Moist, peanut buttery, and studded with chocolate chunks, these decadent peanut butter bars are a vegan one-bowl recipe.

September 1, 2020 Updated January 7, 2022 Jump to Recipe
Moist, peanut buttery, and studded with chocolate chunks, these decadent peanut butter bars are a vegan one-bowl recipe.
Until recently, I wasn’t a fan of peanut butter desserts or candy.
And that includes Reese’s.
Most of my friends and family went crazy over the peanut butter/chocolate combo, but for some reason, I could never get on board.
I honestly don’t know what changed. But now, I’m 100 percent a fan of peanut butter desserts, particularly when they include chocolate.
And yes, that includes Reese’s.
My Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Bars are my absolute favorite peanut butter dessert. There are some desserts that my family craves often enough—and devours rapidly enough—for it to be necessary for me to have the recipe ingredients on hand at all times.
These peanut butter bars are one of those desserts.
Moist, peanut buttery, and studded with chocolate chunks, you’d never guess these decadent peanut butter bars are a vegan one-bowl recipe.
And since they’re vegan, with no eggs or butter, it’s incredibly easy to have the ingredients for these bars always well-stocked in the pantry.
You could say that these bars got us through the early months of COVID lockdowns: it didn’t matter that I hadn’t gone to the grocery store in months—all the ingredients for these bars were already in the pantry. And having this delicious treat to look forward to at the end of the day made our evenings special.
Make my Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Bars next time the craving for a peanut butter dessert hits. Or even just the next time you want something sweet that requires almost zero effort. I can just about guarantee you’ll already have all the ingredients on hand.
There is a flaxseed meal “egg” in this recipe. Flaxseed meal is no longer the unique ingredient, or egg replacement, it was just a few years ago. You probably have some in your pantry already. But if you don’t, here’s my favorite on Amazon [aff. link].
My flaxseed meal egg recipe is a little different than most, so if you’re a regular flaxseed meal egg user, keep this in mind. Most flaxseed egg recipes call for 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal and 3 Tbsp water. I use 2 Tbsp flaxseed meal and 3 Tbsp water.
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I’m not vegan, but I embrace good vegan cuisine. (Who wouldn’t?!!) And these sound wonderful!
Thank you so much Mimi! These are one of our favorite treats around here! And I love how quickly they come together haha. 😆. Definitely an addicting dessert!
It’s so nice to have desserts (and other recipes) where the ingredients are staples in the pantry! I can see why these bars are such a hit in your family – they look amazing. Sounds like you’re making up for lost time on those Reese’s! 🙂
Thanks David! Aren’t pantry meals and desserts the BEST??! Haha so so true! Definitely got to make up for those years when I didn’t appreciate Reese’s! 😆