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No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars will satisfy all of your dessert cravings with almost none of the sugar. Low Carb, low sugar, high fat Peanut Butter Bars make a perfectly delicious keto dessert or fat bomb.
No Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
I’m a bad mother. Every Halloween, my kids knew that once they were done trick or treating, they had to sit down and take out at least half the Peanut Butter Cups they had–because those were clearly meant for me.
I’m serious. I steal candy from my own kids. But at least it’s only one kind. They can have (most of) the rest of it.
Fortunately for me, I’m not the only peanut-butter-chocolate addict who is trying to quit/reduce sugar.
Knowing there’s one of those little sugar-free treats waiting for me has made things much easier.
But I mean I’m clearly a peanut-chocolate fiend and I’m not the only one. Peanut Butter cups are one of the best selling candies in the United States, and I’m just a willing devotee of that trend.
I used to make a sugared version of these back in the day, and I wanted to reproduce that taste. It definitely takes a few specialty ingredients, but I tend to use those ingredients like Swerve and Sugar-Free Chocolate chips for other Keto Desserts so I am okay with stocking up on them.
THE STEPS TO MAKING THESE NO BAKE KETO PEANUT BUTTER BARS RECIPE ARE:
- Mix butter, peanut butter, and Swerve with the almond flour and pat out
- Melt chocolate chips and pour on top
- DO NOT RUSH THIS. Let it solidify in the fridge and let the tastes mingle. If you eat it too soon, it will taste like artificial sugar. Let the tastes meld together and it will be super fantastic.
If you love these keto peanut butter bars and are looking for other ketosis desserts or low carb desserts, here are some other options:
Other Ketogenic Desserts To Try:
- Keto Chocolate Cake is perfect for birthdays
- Spiced Keto Cookies come together fast– but really they get eaten even faster.
- My Keto Cream Cheese pound cake recipe is very popular.
- Try this creamy Keto Lemon Ricotta cheesecake in your Instant Pot.
- Check out my entire selection of low carb desserts right here!
Watch a Video on How to Make Keto Peanut Butter Bars
Equipment Needed
Nothing fancy needed.
- I did use a pastry cutter, but you can also use two knives to cut the ingredients in if you prefer. The pastry cutter does make it easier and you can use it for other recipes as well.
- I also like to make these in an 8-inch pan, but it’s a lot easier if you line it with parchment paper if you do that. Comes out very easily that way.
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No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars will satisfy all of your dessert cravings with almost none of the sugar. Low Carb, low sugar, high fat Peanut Butter Bars make a perfectly delicious keto dessert or fat bomb.
- 3/4 cup Almond Flour
- 2 oz Butter
- 1/4 cup Swerve Icing sugar style
- 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- Vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips
Mix all the ingredients for the bars together and spread into a small 6 inch pan
Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave oven for 30 seconds and stir.
Add another 10 seconds if needed to melt fully.
Spread the topping on top of the bars.
Refrigerate for at least an hour or two until the bars thicken up. These bars definitely improve with keeping so don’t be in a huge rush to eat them.
Tips and Tricks
- Mix butter, peanut butter, and Swerve with the almond flour and pat out
- Melt chocolate and pour on top
- DO NOT RUSH THIS. Let it solidify in the fridge and let the tastes mingle. If you eat it too soon, it will taste like artificial sugar. Let the tastes meld together and it will be super fantastic.
If you love these keto peanut butter bars and are looking for other keto desserts or low carb desserts, check out my entire selection of low carb desserts right here! Cakes, cookies, brownies, puddings–all low carb and mostly gluten-free.
I am not a registered dietician or nutritionist. Nutritional information is provided a courtesy, and can vary depending on the exact ingredients you use.
Don’t forget to check out my Keto Desserts Cookbook!
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Britt says
June 11, 2019 at 6:24 pmStraight up just found this recipe from googling keto deserts. I made this earlier this week and oh my word these are so delicious and quite possibly the only thing keeping me on keto. I’m making another batch tomorrow. Thank you for sharing, I’m going to delve into the rest of your site!
URVASHI PITRE says
June 11, 2019 at 6:25 pmYay!! Glad you found me too! I have tons of keto desserts here and I have a keto fat bombs, sweets, and treats book on amazon that has absolutely gorgeous photos. Look for urvashi pitre as author 🙂
mpickus says
September 6, 2018 at 2:16 pmHi there! I made this recipe and absolutely loved it! I was wondering if these bars have to stay in the fridge when not being eaten? Or can they be left out? Right now I have them stored in the fridge and it seems the chocolate on top has become harder the longer I’ve left it in. Let me know if it is safe to leave them out like one would do with a plate of cookies or brownies. Thanks!
KA says
August 4, 2018 at 8:23 pmI’m having a tough time understanding the butter part. Can you please break it down for me differently? 2 ozs of butter by weight or volume? I’ve asked my husband and he has only confused me more. 🙁 thank you and forgive my silly question.
Suejo says
June 12, 2019 at 9:46 am2 oz of butter is 1/4 cup or 4 TB
Holly says
July 29, 2018 at 3:01 pmCan I use coconut flour?
Wendy says
August 2, 2018 at 3:24 pmCoconut flour is more absorbant than almond and will not have same consistancy. It cant be modified.
If its the only option for you, use this combo fornthe filling.. you dont need the butter or vanilla.
1cup peanut butter
1/4 cup corn syrup or maple sugar
1/2 cup coconut flour
Angel says
July 20, 2018 at 9:08 amHi. Forgive me if this question has been asked. Is the butter to be melted, prior to mixing in with the other ingredients? or room temperature?
ps…I don’t count carbs/not carbs….I just need something better for me, to help my sweet tooth! No dentist will pull it! 🙂
Thank you!
URVASHI PITRE says
July 20, 2018 at 1:40 pmAs long as it is at room temperature, you should be OK 🙂
jackie says
July 11, 2018 at 3:31 pmThese are great,but i am awfully tired of being the only one who makes these yet doesn’t get many.Think i’ll get a mini fridge for my room.
Kristen says
July 9, 2018 at 8:55 pmI’m salivating… what can I say? Lol – anyone have trouble finding the sugar free chocolate chips? Publix doesn’t have them. What about using sugar free Hersey’s Cocoa powder instead?
Pam Park says
July 14, 2018 at 9:40 amLilly’s dark chocolate chips no sugar are on the baking aisle. Lilly also has sugar free baking bars and milk chocolate candy bars. I added a little heavy whipping cream and Swerve confectioners sugar substitute to the chocolate chips during the melting process to take some of the bitterness out of the dark chocolate. But it just depends of your palate.
Lauren says
June 16, 2018 at 5:23 pmMade these last night. Delicious! Definitely helped so much with my sweet cravings while going through the Keto diet. I didn’t have almond flour so I used coconut flour instead, but still yum!
Cat says
June 14, 2018 at 12:06 pmTo everyone freaking out over the carbs, the nutrition info on this recipe is correct, maybe even a tad high. If your peanut butter is high in carbs, make your own. A cup of peanuts in the food processor, process still they turn into peanut butter (about 5 minutes) yields 1/2 cup peanut butter at 10.8 net carbs. Divide that by 8 and your peanut butter is 1.35 grams per serving. The only other ingredient with any carbs is the almond flour. About 11 net carbs per cup, and this recipe calls for 3/4 cup of almond flour, so from the almond flour you’re getting a mere 1 net carb per serving. If your chocolate is sugar free then the net carbs in this recipe is right at 3 grams per serving, exactly as stated. BTW these are awesome. From one peanut butter cup lover to another….THANK YOU for this recipe.
URVASHI PITRE says
June 14, 2018 at 1:16 pmThank you for posting this comment! You are absolutely dead on
Cat says
June 15, 2018 at 10:19 pmI also like that these are no bake. In the summer I loath turning on the over 😂
Gunnar says
June 10, 2018 at 6:41 amI have noticed the carbs are extremely off on this also. Recounted not understanding how you got so low. I would like to see pictures of nutrition to see how you came up with this. I assume you used an app that messed up. One star unless i am convinced otherwise that the ingredients you listed was a mistake.
Ali says
June 10, 2018 at 2:01 pmYou should not be ruining a good rating by
Giving one star when you have not done your research about net carbs of erythritol
Odin says
June 9, 2018 at 7:53 pmLook out! CARBS ARE NOT CORRECT HERE! Please i would like to see your math. Per each ingredient. Not keto friendly. Im coming up with a higher number. Swerve 1/4 cup is 36 carbs. Almond flour 3/4 cup 15 carbs. Peanut butter 1/2 cup is 16 carbs. Chocolate chips 60 chips (which are tiny) is 9 carbs so about 30 carbs. Add that up. Your total carbs and net carbs is way off. Show me the math and i will change my rating. Please if you are on a low carb diet do not eat this!
Urvashi says
June 9, 2018 at 8:04 pmYou are not calculating this correctly. Swerve has 0 carbs. Those are sugar free chocolate chips we are using. 60 chips have less than 2-4 gms net carbs. I wish I could attach a picture but I just entered this into my fitness pal where you can find this. I’d urge you to check your ingredients correctly before posting comments like this.
Victoria says
June 9, 2018 at 8:40 pmWhat kind of vanilla flavoring did you use?
Odin says
June 10, 2018 at 5:27 amNo swerve has 4g of carbs per 1tsp. Check out the links you have. Its all there. Ruining people diets!
Kristina says
June 10, 2018 at 12:39 pmActually, you subtract the total amount of erythritol (3 grams) from the amount of carbs (3 grams), giving you a total of 0!
Tada- simple math.
Alice says
June 10, 2018 at 1:59 pmSwerve has zero net carbs. You subtract the erythritol
Christine says
June 10, 2018 at 9:41 pmI adore this treat!
For this recipe:
My almond meal has 18 carbs
My peanut butter has 28 carbs
My swerve nets to zero carbs
Lilly chocolate chips 9 carbs less 3 for erythritol 6 grams, 12 for this recipe
This is a total of 58 grams of carbs divide that by the 8 servings we use, 7.25 per serving
Sonja Adcock says
June 9, 2018 at 1:06 pmDelicious!
Katie says
June 5, 2018 at 6:38 pmYum! I didn’t have the powdered sweetener so I put some truvia in a blender to powder it & used 90% cocoa bar for the topping. *note* make sure the peanut butter you use isn’t loaded with sugar, I think that may have been the issue with the carbs in the other comment? These are amazing! Definitely a “make again” recipe 🙂 and I put mine into myfitnesspal & I was totally good on the carb count – Thanks!
CJ says
June 5, 2018 at 12:24 pmthese are amazing. So good and very filling. My craving for sweets has never fully gone away even after many months of low carb eating so I really appreciate these genuine treats. I find that if I have even just half of one at the end of lunch, it really helps hold me several hours til dinner so I can avoid snacking.
Mary says
June 3, 2018 at 8:14 pmI just made these today. Yummy!!! I made them by the recipe except only used 1 1/2 Tablespoons Monkfruit and crushed 12 squares of 80% chocolate and mixed it into the peanut butter mixture. I then spooned it into 13 mini paper muffin cups and popped them into the freezer! Like I said – YUM!!!
Thank you for the recipe!!!
Nicole says
June 3, 2018 at 5:19 pmI just made this and inputted everything into the Carb Manager app which shows 15.5 net carbs per serving. I was able to copy the URL and everything popped in on its own. I’m not sure if the calculation is off on your end or theirs but I’m losing my mind thinking I just ate so many carbs when it was supposed to be 4 net. The peanut butter portion was good but the chocolate was nauseously bitter so I will be cutting the servings in 1/2 and getting 16 instead of 8. But the carbs are still outrageously high.
Urvashi says
June 3, 2018 at 6:15 pmPlease check your app for what it says on the sweetener carb count. My counts are correct. I’d appreciate your correcting the 1 star rating as well. Peanut butter almond flour and sugar free chocolate have very few carbs. Sometimes my app messes up on what products it chooses for ingredients. I often have to check each ingredient. I suspect that’s what’s happening in this case for you
Lori says
July 9, 2018 at 9:10 pmThese are my favorite keto cookie !! I need to make these again. I think I used an 8″ square pan and cut into smaller pieces. They were plenty big for a treat when I needed one. These freeze very well.
Michael T Casillas says
May 7, 2018 at 11:13 pmJust wanted to say I have been enjoying your recipes. Especially this one. Just started Atkins and I needed to have a dessert to run to. Thank you for your website.