3-ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars are made with just 3 ingredients. They are vegan, gluten-free and such a delicious and easy dessert to make. If you love chocolate and peanut butter – these are for you!

These crunch bars are SO good!!! One of my personal favorite recipes I make again and again. They’re crunchy, peanut buttery, chocolatey and incredibly easy to make. You take a bite of these and you are in heaven. Especially if you love peanut butter cups and crunch bars. It’s the best of both worlds because it has the flavor of a peanut butter cup but consistency of a crunch bars.

The traditional brunch bars are filled with additives, tons of sugar and oils to make a product as simple as this. But my version has 3 ingredients and takes 5 minutes of actual effort to make. And they are gluten-free, vegan and much lower in sugar than the store-bought version. And since I use coconut sugar-sweetened chocolate chips, these are refined sugar free.

This is the type of recipe that you will always want to have in your freezer. They hit the spot when I grab one after lunch or dinner or whenever I am craving something sweet.

I share these with my kids who also are absolutely obsessed with them. They call it their “freezer candies” and when we are out of them, Ezra always demands – yes, demands – me to make more. He has the same sweet tooth as his mama!

I cannot wait for you guys to try these. I hope you love them as much as we do. You can make them into bars or bites too. Bite-sized is better portion control, but then I just find myself going back to more ha!

What ingredients you need to make these crunch bars:

• Creamy peanut butter – if you don’t love peanut butter or have an allergy, use almond butter instead. Really any nut or seed butter can work
• Dark chocolate – or use your go-to chocolate. It can be semi-sweet or milk chocolate if you prefer too
• Brown rice crisp cereal – any rice krispie – type cereal works best for these! Use your favorite kind

How to make chocolate peanut butter crunch bars:

1. Melt chocolate in microwave or over stovetop. Depending on the chocolate you use, you may need to add coconut oil to help to melt
2. Mix in the peanut butter to fully combine
3. Next add in cereal and mix all together so the cereal is fully coated in the chocolate peanut butter mixture
4. Line a loaf pan or baking dish with parchment paper then add the crunch bar batter to the pan and spread across
5. Add to fridge or freeze to set until firm
6. Cut into bars/bites and enjoy!

FAQs and tips on making these chocolate crunch bars:

• Can you use any chocolate you want for these? Yes! Dark or milk chocolate can both work here. I prefer dark chocolate taste wise but do what you prefer.
• How long do these stay good in the freezer for? About 2 months in the freezer but they never last that long here 🙂 They don’t melt easily so you can also keep in fridge as well.
• Are these a good snack for kids? Yes! My toddlers love them and ask for them for dessert all the time. You can also add in any other mix-in’s like sprinkles too.

A few other delicious homemade candy recipes to try:

The BEST Gluten-free Twix Bars!

Healthy Snickers Recipe (gluten-free)

4-ingredient Reese’s Bars (gluten-free)

EASY Peanut Butter Banana Date Bark