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Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares

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I have a major treat for you today! Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares!! These are so yummy!!! And guess what they don’t contain any sugar! I love to bake with natural sweeteners and this recipe fits the bill perfectly.

Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares

I got the idea for this recipe from Ambitious Kitchen, Monique is such an inspiration to me and I’m so glad I adapted this recipe.

These Rice Krispie squares would be great as a healthy Valentine’s Day treat. If you or your partner are anything like me and my husband your still working on your 2020 goals and need to keep things pretty clean this Valentine’s Day. This hits the spot, although I am going to miss having a heart shaped box of chocolates or a couple of yummy linzer cookies!

These Rice Krispie squares are rich and satisfying. The peanut butter base is sweetened with maple syrup and flavoured with vanilla (I wish all PB tasted this good!). The top is covered in a this layer of quality dark chocolate and sprinkled with flaky sea salt!

My mouth is watering just thinking about eating these again!

Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares

What makes these so YUMMY!

  • Natural Peanut Butter – lets you control the sweetness and packs a punch of PB flavour! The Costco Brand is my fav!
  • Real Maple Syrup – My go to natural sweetener, and it’s vegan!
  • Vanilla – A must is every recipe!
  • Ground Flax Seed – Adds a nice boost of fibre and Omegas!
  • High Quality Dark Chocolate – My favourite brands are Green & Balck’s or Theo. My favourite dairy free brand is Lily’s.
  • Flaky Sea Salt – Creates that salty sweet combo we all love!

Tips For the Perfect Bar

  1. Heat the peanut butter mixture over low heat. If it’s too high the peanut butter will stiffen up and the bars won’t hold there shape.
  2. When cutting the bars pull them out of the fridge for at least 10 minutes before you slice them. Bonus points if you use a hot dry knife to get nice clean cuts.
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares

I love how this recipe turned out. I may have to sneak into the deep freeze tonight and grab one. I hope they make you and your sweetheart as happy as they make me!

Danielle xo

Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares

Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares

Rich and delicious but guilt free. Sweet and delicious peanut butter rice krispie squares coated with dark chocolate ans sprinkled with sea salt!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Chilling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16 bars

Ingredients
  

Base

  • 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
  • 1 cup Natural Peanut Butter
  • 1/3 cup Maple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • pinch Salt
  • 2 1/2 cup Brown Rice Rice Krispies
  • 2 tbsp Ground Flax

Chocolate Coating

  • 1 100g Dark Chocolate Bar (70% cocoa or higher)
  • 1 tsp Coconut Oil

Instructions
 

  • Line a square baking pan with partchment paper. Grease lightly and set aside.
  • Melt coconut oil over low heat in a medium pot. Add peanut butter, maple syrup, vanilla and salt. Stir over heat until smooth and well combined. Remove From heat.
  • Add rice krispies and flax seeds to peanut butter mixture. Stir to combine.
  • Press rice krispie mixture into prepared pan.
  • Microwave dark chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave. Microwave in 30 second incriments stiring between. Pour over bars and spread evenly.
  • Refridgerate bars for atleast 1 hour before serving.

Notes

Adapted from Ambitious Kitchen
Keyword Healthy Food, Natural Sugar, Peanut Butter

Blueberry Oat Muffins

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Whole wheats and oat muffins, bursting with juicy blueberries.

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Every weekend I try to make muffins or banana bread. Some sort of baked good that can be grabbed on our way to work in the morning. Or thrown in my purse for a mid morning snack. Bonus points if it’s tasty enough to enjoy as dessert. Anything that keeps me away from a chocolate bar is key to keep my waist line from growing!

Blueberry muffins are one of my favourite kinds of muffins. I like that they are fresh and light while still providing the comfort of a baked good. I personally am not a fan of the baker style muffin. To me those are truly a dessert. They are more like cake than muffin and you will rarely find me baking them. If a baked good is going to be part of my regular diet as part of a meal pr snack I have a few requirements:

  • Mostly whole wheat or whole grain
  • Low in sugar
  • Healthy fat source
  • Delicious!
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These muffins fit my rules. They contain whole wheat flour, rolled oats, honey, cinnamon, apple sauce, coconut oil and blueberries! Lots of filling healthy ingredients to fuel your day.

We’ve enjoyed these so much I’m going to me making another batch on Sunday!

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Blueberry Oat Muffins

Yields: 14 Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 1/2 cup Rolled Oats
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 cup Brown Sugar, loosely packed
  • 1/3 cup Honey
  • 1/3 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
  • 1/3 cup Coconut Oil, melted
  • 1 cup Milk (Cows milk, nut milk, oat milk – your favourite!)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 cup Blueberries (fresh or frozen, do not defrost frozen)
  • Optional: Rolled Oats and Turbinado Sugar, for topping

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare your muffin tins with cupcake liners or grease with oil or non stick spray. Set aside.

In a medium bowl whisk together whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, oats, salt, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda. Once ingredients are evenly distributed, set aside.

In a large bowl whisk together brown sugar, honey, apple sauce, coconut oil, milk, vanilla and egg. Whisk until smooth. Pour dry ingredients into the wet. Fold in the dry ingredients until just combined. Add blueberries, fold into batter.

Pour batter into the prepared muffin tins. Fill each tin 3/4 of the way full. Do not over fill.  Sprinkle tops of muffins with rolled oats and turbinado sugar if desired. Bake muffins for 20-30 minutes. Muffins are done when a toothpick comes out clean.

Store in an airtight container in your refrigerator for about a week. These muffins also freeze and defrost well.

Banana Nut Muffins

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These are by far my favourite healthy muffins. They are moist and flavourful without any refined sugar. I love having snacks like this on hand during the week.

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My grandma taught me to always make my muffin batter by hand so that the muffins don’t get tough. This is especially important since whole wheat flour  has a tendency to make dry and tough baked goods. If you do decide to use a mixed be careful to mix just until combined.

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Sometimes I will make these with chocolate chips instead of nuts or a combination of both. I also just use whatever nuts I have in the house, walnuts, pecans, almonds and cashews are all great options.

Whats your favourite type of muffin?

 

Servings: 15 muffins

Ingredients:

  • 1 and 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1 Cup Old-Fashioned Oats
  • 2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 and 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 3 Bananas, mashed
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 1/3 Cup Coconut Oil, melted (or your favourite baking oil)
  • 1/3 Cup Honey (maple syrup can also be used)
  • 1/4 Cup Greek Yogurt (plain, vanilla or honey are best)
  • 1/4 Cup Almond Milk (or your preferred milk)
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup Chopped Nuts (any kind)
  • optional: Additional chopped nuts for topping

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray muffin pan with non stick spray or line with cupcake liners.

Whisk the flour, oats, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl until combined. Set aside. In a medium bowl, mash the bananas. Then whisk in the eggs, oil, honey, yogurt, milk, and vanilla together until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stir a few times, then add the nuts. Fold everything together gently just until combined and no flour pockets remain.

Spoon the batter into pan, filling them 3/4 of the way full. Top with chopped nuts, if desired. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a tooth pick comes out clean. Allow to cool in the muffin pan for 5 minutes. Then remove from the pan and allow to fully cool in a cooling rack.

Adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction