These grain-free Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Bars are insanely delicious, easy to make, and are free of refined sugar! Made with almond flour, coconut, peanut butter, and chocolate chips, this is a no-bake chocolate peanut butter bar recipe. Totally addictive and fun to make!
These grain-free no-bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Bars will satisfy any sweet craving you might have. They're decadent and delicious, but they're gluten-free and made without refined sugar. And with that spectacular topping, they're fancy enough for a celebration, too.
This peanut butter bar recipe is a riff on my No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars. I use the same base, but add the peanut butter swirl to dress them up. It's a similar recipe to these protein-rich Chocolate Peanut Butter Collagen Bars, too.
If you haven't tried this swirly peanut-buttery-chocolate chip topping before, you must. It's easy, it's fun and it'll bring out that creative artistic self you know is hiding inside you.
🛒 Ingredients
Ready to make these peanut butter chocolate chip bars? Here are a few notes about some of the ingredients. You'll find a complete list with quantities in the recipe card below.
- almonds: raw. You can grind these yourself, or you can simply use almond flour (which is much easier.)
- coconut: shredded, unsweetened coconut works best in this recipe.
- pure maple syrup: for natural sweetness
- coconut oil: adds moisture and helps to bind the peanut butter and almond flour together.
- vanilla extract: a perfect flavor enhancer
- salt
- peanut butter: natural, creamy peanut butter with no added sugar
- chocolate chips: any kind! Your favorite chocolate chips, or dairy-free, or sugar-free chocolate chips
🥄 Instructions
- Combine the base ingredients. A food processor makes this an easy task.
- Press the base firmly into an 8-inch square pan lined with parchment paper.
- Refrigerate or freeze the base while preparing the chocolate topping and melting the peanut butter for the swirl topping.
- Melt the chocolate, then spread over the peanut butter-almond base.
- Decorate. Next, use warmed peanut butter in a decorating bag to squeeze thin lines on the chocolate layer.
- Swirl. Lastly, use a toothpick to drag perpendicular lines through the peanut butter lines. This easily creates beautiful curves or even swirls.
👍🏼Tip: How to make peanut butter chocolate swirl topping
- Spread the peanut butter base with melted chocolate (mixed with a little coconut oil to prevent it from splintering when you cut it). Add warmed peanut butter to a piping bag or a resealable bag with a small hole cut in one corner. Then squeeze lines of melted peanut butter about ¾ inches apart over the surface.
- With a toothpick or a wooden skewer, draw perpendicular lines, dragging through the peanut butter.
- You can leave the lines as curves, or you can continue to drag the toothpick through randomly, creating swirls.
- Presto! You have a beautiful pattern that looks like it came from a French patisserie!
Bite into one of these peanut butter bars with chocolate swirls and your chocolate cravings will be a thing of the past!
🥶 Storage and Freezing Instructions
Store these peanut butter chocolate bars in the fridge for up to a week. For longer storage, store in a tightly covered container in the freezer for up to three months.
🗒 More Peanut Butter and Chocolate recipes
- 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies: a delicious flourless cookie recipe!
- Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
- Grain-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Pumpkin Energy Balls: a better-for-you treat!
- No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- Trail Mix Chocolate Nut Clusters: nuts and chocolate!
When you make these bars, please leave a comment and a rating below. I love hearing when you've made one of my recipes. Thanks in advance!
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📖 Recipe
Grain-Free Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
For the base
- 1 cup almond flour finely ground, or raw almond, finely ground
- 1 cup coconut shredded, unsweetened
- ¼ cup maple syrup, pure
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, pure
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup natural peanut butter, creamy
For the chocolate topping
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips or chopped quality dark chocolate sugar-free, if desired
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 2 tablespoon natural peanut butter, melted
Instructions
- Line an 8 x 8 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Put almonds in food processor and pulse until finely chopped (or use almond flour.)
- Add the remaining base ingredients and pulse until very well combined.
- Spread evenly in the baking dish, pressing down firmly.
- Refrigerate or freeze while melting the chocolate.
- Melt the chocolate chips or chunks over, not in, hot water, or in a glass bowl in the microwave, checking and stirring at 15 second intervals. Add 1 teaspoon coconut oil to make it easier to slice without cracking the top.
- Melt the peanut butter, either over low heat in a saucpan on the stovetop or in the microwave. Microwave for 15 - 20 seconds, stir and microwave for an additional 15 - 20 seconds if needed. Transfer to a frosting bag with a small round tip (or just use a ZipLok bag and snip a tiny bit off one corner to make your own decorating bag).
- Remove the baking pan from refrigerator and spread the chocolate topping evenly over the base.
- With the peanut butter decorating bag, make straight lines about ¾ inch apart across the surface.
- Use a toothpick or a skewer to draw lines perpendicular to the peanut butter lines, dragging the peanut butter into curves or swirls.
- Return to the refrigerator to set completely, then slice into small bars or triangles.
- These Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Bars freeze well.
Bethany
These look so amazing!!
Raia
How delicious! I love finding new grain-free treats. 🙂
Bethany @ athletic avocado
WOW these bars look amazing! Pb and chocolate is the best combo ever! I love that these are no-bake!