No Bake Choco Bar Food

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and vanilla extract. Add oats and cook over low heat until combined, 2 to 3 minutes. Spread 1/2 of the oat mixture into the prepared pan.
• Melt chocolate chips with peanut butter in small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until smooth, about 4 minutes. Pour chocolate mixture over oat layer and spread evenly. Crumble remaining oat mixture over chocolate, pressing in gently.
• Cover with plastic wrap and chill until set, 2 to 3 hours or overnight. Bring to room temperature before cutting into bars.

NO-BAKE CHOCO BAR

Steps:

• Stir peanut butter, honey, and coconut oil together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until melted and smooth. Remove pan from heat and add oats, chocolate chips, coconut, walnuts, and vanilla extract to the peanut butter mixture; stir to coat.
• Spread the mixture into a 13x9-inch baking dish; refrigerate until set, at least 30 minutes. Cut into 20 bars.

HEALTHY NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER BARS

Steps:

• For the crust: Line an 8-inch square pan with foil so it overhangs on two sides and lightly coat with cooking spray. Process the cookies in a food processor until finely ground. Add the melted butter and process again until the crumbs are coated with the butter; add the melted chocolate and process until the mixture is the texture of very wet sand. Using an offset spatula, press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan, cover and refrigerate while preparing the filling. Clean out the food processor bowl.
• For the filling and topping: Add the cream cheese, peanut butter, yogurt and sugar to the bowl of the food processor and process until smooth and combined. Pour the mixture over the crust and smooth with a spatula. Top with the peanuts and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cover and refrigerate until set slightly looser than cream cheese, about 4 hours up to overnight.
• Run a knife around the edges of the mixture to loosen, use the foil handles to lift it out, cut into 12 bars and serve chilled.

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE COCONUT CRICKET BARS

Steps:

• 1. Mist 8-inch (2 L) square glass baking dish with cooking spray; line with parchment paper, leaving 1 inch (2.5 cm) overhang on two opposite sides. Set aside.
• 2. Pulse oats in food processor until chopped. Add coconut, dates, 1/2 cup 100% PC cricket powder, pecans, maple syrup, cocoa powder, chocolate chips, vanilla, salt and cayenne pepper. Pulse just until mixture comes together, two to three times. Add one tablespoon of water; pulse, adding more water one teaspoon at a time if necessary until mixture is sticky and holds together when pressed between fingers; 10 to 15 seconds.
• 3. Press into prepared baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for three hours. Lifting with parchment, transfer to cutting board. Cut into 12 bars.
• Chef's tip: The bars need at least three hours in the fridge to set, but you can make them up to two days ahead. Once bars are sliced, store them in an airtight container, layered between parchment paper, in the fridge or freezer.

NO BAKE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• in a large sauce pan melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat till sugar is dissolved.
• add cinnamon, salt and oatmeal, stirring to coat.
• continue cooking for 3-4 minutes stirring constantly.
• pour 1/2 of the mixture into a sprayed 9x9 pan.
• press into pan.
• melt chocolate chip and peanut butter in the microwave still smooth. pour over bar.
• top with the other 1/2 of oatmeal mixture.
• refrigerate for about 1 1/2 -2 hours till set.