Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Caramel Oat Bars [Vegan, Gluten-Free]
These gluten-free and refined sugar-free oat bars are high in protein, layered with gooey date caramel, and topped with decadent chocolate.
Ingredients You Need for Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Caramel Oat Bars [Vegan, Gluten-Free]
How to Prepare Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Caramel Oat Bars [Vegan, Gluten-Free]
- Place all oat layer ingredients (leaving out 1/4 cup of the oats) into a food processor and blend until you have a dough like consistency. You may need to stop and scrape the sides. Add in the 1/4 cup remaining oats and blend just until combined.
- Press the oat layer evenly into the bottom of a 6x6-inch pan lined with parchment paper.
- For the caramel layer, place all ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. You will definitely need to scrape the sides between blending. Be patient, it will blend. Press the caramel layer over the oat layer.
- Sprinkle chopped pecans over the caramel and use your fingertips to press them slightly down into the caramel.
- Gently melt chocolate and pour over the pecans and caramel layer. Let the bars sit at room temperature for chocolate to firm up. Remove from pan and cut into bars. Serve or place in the refrigerator for a colder bar.
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The nutritional information is far from accurate. For example, if you divide the total amount of peanut butter used in the recipe 1 1/4 cups by 8, which is how many the recipe allegedly serves, each serving is 237 kcal per serving. I know mistakes happen but people shouldn\’t have to make sure the nutritional information is correct. This is especially important for people who have dietary restrictions, such as sugar, cholesterol and fat. Please revise.
Also, not all vegan protein powders and chocolate have the same ingredients, kcal content, etc., so letting the reader/consumer know the brand used in the recipe should be taken into consideration.
Please revise.