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Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Gluten Free
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These Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bars are SO easy and taste like store-bought but have no refined sugar, butter, oil and are gluten free!

Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bars - Tastes like store bought but are high protein, gluten free and have no refined sugar, butter or oil! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

I made you Soft-baked Oatmeal breakfast bars with none of those weird ingredients that you need to Google to figure out what they are.

Because I know you want some breakfast meal prep recipes that don’t make you feel all the guilty ickies when you find out what you just pulled from the box and shoved into your facial hole.

You guys. Before I get distracted with something else, I need to tell you that I LUVITY LUV LUV these bars.  The kind of love that makes you want to shout from rooftops and prance around the house all day singing honey-sweet oatmealy melodies.

I know. YOU thought that kind of love was only for Jennifer Aniston movies. Well peeps…

L-O-L-O-L-O-L-O-V-E just got REAL.

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P.s Name that song.

Ugh. Distracted. Always.
The softy-baked-goodness of these gluten free breakfast bars kind of hurt my heart for the first few moments that they were in my mouf.  Because, I felt like I was cheating.

On my usual oatmeal recipe or cookie dough overnight oats.

I have been happily going spoon >> overnight oats >> face >> 😀 for the past eleventy billion years until these breakfast bars entered my life.

This breakfast bar recipe swept me off my feet with their dashing swirls of peanut butter and ooey-gooey melty chocolate chips. I tried to ignore it for as long as I could.

I could just sense my previous oatmeal-in-a-bowl addiction fading. But I didn’t want to give in. Am I the only person that worries about what my favorite foods might think of me if I don’t eat them?

Maybe don’t answer that.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bar Recipe - Tastes like store bought but are high protein, gluten free and have no refined sugar, butter or oil! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

But, these oatmeal breakfast bars were new. They weren’t my typical ho-hum, predictable healthy cinnamon roll protein oatmeal.  They got my heart racing and gave my tummy the rumblies.

I mean, what’s a girl to do? I couldn’t resist. I became a victim to their chewy, soft and SUPER MOIST (like cake for breakfast, but healthy, kind of moist) texturey-goodness.

Yep, I have clearly been watching way too many chick flicks.

How Do You Make Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bars?

  1. First you need to mix peanut butter and honey and microwave until smooth and creamy.  Then, you need to let your coconut mixture sit in the mixture for 5 minutes. Do NOT skip this step, as it really softens the coconut sugar. No one wants gritty bars!
  2. Combine dry ingredients. Since these are gluten free, we’re using oatmeal flour. If you can’t find oat flour in store you can see how to make oat flour in one minute!
  3. Another key to SUPER chewy and soft-baked breakfast bars in using JUST an egg yolk – not the full egg. Since this is where the fat is, it makes the breakfast bars really dense and chewy. Egg whites can make baked goods dry.  Beat that into the peanut butter mixture!
  4. Then, add in those dry ingredients – your batter is gonna be THICK YO.
  5. Bake-bake-bake until the edges are JUST set. Another KEY is not baking these bars too much as they continue baking while they cool!
  6. SLICE. EAT. LOVE.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Bars - Tastes like store bought but are high protein, gluten free and have no refined sugar, butter or oil! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

Now that we’ve got the creepy, romance-y (but 110% necessary) description of oatmeal bar heaven out of the way, I need to tell you something.

Something that I have been keeping under wraps for all the evers, because I thought you might judge Mr. FFF, and then judge me by default.  Not that I’m selfish or anything.

Anyway. The Huberoni. He doesn’t like chocolate and peanut butter!

I KNOW. Who the heck is he? And why didn’t he tell me this before marriage. I feel like I would have investigated his roots a little bit further to make sure that “born in Nebraska” wasn’t some code speak for “Is an alien.”

HOW-EV-ER, the benefit of being married to an “I-hate-the-best-combination-on-the-planet-alien-weirdo” is that it means that I get to binge eat it ALL, with none of that sharing shenanigans that they tried to teach me in Kindergarten.

Well, until these that is.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bars - Tastes like store bought but are high protein, gluten free and have no refined sugar, butter or oil! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

I asked him to try one of these healthy oatmeal breakfast bars, knowing that he probably wouldn’t like it,  and then I could pull the “oh sorry honey, I was just trying to be the best wife ever and make you on the go breakfasts like those protein muffins you liked, but I forgot you don’t like chocolate and peanut butter together. Shucks, guess I gotta eat ‘em all” card.

And then he LOVED IT.

And so we danced around the kitchen singing above mentioned oat-breakfast-bar melodies together. Which we’ve been singing in variations of cookie dough oatmeal breakfast bars, pumpkin oatmeal breakfast bars in the slow cooker, and cacao peanut oatmeal breakfast bars.

If you’re feeling low carb, you could even eat some Sugar Free Keto Low Carb Breakfast Bars and sing with us!

Next time. I’m putting rocks in his.

Not that sharing makes me bitter or anything.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bars - Tastes like store bought but are high protein, gluten free and have no refined sugar, butter or oil! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

I also shared the Oatmeal Breakfast Bar Recipe over at Food Fanatic, so be sure to check it out there!

For step-by-step instruction of this recipe, watch my video tutorial below:
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Don’t have oat flour? See How to make your own oat flour in one minute!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Bars - Tastes like store bought but are high protein, gluten free and have no refined sugar, butter or oil! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Breakfast Recipes from around the web:

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    • Isn’t baked oatmeal so great?! Such a nice change from stovetop! Thanks so much for the loving and pinning Gayle!

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  2. These look SO yummy!!!!! I am not sure I would have them for breakfast, as I have too many other foods I love, but I could make them and have them other times, they would be a great snack for me post runs!!! Thank you for the recipe 🙂

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    • Haha I feel ya on other foods! They would definitely make a good refuel with all the healthy carbs!! Thanks Tina! I hope you love ’em!

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    • HAHA I am sorry. Except not. because I do love that song as a guilty pleasure!
      I know right, there is hope for him yet 😉 Thanks girlfriend!

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  14. My husband hated a lot of things…but then he just kept eating them because they were in the house. When we first started dating, he told me he didn’t like chocolate…well I always had a bowl of chocolates out on the counter in my apartment and he ate the whole dang thing. Needless to say, he eats chocolate almost every night now. Men are so bizarre.
    Anyways! This sounds so delish! Baked oatmeal is a favorite of mine for sure. And the little swizzle on top is so cute!!

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  19. Love these bars. I love oatmeal bars, baked oatmeal and slow cooker oatmeal. Just easy and tasty! Glad your hubby liked them and haha about putting rocks in it next time. Made me giggle!! Can’t wait to try this Taylor! Pinned..

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  20. Taylor – OH MY – Y’alls WAS a marriage made in heaven!!!! Wow – to think of all the bliss of NOT SHARING peanut butter and chocolate yumyums!!!! Oooooh!
    But..
    looks like those days are done…gone…now you gotta share all the PB/Chocolate treats you ever make – I will help you cope by LETTING you share some of these with mee too – yes – let’s fully re-ignite those sharing shenanigans they taught you in Kindergarten! 😉

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    • RIGHT!! It has been sort of wonderful, but as a good wife I am also happy that he is not missing out on life anymore 😉 Haha! Thank you lady!

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  23. I’m completely addicted to making oatmeal bars for breakfast too! Usually I go with banana or apple though, so I can send them with the kids to school. But these sound awesome so I may have to make a peanut buttery version just for me. Maybe I could share with the kids when they’re home. Maybe.

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    • No one likes sharing right? So I think you’re on the right track, ha! Thank ya Stacey! I love me some oatmeal too!

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  24. Omg!!! Why do you have to make my mouth water when I’m no where near food!! This sounds so freaking delicious…next on the recipe list!

    Ps love the Ashlee Simpson reference!

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  26. Dear Taylor, These bars look fantastic! I would love to have on with my coffee right now. So dense and rich. Anything with peanut butter is a winner in my book…it’s my guilty pleasure! xo, Catherine

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    • Dear Catherine, I wish i could send some to you because I also wish you could have some on your break! Thank you so much! xoxo

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  32. OK, I want these, but my kids can’t have peanuts 🙁 I would use almond butter in place of peanut butter, but what do you suggest I would use in place of pb2? Thanks!!!

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    • I am getting a few questions on this! Unfortuantely, I really can’t tell you 100% as the recipe is developed with PB2, so I can’t speak for any other ingredients. My first instinct would be to sub in 2 Tbsp Oat flour and 2 Tbsp Protein powder (to create the missing 1/4cup) I can’t say for SURE but I am about 95% sure it would work great…it would obviously be not peanut buttery, but you’re not going for that 😉 If you try it, PLEASE let me know so I can know for future questions! Does that help?

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  33. These look fantastic – and I have everything on hand – but I gave up baking for Lent! Oh no – but these are on my list to make first thing come April!

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  39. I was reading the recipe and wanted to know what is powdered peanut butter? Can you email me the answer please? I may not find it in the string of comments. Thank you!

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    • Unfortunately, they are completely different and are not interchangeable. You COULD try making up for it by using 2 Tbsp more Protein Powder and 2 Tbsp more Oat flour. However, the recipe has not been tested that way, so I can’t tell you for sure it’ll work! I hope that helps!

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  42. This is just the recipe I need to break out of my current breakfast rut (or rather, a not having breakfast rut). I can’t wait to make these!

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    • Hi Teresa, I just very recently started adding nutrition labels to my recipes, and this one was back when i did not do so. However, I just added the label into the bottom of the post under the recipe! I hope that helps! 😀

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    • Unfortunately, I really can’t say for sure as the recipe has not been tested any other way. My first guess would be protein powder! But, I can’t tell you exactly how the texture/taste will be, I’m sorry! Please let me know if you try it!

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  48. Would love to try making these but where can you buy all these healthy ingredients? I have never seen protein or peanut butter powder :/

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  51. These breakfast bars are amazing! My kids are horrible breakfast eaters 🙁 It’s always a struggle to get them protein in the morning. They LOVED these bars! They taste like a yummy treat, but they are full of nutritious goodness! Thank you for the wonderful recipe Taylor! 🙂

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  53. These look amazing!!! My fave combo – PB and Chocolate…Might be why I go crazy with Reese’s PB eggs when Easter rolls around ????.

    Could you use chocolate protein powder for this recipe…We don’t have vanilla around the house at the moment

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  55. I want t make these for my kids but I haven’t given them protein powders. Could I leave that out? Should I substitute that with something else?

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    • I really can’t tell you as recipes are only developed as tested! Sorry! You can’t leave it out as it will change texture and taste. You may be able to use something else, but I can’t tell you what! Let me know what you try!

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  57. I subbed in Biotrust chocolate protein powder and used flaxseed meal in place of protein powder and they were perfect! Trying this week with rice syrup in place of honey and adding some dates. We’ll see. Can anything be used in place of egg for vegan?

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  60. How long will these last at room temperature or do you need to refrigerate? I’d like to make some for my son who is away at college, and too busy to eat well (lots of microwave food). Wrapped individually and packed well, do you think they would travel well? Thanks!

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    • Hi! I think they would travel fine! I don’t think they would be too great out of the refrigerator for more than a day or so, but if he was just taking them around while he goes to classes, I think they’d be great! Does that help at all?

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