Friday, August 1, 2014

Creamy Raw Chocolate Peanut Butter Coconut Oatmeal Bars Vegan





I couldn't wait to try some recipes in the Rawsome Vegan Baking book I bought months ago. I am a big fan of the This Rawsome Vegan Life Blog. I love raw recipes and this one turned out so good! She never disappoints! Major Yum Yum in my book!

This was super easy to make and turned out perfect! It was better the next day after putting it in the freezer ( our freezer didn't make them rock hard, they were still soft but more solid)  They are supposed to be creamy so only keep them in the refrigerator if you want them super soft and creamy.The recipe also called for adding fresh blueberries as an option after it sets but we didn't have any and it's perfect without.

The ingredients are below for what we used.

Ingredients for the Bar

1 Cup Oats-I ended up adding a little more than 1 cup because the mixture was still very wet
1/2 Cup Raw Peanut Butter - We used Trader Joes unblanched Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 Cup Coconut Oil melted
1/3 Cup Maple Syrup
1/2 Cup Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

After mixing these all together and putting it into a pan with parchment paper, I let them chill in the refrigerator while I made the super easy yummy chocolate sauce that is from her book also.

Ingredients for the Chocolate Sauce

1/2 Cup Raw Cacao
1/3 Cup Raw Agave Nectar
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil-the recipe calls for 1/2 but I used about 1/3

Just mix up well and pull out the bars and spread on top. I put them back in the refrigerator for 2 hours and then I took them out to cut. They were a little soft but tasted So perfect! I put them in the freezer overnight and we just had one and it was So YUMMY!!!

Ingredients for Bars


Adding 1/2 Cup of Peanut Butter to 1 Cup of Oats

1/3 Cup of  Coconut Oil before melting

Melted Coconut Oil

Adding Coconut Oil to Peanut Butter and Oats

1/3 Cup of Maple Syrup

Add Maple Syrup

1/2 Cup of Shredded Coconut

Adding Coconut to mix

Add 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract

Mix Slowly by hand

Fully Mixed

Up Close YUM YUM


Spread in pan with parchment paper

Ready to chill in the fridge while you make the chocolate sauce


Ingredients for Chocolate Sauce (you can use Maple syrup instead of Agave Nectar to sweeten)

1/2 Cup of Cacao Powder

1/3 cup of Agave Nectar

1/3 Cup of Coconut Oil (I used 1/3 because that's all I had left and it was perfect)


Stir Slowly

Mix well by hand

Yummy!


Spread on top of bars 

Ready to go in the refrigerator for 2 hours




after being in the refrigerator for 2 hours, ready to cut

It was a little warm in my house so they were melting a little, I put in freezer overnight and they were perfect







Have fun and Enjoy!