These No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars can be made in just minutes and are the perfect quick breakfast or afternoon snack. Only 5-ingredients including creamy peanut butter, honey, vanilla, oats and chocolate chips!
Healthy and delicious and only takes 15 minutes to make!
No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
I am obsessed with our No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars! They are the perfect grab and go snack when I am running to the school carpool line and need something quick to eat to get me through until dinner!
My kids like them better than the store bought granola bars!
I like to say these are a “healthier” snack option. They still have some calories, but it is a better option than many of the alternatives out there. You just need to portion them properly!
If you want to make them even healthier you can always use all-natural/organic ingredients.
That’s why these No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars were perfect for me – they are SO easy to make!
You only need 5 ingredients and a few minutes together whip this healthy treat that your family will love! Such a great recipe!
A Great After-School Snack
What’s really great is that you can cut them up and wrap them in plastic wrap and keep them in the freezer for a ready to throw in the lunchbox treat or a quick afternoon snack!
I will also grab on and throw it in my handbag and eat it while I am waiting in a carpool line – which is basically always!!
They are also great for a grab and go after school snack or even a quick on-the-run breakfast! Your family will love this healthy snack!
Love chocolate and peanut butter? Try our Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies for a not so healthy treat!
Ingredients
- Peanut Butter
- Honey
- Old fashioned oats
- Vanilla extract
- Chocolate chips
Optional Add-Ins for Oatmeal Bars:
Don’t get me wrong…I think they are PERFECT as is, BUT, if you want to “enhance” your oatmeal bars consider some of these yummy add ins:
- Craisins
- Sunflower Seeds
- Chopped peanuts
- Raisins
- Flaxseed
- Cinnamon Chips
How to make Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
They are really super easy to make!
- In a medium saucepan mix peanut butter and honey together over medium heat until melted. Stir in the vanilla.
- Remove from the heat and while it is hot, mix in the oatmeal. Stir until all ingredients are fully combined.
- Pour into a well-greased baking pan. For thicker bars, use 8×8 for thinner bars use 9×13.
- Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top and place in the refrigerator until firm.
- Slice and enjoy! To store them, make sure to place parchment paper between the bars so they don’t stick!
How to Cut and Store
So if you watch the video, you will see I only cut the bars them into 9 bars. When I make them for my family, I usually cut them MUCH smaller. I typically get between 16-20 smaller bites.
They are really filling, and if you make them too large, you will not be able to eat the whole thing. (this also helps with portion control!)
What I like to do is after I cut them, I will wrap them individually in plastic wrap and put them in the freezer. When you are ready to eat one, you can take it out a few minutes before you are ready to eat it and let it soften on the counter or eat it right from the freezer. I actually love them straight from the freezer!
More great No-Bake Dessert Recipes!
- No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake
- No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Tiger Butter
- No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
- Funfetti Dip
- Brownie Batter Dip
- Ice Cream Layer Cake
- No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
- No-Bake Truffles
- Energy Bites
No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
Video
Ingredients
- 2 cups peanut butter
- 1 cup honey
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup Chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, mix peanut butter and honey over medium heat until melted (stir constantly).
- Stir in vanilla.
- Remove from heat. While hot, mix in oatmeal until all ingredients are combined.
- Pour into well greased 8×8 baking dish and distribute evenly.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips on top
- Place in refrigerator until it firms up.
- Slice and enjoy!
Jenn’s Notes
Nutrition Info
Post updated – Originally posted January 27, 2016
I have a daughter with type one and I love to make things but hard to figure out the carbs when I do what would u think one bar would be and if there is fibre
Hi Michelle! I know how hard it is trying to figure these things out with Type 1 (I used to work for 17 years for JDRF). Unfortunately I do not have the calculations! 🙁 So sorry!!
Hey Michelle,
You might try a recipe analyzer for you potential recipes. https://www.verywellfit.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4157076 says that if you make this recipe, and cut it into 25 pieces (that’s 5×5 in your square pan), you would have 247 Calories, 29.1g Total Carbs, of which 14.5g is sugar, and 3.2g is Fiber. It produces a label just like you see on products in the store, so it’s easy to read and understand. Just thought I’d share and hopefully make your life a little easier, in case you haven’t found it yet.
Can you use all natural peanut butter or is it too oily for this recipe?
Hi Kathleen – I have not actually tried that – but if you do, let me know if it works!!!
Do you think you could sub the honey for maple syrup? These look amazing, but we are allergic to honey.
Hmmmmmm – not really sure, but worth a try!!
I am allergic to honey also. My recipes say to try karo syrup instead of honey. It is thicker than maple syrup.
I just made a batch with 1 1/2 cups peanut butter and a 1/2 cup nutella. fingers crossed! Thank you so much for the recipe!
-Lindsay
Hi! I just made these. I added a little dash of flax seed meal and chia seed to the oatmeal mixture. I thought they were decadent and almost like peanut butter halvah. My 6 and 8 year old boys liked the first bite, and then complained it was too peanut-buttery. I’m trying to think on what I can reinvent these into…
Just made these today and I love them! Perfect for a quick snack at work. My son has peanut allergy so I used Wild Friends almond butter and they turned out great. Cut the pan of bars 5×5 and one bar was satisfying. Thank you for sharing an easy recipe that works, tastes great, and is easy to clean up!
Wondering if this recipe might work with biscoff or sunbutter for allergies…
We are going to try a mini batch with Wow Butter!
Will you let me know how they turn out?
I use wow butter in all of my recipes and it works just as good in this one!
Great to know! Thank you!
I just bought my 1st container of Wow Butter. My daughter has a peanut/treenut allergy so I always gave her cookie butter, which has zero nutritional value!! Found this so thought I’d try it. Did it turn out for you?
You said five ingredients, but in the text directions, you only added four. You forgot to say when to add the chocolate chips!
OMgoodness! You are correct! Just fixed it!! Thanks for catching that and letting me know, Marie Anne!
Is it vanilla extract? It just says vanilla.
Vanilla extract – sorry
Woaaa counted the calories on this, and if you make 9 bars with one recipe like in the video, that’s over 590 calories per bar ! it’s insane, it’s way more than what I get for a single meal.
Hi Julie – That would be a whole lot of calories, but that would also be a ginormous bar! I don’t think I could eat one that big! I honestly cut them way smaller and use them as a quick snack. I love to wrap them up and freeze them and grab them on my way out the door, or if I need something quick between meals. The bars I make are probably about 200 calories still, but a small one is all I need for breakfast.
However, in your video you cut them into 9 bars and they don’t look ginormous. Do you cut them in half after cutting them into the 9 bars?
I cut them really small and wrap them up and freeze them. I probably get more like 18 in real life!