Chewy peanut butter granola bars made with clean ingredients and no refined sugar! Full of peanut butter flavor, easy to prepare (no oven required!) and perfect for a healthier trea

Directions

1. Combine coconut oil, natural peanut butter and honey in a saucepan. Guess what? I weighed the ingredients for you so you can put the pot on your kitchen scale and not dirty any measuring cups. WIN!

2. Melt everything, then bring to a simmer. THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART! Sorry for yelling, I just really want you to read this part 😉 Simmering the coconut oil, peanut butter and honey for one minute reduces is it and gives it the consistency necessary to bind the bars and hold everything together.

3. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and salt. Cool for 10-15 minutes.

4. Stir in the chopped almonds, oatmeal, and chocolate chips. You chocolate chips will probably melt a bit and that’s not a bad thing at all 😉

5. Press into a parchment or foil-lined 8 x 8 inch baking pan. TIP: spray your spatula with spray oil to prevent the mixture from sticking to it. Press down firmly. Really, don’t be shy.

6. Sprinkle with some extra chocolate chips, then cool in the fridge for at least two hours. If you can do overnight, more power to you.

7. Cut into bars and store in the fridge. These bars do best stored in the fridge. They can soften up and be hard to handle when stored at room temperature.