These healthy no bake chocolate coconut bars are loaded with wholesome ingredients like rolled oats, peanut butter and coconut. They’re sweet, delicious and perfect for snacking! Vegan and gluten-free.
Remember when I mentioned I had another no bake recipe to share when I posted my healthy no bake cookies post? Well . . . here it is!
There’s coconut involved!
This recipe is similar to the healthy no bake cookies — just with unsweetened coconut added for a hint of coconut flavor. I figure this is a good version for the folks that love coconut and chocolate.
They’re also great if you’re in a time crunch because you don’t have to worry about forming them into a cookie shape. Just press the batter into a pan, sprinkle with coconut, let it sit in the fridge a little while and they’re done. Easy peasy.
If you can’t tell, I had way too much fun taking photos of these barsā¦ and this isn’t even half of the photos I took. I had to be selective.
TheĀ red and white kitchen twine just makes baked goods look so festive and cute. I couldn’t help but take a billion photos. Okay, more like 50.
I love the combo of peanut butter, chocolate and coconut so much and it works well in these bars. Oh gosh, writing that somehow made me think of my healthier magic cookie bars — now I want one of those. Anyhow, these bars are delicious, easy to whip up and quite amazing, in my opinion. I hope you love them as well!
If you make these no bake chocolate coconut bars, please be sure to leave a comment and star rating below. Your feedback is super helpful for the EBF team and other readers who are thinking about making the recipe.Ā
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These healthy no bake chocolate coconut bars are loaded with wholesome ingredients. They’re delicious and perfect for snacking! Vegan and gluten-free.
Ingredients
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (affiliate link)
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 Tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut, plus more for topping
Instructions
- Grease an 8×8 square glass baking dish with coconut oil or line with parchment paper.
- Combine oats and shredded coconut in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Combine peanut butter, almond milk, maple syrup and cocoa powder in a saucepan. Cook on medium heat while stirring the mixture until well combined. Heat until mixture is fragrant and thickened, about 5 minutes or so.
- Turn off stove top and stir vanilla and sea salt.
- Pour mixture over the oats and shredded coconut and mix until well combined. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish and press down until the batter is evenly distributed across the dish. Sprinkle with extra coconut, press down once more so the coconut sticks.
- Place dish into the fridge and let sit until the bars are set up (about 2 hours). Remove from fridge, cut into bars and enjoy. Store any leftovers in the fridge.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 111
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 56mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
Keywords: no bake chocolate coconut bars, coconut bars
Kayla M says
December 18, 2013 at 8:47 amThese look fabulous! Definitely going to try them out this holiday season š
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
December 18, 2013 at 8:59 amThose look delicious, Brittany! And I love the packaging as well. Not sure I’d have the patience to wrap them all up like that without eating the bars in the process :).
Brandy @ A Mindful Mantra says
December 18, 2013 at 9:04 amLove your photos – so festive and cute! It’s funny you mentioned magic cookie bars because I was totally thinking that these reminded me of a healthier version of them!
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl says
December 18, 2013 at 12:37 pmYum!!! These sound absolutely fantastic and I LOVE that they are no-bake!
Sanaz@Run for Cake says
December 18, 2013 at 2:56 pmYou are killing me with all these delicious treat recipes. I will try this one out as soon as I can eat everything else I have made! I love this time of year.
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
December 18, 2013 at 3:14 pmYummm! This sounds delicious! I’m terrible about forgetting that I have things in the oven, so this might be a good recipe for me š
Brynn says
December 18, 2013 at 7:51 pmI love the ease of this recipe and clean ingredients. All of the good stuff in one cute, yummy package! I will be making these soon. Thanks!!
Kim says
December 20, 2013 at 6:18 amLooks great! and I think this could be great idea for hand made gift:)
Kathy says
December 20, 2013 at 3:35 pmThese look great! Can’t wait to try them. I know my sis will love them, anything coconut…
Side note, do you ever use meal replacements like a protein shake? I just finished the Optimal Cleanse, and I loved their shakes. BUT they are expensive, and I’m not sure they should be used every day anyway. They are the only shake that has ever kept my hunger under control, and my energy level high. I noticed they are rice protein, but have a good carb content too…I think that’s the key, and 200 calories instead of the usual 100 when using whey protein shakes. Is there any protein-type meal replacement that you recommend?
Molly says
December 22, 2013 at 9:37 pmThese look great and the packaging is really cute! š It would be a really great holiday party/potluck food. Definitely need to try since I love coconut.
meg says
March 1, 2014 at 12:34 pmIf I’m using regular milk for these, would you recommend tweaking anything else? I’ve never cooked with almond milk. Thanks!
Nicole says
April 29, 2014 at 3:26 pmStumbled across this recipe and was wondering, when you use maple syrup is it the fat free kind or the “grade a” kind with fat?
Brittany Mullins says
April 29, 2014 at 3:56 pmGood question Nicole. I keep it natural and stick with the Grade A or Grade B pure maple syrup.
Nicole says
April 29, 2014 at 3:58 pmThanks Brittany! Can’t wait to try these.
Michelle says
April 15, 2019 at 9:53 pmJust made these and they are delicious! They kind of taste like a homemade clif bar and Iām super excited to have a new snack for work! Do you know if these would freeze well?
Brittany Mullins says
April 16, 2019 at 9:22 amAmazing! Thank you so much for letting me know how they turned out. In terms of freezing, I haven’t tried freezing these but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work! Let me know if you try it. Also, quick favor! Would you mind leaving another comment with a star rating of the recipe? The ratings are super helpful for SEO! š
Michelle says
April 16, 2019 at 12:06 pmThese are delicious, perfect snack for work!
★★★★★