Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars! They taste like candy, but are secretly good for you! Sweetened with dates, these simple no bake bars easy to make and kid friendly. Vegan, Gluten Free + Paleo Option

By Megan

Updated Aug 19, 2025, Published Mar 14, 2015

5 from 2 votes

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3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars! They taste like candy, but are secretly good for you! Sweetened with dates, these simple no bake bars easy to make and kid friendly.

Sometimes you make old recipes and it brings back funny memories. Like the first time I ever made this Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars recipe and my mother devoured all of them in a day.

No lie! I still remember her lingering over the bars, trying to snag bites as I was shooting them. The conversation went something like this.

Me. “Mom, stop eating the bars. I haven’t shot them yet.”

Mom. “I think I need one.” Takes a few bites, “Yum! I know I’m gonna like these.”

Me. “You can have them after I’m done shooting.”

30 minutes later…”Mom, I’m done shooting.”

Mom’s passed out on the couch. I leave a bar next to her. She wakes up, eats the bar, gets up and says, “I need another one to be sure I really like them.”

The next day. “Mom, what happened to the bars?”

Mom looks around sheepishly, “I don’t know where they could have gone!”

And, that friends, is what happens when you make something really good!

Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

Even better? Theses Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars are no bake, have no refined sugar and only have four ingredients – dates, peanuts, chocolate and salt. They’re also adaptable. I’ve made them with almonds in the past and they’re just as delicious!

They remind me of a candy bar which I haven’t been able to put my finger on. Maybe a healthier Snickers? Try them and let me know what you think. I will warn you – these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars are so good they won’t last very long!

Love peanut butter and chocolate? Try my healthy peanut butter bars recipe, low calorie peanut butter muffins, and healthier peanut butter blondes next!

5 from 2 votes

Servings: bars

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

By Megan Olson

Prep: 10

Total: 1 10

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Ingredients

▢ 1 1/2 cups dates, pitted
▢ 1 1/2 cups peanuts, unsalted, raw and not roasted
▢ 3/4 cup chocolate chips, or dairy free chocolate chips
▢ Salt to taste

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Place the peanuts on a sheet pan and bake 8-10 minutes until roasted.
Let the peanuts cool a few minutes then place in a food processor with dates and salt. Blend until the dates and peanuts are broken down.
Transfer the mixture to an 8-inch x 8-inch baking pan lined with parchment paper. Spread the mixture into an even layer. Place in the refrigerator while you make the chocolate.
Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water. Pro tip: add a teaspoon of coconut oil to make it silky and smooth. Not required, but it does make for the smoothest chocolate!
Pour the chocolate over the bars. Set in the refrigerator for 60 minutes or until hardened. It will depend on the time of year how fast they harden.
Cut into 16 bars with a knife that's been placed under hot water for 1 minute. This prevents the bars from cracking.

Notes

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Store bars in the refrigerator up to 10 days or freezer up to 30 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bar, Calories: 159kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 3mg, Potassium: 192mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 12g, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 31mg, Iron: 1.3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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