Best No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
Peanut Butter meets creamy chocolate in these No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars to create a mouthwatering delicious treat! With only 6 ingredients and minimal time, you’ll love this low carb dessert.
Best No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Bars with Chocolate
My hubby loves Reese’s Cups, but obviously, they aren’t keto-friendly. I tried several recipes I found on Pinterest when we first started eating keto several years ago to satisfy our sweet tooth. Unfortunately, they all tasted like peanut butter flavored coconut oil. After a few wasted and disappointing attempts, I gave up.
Since I am a good wife and love my husband, I decided I’d create a recipe for No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars that actually tasted like Reese’s Cups. It took a little trial and error, but I finally got the recipe just right, and they turned out amazingly delicious! In fact, after 23 years of marriage, my hubby got down on one knee and proposed to me again after taking a bite.
Can I have peanut butter on keto?
While some avoid peanut butter since peanuts are technically legumes, which can cause inflammation in the body, many enjoy peanuts and peanut butter with no problems. Make sure to look for peanut butter that doesn’t have any added sugar. Peanut butter is naturally lower in carbs and high in fat, but make sure to look for a brand with no added sugar.
What chocolate bars are low carb?
Several brands make low carb chocolate. In this recipe, I used Lily’s milk chocolate candy bars, but you could also substitute Lily’s sugar-free chocolate chips instead. Also, Choc Zero and Lakanto make low carb chocolate bars.
I’ve included step by step pictures below to illustrate how quickly these come together. Make sure to scroll to the bottom of the post for the full recipe and instructions along with nutritional information in the recipe card.
Ingredients for No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars:
Natural Peanut Butter: Look for peanut butter with no added sugars. I prefer crunchy, but if you smooth peanut butter is your jam, it works just as well.
Butter: To add to the flavor of the peanut butter and add an extra layer of creaminess. It also helps bind the rest of the ingredients.
Coconut Flour: The coconut flour gives these bar structure.
Keto-Friendly Powdered Sweetener: Since the peanut butter doesn’t have any added sugars, you’ll need to add a keto-friendly sweetener for taste. It also works together with the butter and coconut flour to bind the ingredients together and add bulk to the peanut butter.
Lily’s Milk Chocolate Bar – The smooth, decadent chocolate topping is made by melting this sugar-free bar.
Step One: To make the creamy peanut butter layer, mix natural peanut butter, coconut flour, and Lakanto Powdered Sweetener. I loved the added texture that crunchy peanut butter added to the No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars, but you can use creamy if you prefer.
Tip: You can use almond flour in place of coconut flour. The conversion is 1/4 cup coconut flour is equal to 1 cup of almond flour.
What kind of peanut butter do you use?
As I mentioned previously, my favorite natural peanut butter is Smucker’s Natural. You’ll want to look for a natural peanut butter without any added ingredients such as sugar or palm oil.
A few natural peanut butter options:
- Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter
- Crazy Richards 100% Peanuts
- Spread the Love Naked Organic Peanut Butter
- Kirkland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter (Costco Brand)
- Santa Cruz Organic Peanut Butter
Can I use almond butter instead of peanut butter?
Sure, you can easily substitute any nut butter for peanut butter in this recipe. I would caution to make sure that it is a natural nut butter without any added sugar.
Step Two: I would suggest using a hand mixer to make sure the peanut butter filling is smooth and creamy.
Step 3: Spread the peanut butter layer in the baking dish then pop it in the freezer for 10 minutes so that the layer hardens to make it easier to spread the chocolate layer.
Tip: Line the baking pan with parchment paper to make clean up a snap.
Step 4: I melted a Lily’s Creamy Milk Chocolate Bar sweetened with Stevia for the chocolate layer instead of the dark chocolate Lily’s Chocolate Chips so that it would taste more like a Reese’s Cup. Then, I spread the chocolate layer on top of the peanut butter and put it back in the freezer to set up.
How to melt chocolate so that it doesn’t harden?
The key to melting chocolate in the microwave is to use a low setting so that it melts slowly. This post for methods and tips for how to melt chocolate includes detailed instructions and other methods of melting chocolate.
Can I make keto peanut butter cups with this recipe?
Sure! Instead of making Keto Peanut Butter Cups, which would take a bit more time, I made bars because they are so much easier. But, if you prefer to make cups, spoon a bit of the peanut butter layer in greased muffin tins, pop in the freezer, then melt chocolate for the top layer.
More Keto Peanut Butter Dessert Recipes:
- Peanut Butter Fluff
- Everything But the Kitchen Sink Fat Bombs
- Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
- Keto Cheesecake Bites with Peanut Butter
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I’m pretty sure this is my absolute most favorite keto treat to date. Yes, they are as good as they look. No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars combine tasty peanut butter with a mouthwatering milk chocolate layer for a fantastic keto treat.
How many net carbs in this recipe?
This recipe makes 16 keto chocolate peanut butter bars. Based on that number of servings, each is only 2g of net carbs. This recipe is also sugar-free, gluten-free, and grain-free.
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How to Make No Bake Keto Peanut Butter Bars:
No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup Natural Peanut Butter (I use Smucker's Natural Crunchy)
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- 2/3 cup Lakanto monkfruit powdered
- 2 tbsp coconut flour
For the Chocolate Topping:
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 3oz Lily's Creamy Milk Chocolate Candy Bar
Instructions
- In a bowl, beat softened butter at high speed.
- Add powdered Monkfruit powdered, peanut butter, and coconut flour then beat with a mixer again on medium until all of the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
- Line a 9 X 9-inch baking pan with parchment paper (or grease pan) and spread the peanut butter layer evenly then place in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, tear the Lily's Smooth Creamy Chocolate Bar into pieces in a small greased glass container and add 1 tablespoon of butter.
- Microwave for 30 seconds on the low power setting then stir. If it is not completely melted microwave in 15-second intervals on low power stirring between each until it is melted. Make sure to always stir between intervals as it will continue to melt when you stir it. **Do not overcook, or the chocolate will become hard and will not spread.
- Remove the baking pan from the freezer and spread the pour the chocolate layer on top of the peanut butter layer, then using a spatula spread it evenly.
- Return to the freezer for several hours or overnight to allow the No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Bars to setup. Once they have set up, you can store either in the freezer or the fridge. We tried ours both ways, and they are delicious!
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Hi, can you tell me if the listing for carbs is total or net. Thanks.
The nutritional info also lists the carbs and the fiber. If you subtract the fiber from the carbs you get 2 net carbs.
I wonder why it still reads at 5 net carbs in carb manager
Can powdered swerve be used in place of the powdered monk fruit?
Yes
Can you use regular swerve or monkfruit? Or does it have to be powdered?
I’ve only tested the recipe as is so I’m not sure if it would work. You can put regular in a blender or magic bullet and pulse it so that it turns into powdered.
I have not tried this yet, but with regular granulated sure, you can process it in a food processor and make powdered sugar… have done that many times… will have to try the monkfruit sugar this way.
Can you use unsweetened bakers chocolate melted with some Swerve instead of the chocolate bar???
These look so good! I have 1 question, you list the carbs as 5, is that net or would it be 2 net after the fiber is subtracted? I was thinking you probably already subtracted the fiber since 2 seems not enough but a girl can hope 🙂 Either way they are making an appearance! Thanks for your great recipes, my hubby & I enjoy a lot of them!
The carbs are 5 minus the 3 fiber = 2 net carbs
Hi kasey just made but in the freezer now ?is it says 1g sugar is it the chocolate bar or the powdered sugar
How about subbing almond flour for the coconut flour? Do you think that would work?
Typically, the conversion is 4x as much, but I’m not sure if that conversion would work in this recipe since I don’t use much coconut flour. I haven’t tested it with almond flour so I can’t say for sure.
These look delicious. I am allergic to coconut, is there something I could sub the coconut flour with?
I have only tried as is but you may be able to use almond flour. Just make sure to use the conversion of 1 part coconut flour to 4 parts almond flour.
What about using the PB2 peanut flour- just a thought and I don’t know the conversion, but that seem like it would be the natural flour sub to me.
I don’t know I’ve never used either of those ingredients.
Hi Kasey, I was wondering if I could use PB2 and what about dark chocolate? I prefer the Dark and Lily’s is very good.
I don’t know about PB2. I have never used it so I don’t have any experience with it. Lily’s dark chocolate is also a great choice.
Hi! Kasey:
Would it be better to use Swerve granular or Swerve Confectioners instead of Monkfruit?? And if
I substitute is a 1:1 ratio??? Thanks!
I would use Swerve Confectioners since it is comparable to Monkfruit powdered. The substitution is 1:1.
Ok Kasey, you did it again ! Another great recipe ! ! ! Thank you.
Hi kasey just made but in the freezer now ?is it says 1g sugar is it the chocolate bar or the powdered sugar
These are delicious! They really do taste like a Reese peanut butter cup. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Yay! Glad you enjoyed them. You are so very welcome.
Do you know if the conversation from monk fruit powder to coconut sugar is 1:1? I prefer coconut sugar.
I have never used coconut sugar so I’m not sure.
I love this recipe, finally found something low carb to take the place of Reece cups. This is so addicting.
This was soooooooo good and easy to make! Thanks for sharing!
Yay! So glad you loved them!
I made these with dark chocolate. They are soooo good. They are definitely my favourite to date as well.
Yay! SO glad you loved them!
I just found your blog, you’re amazing so inform and easy to follow recipes! I just made these and they came out DELICIOUS. Thank you
Awesome! I’m so glad you loved it!
How can these be keto friendly when Peanut Butter is not allowed on the keto diet??? Aren’t legumes a no??
That is up to you. Many many people on a keto diet enjoy peanut butter. If you don’t, then sub almond butter insteaed.