Remember when I mentioned I had another no bake recipe to share in my Healthy No Bake Cookies post? Welp, here it is!
There’s coconut involved!
This recipe is similar to the no bake cookies — just with unsweetened coconut added for a hint of coconut flavor and no protein powder. I figure this is a good version for the folks that love coconut and for the folks that aren’t a huge fan of protein powder.
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 bars… and this isn’t even half of the photos I took. I had to be selective.
The 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 Magic Cookie Bars — now I want one of those. (Maybe I can made a healthier version.) Anyhow, these bars are delicious, easy to whip up and quite amazing, in my opinion. I hope you love them as well!
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- 2 cups old fashioned oatmeal
- 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 8X8 glass baking dish with coconut oil or line with parchment paper.
- Combine oatmeal and shredded coconut in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Combine peanut butter, almond milk, maple syrup and cocoa powder in a sauce pan. 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 oatmeal 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.
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PS – Don’t forget that I’m hosting a Twitter Party about eating and staying healthy throughout the holidays with Bolthouse Farms today. It’s at 6:00PM EST / 3:00PM PST and the hashtag is #HolidayFoodHacks. See all the details in my recent post. Hope you can join me!
These look fabulous! Definitely going to try them out this holiday season 🙂
Those 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 :).
Love 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!
Yum!!! These sound absolutely fantastic and I LOVE that they are no-bake!
You 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.
Yummm! This sounds delicious! I’m terrible about forgetting that I have things in the oven, so this might be a good recipe for me 😉
I 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!!
Looks great! and I think this could be great idea for hand made gift:)
These 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?
These look great and the packaging is really cute! 🙂 It would be a really great holiday party/potluck food. Definitely need to try since I love coconut.
If I’m using regular milk for these, would you recommend tweaking anything else? I’ve never cooked with almond milk. Thanks!
Stumbled across this recipe and was wondering, when you use maple syrup is it the fat free kind or the “grade a” kind with fat?
Good question Nicole. I keep it natural and stick with the Grade A or Grade B pure maple syrup.
Thanks Brittany! Can’t wait to try these.