Because everybody on Instagram voted for this recipe, I decided to spend the afternoon whipping up another batch to perfect the measurements. After 30 minutes of measuring each step, I have officially curated an easy, simple doable recipe for you all. These no-bake peanut butter cookie dough bars are vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, corn-free, and just
D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!

No Bake Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ingredients
The dough is made up of garbanzo beans, almond flour, peanut butter, coconut oil, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Pretty healthy for cookie dough, right? And that decadent chocolate top later is made from real dark chocolate chips.

Recipe Instructions
What I love most about this peanut butter cookie dough recipe is that you don't have to bake them! Just mix all of the ingredients together in a food processor, spread the dough evenly in a baking pan, pop them in the freezer, and they are ready to devour just an hour later.

Why I No-Bake Cookie Dough Bars
They are...
Creamy
Salty-sweet
All-natural and healthy
High in plant-based protein
Layered with dark chocolate

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NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DOUGH BARS
Equipment
- Food processor
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon Garbanzo beans (cooked or canned)
- 2 tablespoon Garbanzo bean liquid from the can (aka aquafabab)
- 5 tablespoon Warm Coconut oil (plus extra for greasing the pan)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ⅓ cup Maple syrup (or save money & use agave)
- 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter (plus extra 2 Tbsp)
- 1 cup Brown sugar (or sub Coconut palm sugar)
- 2 cup Paleo flour plus extra 2 tablespoon (or 2 c almond flour + 2 tablespoon coconut flour)
- 10 oz Chocolate chips
- 1 pinch Flakey sea salt (garnish)
Instructions
- In a food processor or standing mixer, whip up the wet ingredients: garbanzo beans, garbanzo bean liquid, 4 tablespoon coconut oil, vanilla, maple syrup, and peanut butter.
- Mix well until super smooth and creamy.
- Add the brown sugar and the flour. Blend again until well mixed. Don't over mix.
- By hand add ⅓-1/2 cup chocolate chips. Fold them into the dough.
- Grease a square pan and spread the cookie dough mixture evenly.
- Set in the freezer.
- Fill a saucepan ⅓ of the way full of water. Heat on the stove. Set a ceramic mixing bowl on top of the saucepan. Add the rest of the chocolate chips and the ½ tablespoon of coconut oil.
- With a wooden spoon keep blending the chocolate chips until they start to melt. Let them melt completely. Then you will spread the melted chocolate over the cookie dough mixture that is setting in the fridge.
- Sprinkle evenly with flakey sea salt.
- Place the chocolate-covered cookie dough pan into the freezer again until it cools and sets completely. About an hour.
- Store in the freezer until ready to eat. Enjoy!
If you love this recipe, please let me know via the comments. Or better yet, show me some love on Instagram: @purekitchenblog I would love to see your creations and photos.
Crystal
Can the flours be substituted for any other kind? Just curious if I can use what I have on hand! Thank you! I love all of your recipes:)
Juli Novotny
Yes. I used garbanzo flour as well one time.
Try almond flour with 2 Tbs coconut flour.
Or try half almond flour and half garbanzo.
Or try coconut flour and half garbanzo flour.
Juli Novotny
And thank YOU for making my recipes! I so appreciate it.
Rick LeBeau
Made this tonight. Used maple syrup for the liquid sweetener and coconut sugar for the dry one. Came out great. I would advise using a 9 x 9 pan, whether it's glass or metal. I used a 14 x 10, and the dough and chocolate layer on top were both too thin- still delicious, though.
Thanks for the recipe, Juli!
Rick LeBeau
PS. I used ground vanilla bean instead of extract. I love the ground bean and highly advise using it if you have it.