HEALTHY BUCKEYE BARS (aka No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars)

No-Bake Buckeye Bars are refined sugar free, dairy free, and gluten free  Swap the traditional sugar filled Reese Peanut Butter cups or holiday buckeyes with these healthy peanut butter bars! 

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Around Christmas time my family always makes peanut butter balls dipped chocolate, also known as buckeyes. Seriously such a family favorite. 

I discovered a way to make them without any refined sugar and MUCH healthier. These healthy buckeyes are delicious and a perfect little treat, however they are a decent amount of work.  

So I tweaked the recipe, made them into bars, and it cut down the work significantly! 

Remember, here at Living Practically, I like to do things simple.

 

I would say hope you enjoy these buckeye bars, but I know you will!

WHY I LOVE BUCKEYE BARS

Have you heard of the PEANUT BUTTER & CHOCOLATE COMBO? It is absolutely amazing. Even though these are healthy, the peanut butter and chocolate combination is still there and lives up to its reputation. 

They are very SIMPLE to make, even though they take a little over an hour to make. The actual work time is about 15 minutes and one hour of chilling time.  

Buckeye bars FREEZE really well and are great to store in the freezer so you don’t eat the whole pan. Not like I am speaking from experience or anything.

INGREDIENTS IN BUCKEYE BARS

OAT FLOUR (or oats blended up)

HONEY

PEANUT BUTTER- I normally recommend eating natural peanut butter as the only ingredients are peanuts and maybe oil. HOWEVER I have used both types of peanut butters on this recipe and I will say the natural peanut butter buckeyes were a little more “crunchy” than Jiff’s smooth peanut butter. Decide what is important to you. If you want them to taste better, go with store bought creamy peanut butter but if you want them to be healthier, go with a natural peanut butter. 

MELTED COCONUT OIL

VANILLA EXTRACT

CHOCOLATE CHIPS OF CHOICE

BUCKEYES VS. BUCKEYE BARS

In my traditional healthy buckeyes, you roll the peanut butter mixture into little balls, which takes some time. Then you chill them. When hardened, you dip them in melted chocolate, and chill again.  

 In buckeye bars, you spread the peanut butter mixture in a 9×9 pan. Chill. 

Melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil, spread on top, chill. 

It still takes a little bit of time with chilling, BUT the work time is significantly less with the buckeye bars.

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