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Easy 4-Ingredient Chocolate Crunch Bars

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I’m guessing you already have all or most of the needed ingredients on hand to make these Chocolate Crunch Bars. So what are you waiting for? You NEED to make these pronto!

I could go on and on about how delicious these are. They taste like fudge with a wonderful crunch! I make a double batch for college kids and the plate is empty in no time. :)

The fact that they are super easy to make is a great bonus. And the wonderful crunch in these makes you feel like you’re eating a candy bar!

Watch Brayden (age 5) help me make these super easy Chocolate Crunch Bars —>

I personally like to use Bittersweet Chocolate in this recipe so the sugar content is much lower. But you can use any of your favorite chocolate chips.

So let’s see, you’ll need:

  • chocolate chips
  • coconut oil
  • nut butter
  • rice krispie cereal

You’ll put the first three ingredients into a pan to melt and stir together.

Once the mixture is melted and smooth, you’ll stir in the cereal.

Then you’ll spread it into a dish and put it into the fridge to chill.

See how easy? And yep, they taste as good as they look!

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Easy 4-Ingredient Chocolate Crunch Bars
 
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Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • 12-ounces bittersweet or dark chocolate chips (any chocolate chips will work!)
  • 1 cup nut butter (I like almond butter for these)
  • ¼ cup coconut oil (I prefer refined coconut oil in these because it's flavorless)
  • 2 cups crispy rice cereal
Instructions
  1. In a medium-sized saucepan, melt and stir the chocolate chips, nut butter, and coconut oil.
  2. Remove from heat and stir in the rice cereal.
  3. Pour mixture into an 8x8 inch pan.
  4. Chill for at least one hour before cutting and serving the bars.

During this busy time of year, you’ll find that these Easy Chocolate Crunch Bars are perfect for a snack or even to make and take to a holiday party!

Chocolate Hint:

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Easy 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Truffles for Valentine’s Day

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Not that we can’t make a treat like this any day of the year. It’s just that these Peanut Butter Truffles seem best served as a special Valentine’s Day treat. Perhaps we should make a trial batch here in January though? And maybe remind ourselves how to make them sometime next April? Then again in August. All that to say, who am I to tell you when to make these truffles? I totally and completely support your truffle-making choices.

I love how easy these are to make. I love that the only sugar in them is what is already in the chocolate chips. I love the peanut butter-chocolate combo. I love…well, love. So see? These are perfect to make for Valentine’s Day!

Easy 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Truffles

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Easy 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Truffles for Valentine's Day
 
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Serves: 18-24
Ingredients
  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup natural peanut butter (I used homemade peanut butter*)
  • ⅛ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (optional)
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan stir together chocolate chips, cream, and butter over medium heat.
  2. Just as the chocolate chips have almost melted, add peanut butter and stir until smooth.
  3. Spread mixture into a pie pan and chill for about two hours.
  4. Cut and roll mixture into 1 inch balls.
  5. Dip balls into cocoa powder if you like.
  6. Place on parchment paper and chill until set.

*I use homemade peanut butter from one of the following recipes:

Roll these truffles in powdered sugar for a fun variety. And place them into holiday colored mini-muffin liners to make them festive!

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3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Honey Rice Krispie Treats

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I will admit to you that I find it silly to write “3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Honey Rice Krispie Treats” as a title. Why? Because all three ingredients are listed in the title, so the title is basically the post.

There’s nothing else you will possibly need to know since obviously, to make 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Honey Rice Krispie Treats you need peanut butter, honey, and Rice Krispies. My job here is done.

Ah, but wait. You still don’t know how much of each ingredient to use to make these fine treats. I guess you still need me after all. Phew. 

I had a lot of fun playing with this idea to try Rice Krispie Treats without the marshmallows. It all made sense and tasted delicious in my head, but recipes in my head and recipes in real life don’t always turn out the same.

Would they be gooey chewy like I was hoping, or would they turn out hard like bricks and crumble everywhere? Would they be sweet enough? Or maybe too sweet? Would they even stay together, or would they just fall apart and turn into peanut butter honey flavored Rice Krispie cereal?

One never knows until one tries the recipe inside one’s head while hoping for the best. How delighted was I when this recipe came out chewy gooey good on the first try! (It helped that I stirred in cereal just a little at a time until I reached my desired gooeyness level.) The peanut butter – honey – crunch combo reminds me of a childhood treat that included ingredients I no longer use. So I am perfectly thrilled with these awesome 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Honey Rice Krispie Treats and can’t wait for you to try them too! (Bet you can’t guess what the 3 ingredients are…)

3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Honey Rice Krispie Treats

3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Honey Rice Krispie Treats
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 cup natural peanut butter*
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 2½ cups Rice Krispies (the off brand works great!)
Instructions
  1. In a large saucepan, stir peanut butter and honey over low heat until runny and smooth.
  2. Remove from heat and stir in Rice Krispies.
  3. Press mixture into a 9x9 inch baking dish.
  4. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

*I use homemade peanut butter from one of the following recipes:

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Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

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There’s a layer of Pumpkin Cake and a layer of Cheesecake in this treat. Together they make awesome Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars, the likes of which take hardly any effort to make!

This recipe is the result of me taking a moment to play with my Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffin recipe. Indeed, you can often find me playing with recipes at my house. Why play with toys when there are recipes lying around, am I right? Toy box. Recipe box. It’s all the same to me.

The beauty of playing with recipes is that one can easily turn one treat into a new treat, simply by tweaking a few ingredients and measurements. That is how the muffins turned into these Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars.

As many of my recipes are, this one is delicious enough for dessert and healthy enough for breakfast. :)

Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
 
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 2 cups whole grain flour
  • ½ cup brown sugar or sucanat
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice*
  • 2 eggs
  • 15-ounces pumpkin puree
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil
  • Cream Cheese Marble Filling:
  • 16-ounces softened cream cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 Tablespoons real maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sucanat, salt, baking powder, and pumpkin pie spice.
  2. Mix in egg, pumpkin puree, and oil until well combined.
  3. Pour batter into a 9x13 inch baking dish. Set aside.
  4. Blend Cream Cheese Filling ingredients in a blender or with a hand mixer until smooth.
  5. Drizzle mixture over the unbaked pumpkin cake.
  6. Use a butter knife to spread the filling over the cake batter.
  7. Bake in a 350° oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  8. Allow bars to cool completely, then chill for at least two hours before cutting into bars and serving.

*Find the recipe for our Pumpkin Spice mix here. Or substitute 1 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg in this recipe.

 

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Simple Strawberry Cheesecake Cups (Low Sugar, 5 Ingredients)

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If you’ve enjoyed the Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups recipe I shared several months ago, you’ll want to give these new Simple Strawberry Cheesecake Cups a try too!

Our family loves these Strawberry Cheesecake Cups because they are full of nourishing fats, protein, and fruit. I personally like them because they are pink and pretty. C’mon. That’s a good reason to like something, isn’t it?

I learned the hard way that these must stay in the freezer until you’re ready to eat one. The good news is that the weather is finally becoming warmer so a cold treat is welcome! Feel free to skip the muffin cups and put this mixture into popsicle molds to make Strawberry Cheesecake Pops!

Curious why we like high fat, low sugar treats at our house? Read here.

Simple Strawberry Cheesecake Cups

Simple Strawberry Cheesecake Cups (Low Sugar, 5 Ingredients)
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
  • 8 ounces softened cream cheese
  • ¼ cup softened butter
  • 30 drops liquid stevia or 3 Tablespoons honey
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together in a food processor or high power blender or hand mixer until smooth.
  2. Scoop mixture into silicone muffin molds, candy molds, or popsicle molds.
  3. Freeze for about 2 hours.
  4. Once frozen, remove Cheesecake Cups from molds and place in an air-tight container.
  5. Store in freezer.

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