Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

4 Peanut butter bars and chopped fruit and veggies on a white platter.

4.70 from 26 votes

These no-bake peanut butter oatmeal bars are utterly delicious, loaded with rolled oats and peanut butter they fuel kids with whole grains, protein and healthy fats.

Prep Time2

Cook Time3

Chilling Time4

Course: Snack

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: peanut butter oatmeal bars, peanut butter bars, no bake peanut butter bars, chocolate peanut butter bars

Servings: bars

Calories: 207kcal

Author: Stacey

Ingredients

225 g peanut butter ½ cup
120 ml milk ½ cup
50 g butter
170 g honey ½ cup
250 g rolled oats 2 ½ cups
¼ cup chocolate chips optional

Instructions

Line a loaf tin with baking paper
In a saucepan place the peanut butter, milk, butter, and honey. Heat and stir over a medium heat until a caramel starts to form. The caramel will darken and thicken and you will be able to create a channel when you draw your spoon through the peanut butter caramel.
Remove the caramel fro the heat, stir through the rolled oats
Press the peanut butter bar mix into the lined loaf tin, refrigerate for 4 hours
(Optional) melt the chocolate and drizzle over the top of the peanut butter bars to make a scribble pattern.
Slice, enjoy!

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Notes

Ingredient Substitutes

Peanut butter: This recipe will work with any nut butter
Rolled oats: I haven't tested this recipe with substitutes for rolled oats, but both traditional rolled oats and quick cook oats work fine.
Honey: Maple syrup will work as a substitute for honey.
Milk: Coconut milk works as an alternative, I have not tested other plant-based milk.
Butter: Coconut oil works as an alternative.

Tips

The only real tip is to watch the peanut butter caramel like a hawk, you want it to thicken and darken so that it will hold the oat bars together but the worst thing ever is burnt caramel!
These peanut butter bars are absolutely delicious but they are best enjoyed from the fridge, they may be too fragile to send in the lunchbox, as they can crumble if they get too hot.
Store your peanut butter bars in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 7 days.

Nutrition

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