almonds (optional).

Mix all ingredients together in the bowl.

Microwave the mixture for 2 minutes to melt the butter and honey.

Stir the mixture after 2 minutes and check if it has reached boiling point.

If not boiling, microwave for another 1 to 2 minutes, stirring in between, until it reaches boiling point.

Once boiling and well blended, pour the mixture into an 8x8 inch baking pan.

Press the mixture down firmly to fill the pan evenly.

For the topping, microwave 1/4 cup of peanut butter and 1/2 cup of grain sweetened chocolate chips until melted, stirring in between.

Spread the melted chocolate and peanut butter mixture over the pressed oatmeal base.

Allow to cool and set before cutting into bars.

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