Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
These oatmeal chocolate chip bars are soft, moist, slightly chewy, super satisfying, and perfect for serving up as breakfast, a snack, or dessert! The recipe uses all simple pantry-friendly ingredients and is gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and contains a top-secret healthy ‘hidden’ protein-rich ingredient no one will guess!
Servings 8
Ingredients
Wet ingredients:
- 1 (15 oz) can chickpeas rinsed (270 g drained weight)
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) plant-based milk I used canned coconut milk
- 1 tbsp lime juice or lemon juice
- 1/3 cup (80 g) nut butter or seed butter of choice (I used cashew butter)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Dry ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (100 g) Erythritol or sugar of choice
- 2 cups (180 g) instant oats (gluten-free if needed)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 cup (120 g) dairy-free chocolate chips + more for the top
Instructions
- Prepare and measure all the ingredients. I recommend using a kitchen scale for this recipe. Also, check the video in the post for visual instructions.
- Preheat the oven to 360 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) and line a baking pan with parchment paper. My baking pan measures 9"x6" (23 x 15 cm).
- Put all wet ingredients into a food processor and mix until smooth.
- Add all dry ingredients (except the chocolate chips) and mix again, just for a few seconds (don't over mix).
- Now add the dairy-free chocolate chips and stir with a spoon.
- Spoon the batter into the lined baking pan. Top with more chocolate chips or chocolate chunks.
- Bake in the oven for about 28-35 minutes (it can take some minutes more or less, depending on your oven and the size of your baking dish). I have a gas oven and baked them for exactly 35 minutes. You can insert a toothpick into the middle after 28 minutes. When it comes out dry, the dessert is done!
- Let it cool and cut into bars. Enjoy for breakfast or as a dessert!
Notes
- Any nut butter like peanut butter, cashew butter, almond butter works fine.
- For a nut-free version use coconut butter or tahini (if you don't mind the slightly bitter taste of tahini). I wouldn't recommend sunflower seed butter as it will turn the bars green unless you leave out the baking powder and baking soda (yes I tried it before, haha).
- I used Erythritol but you can use any other sweetener, for example, birch sugar (Xylitol), date sugar, coconut sugar, cane sugar, etc.
- Double the batch: You won’t regret it – that way, you can enjoy some now and store the rest in the freezer.
- You can also try out my chocolate granola bars.
- Recipe serves 8. Nutrition facts are for 100 g (1 bar out of 8).
Nutrition Facts
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
Serving Size
100 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
268
% Daily Value*
Fat
11.6
g
18
%
Carbohydrates
29.6
g
10
%
Fiber
5.6
g
22
%
Sugar
8
g
9
%
Protein
8
g
16
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.