No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

My Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are easy no bake bars made with oats, peanut butter, pretzels, crispy rice cereal, honey, and mini chocolate chips. Perfect for lunch boxes, after-school snacks, breakfast, or dessert.

No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

These homemade peanut butter granola bars are one of those snacks I always love having in the fridge. They’re sweet, salty, chewy, and loaded with oats, crunchy pretzels, crispy rice cereal, creamy peanut butter, and mini chocolate chips. Since they’re no bake, they come together with just a few minutes on the stove before the refrigerator does the rest of the work.

If you’ve made my Chocolate Chip Granola Bars (they taste just like the Quaker Chewy bars!), you’re going to love this peanut butter version too. My family is constantly grabbing these for breakfast, lunch boxes, after-school snacks, or a little afternoon treat. I usually make a batch on Sunday, and somehow they’re almost always gone before the week is over.

Recipe Tips + Helpful Notes

• Quick oats — I like quick cooking oats because they hold together really well and make the bars nice and chewy.
• Pretzels — Chop them into small pieces so you get a little salty crunch in every bite.
• Peanut butter — Creamy peanut butter works best here for bars that hold together nicely.
• Chocolate chips — Sprinkle them on while the mixture is still warm, then gently press them in with a spatula so they stick.
• Press firmly — Really press the mixture into the pan. This helps the bars stay together once they’re chilled.
• Double the batch — These disappear fast at my house! Double the ingredients and use a 9×13-inch pan if you’re feeding a crowd or stocking the snack drawer.

Storing Granola Bars

Store the granola bars in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

For longer storage, freeze them in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Let them sit at room temperature for a few minutes before enjoying.

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No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

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My Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are easy no bake bars made with oats, peanut butter, pretzels, crispy rice cereal, honey, and mini chocolate chips. Perfect for lunch boxes, after-school snacks, breakfast, or dessert.

By: Pamela Reed

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

serves 12

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cups quick cooking oats
• ▢ 1/2 cup crispy rice cereal
• ▢ 3/4 cup pretzels chopped
• ▢ 1/4 cup butter
• ▢ 1/4 cup brown sugar
• ▢ 1/4 cup honey
• ▢ 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions

• Spray a 8×8 pan lightly with cooking spray.
• Mix the oats, rice cereal and pretzels up in a large bowl.
• In a small saucepan add butter, brown sugar, honey and peanut butter and cook on medium high heat until butter melts. Once it begins to boil, change heat to low and stir for 2 minutes. Remove saucepan from burner and stir in vanilla.
• Pour the hot butter mixture over the oats mixture in the bowl. Stir well, making sure that oats and cereal are fully coated.
• Pour the mixture into the greased pan and push down with a spatula to flatten it. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top evenly. Use your spatula to press them down so they are embedded in the bars.
• Cover with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator to set for 2 hours (or until not crumbly). Cut into granola bar sizes and enjoy!

Notes

If you would like to make a larger batch, use a 9×13 pan and double all the ingredients. 

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chewy peanut butter oat bars, homemade peanut butter granola bars, no bake peanut butter granola bars, peanut butter chocolate chip snack bars, peanut butter granola bars

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