Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bars

Something sweet to cure your cravings in the morning without all the sugar! Low-sugar, chewy, chocolate peanut butter granola bars with less than 1 gram of sugar per bar! The perfect start to the morning.

I am a creature of habit and love my daily meals. I have been having the same yogurt bowl for about a year now but I have changed up the toppings along the way!

My Favorite Breakfast:

• Fat Free Fage (I get the larger containers of these from Costco)
• Strawberries (sometimes grapes or blueberries)
• Kamut and Unsweetened Almond Milk
• Homemade Nut mix
• Something Sweet!! Usually a homemade treat, like this chewy granola recipe here. This week will be these yummy granola bars!
• Even some dessert treats like:
  • My banana muffins, both the plain banana muffins and the white chocolate peanut butter
  • Peppermint Brownies
  • Almond Cranberry Bliss Bars
  • Brown Sugar Apple bake basically all my desserts lol

Listen to your cravings! I have made many posts about this on my Instagram, I live for balance and the 80/20 rule! I love my veggies and fruits but I am also an advocate for some sweets and snacks.. Everyday!

So in my eyes, having some yogurt, some puffed wheat, some nuts and a sweet treat is a perfectly balanced breakfast !! There is a lot of misinformation when it comes to yogurt bowls, people think that it is SO SUPER healthy to have a huge yogurt bowl with fruit, and lots of granola. This is fine, however, it is important to take a look at the nutrients in the yogurt and granola, some are packed with sugar and very high calorie! This is why I like to just have plain yogurt and add a lot of fun toppings and sides! Or even cereal is a great topping, I love crunching up Peanut Butter Chex and topping my bowls!

SO, rather than buying granola bars, since I love cooking and baking anyway, I wanted to create this yummy, low-sugar recipe! However, sugar is an important source of energy for our body, I am not encouraging a no-sugar diet! But if you have a huge sweet tooth like me it is fun to experiment with low-sugar recipes!

All of the ingredients that I used were.. Yep you guessed it, low in sugar allowing for the creation of this treat!

Ingredients Used:

• Lily’s Dark Chocolate Baking Chips
• Walden Farms Pancake Syrup
• Rolled Oats
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Powder, here is the one I used.
• Light Butter, I used I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Light
• Jif Whipped Peanut Butter (optional)

In a pot over medium heat, combine the butter, peanut butter powder, syrup, and whipped peanut butter until melted and combined. Pour the mixture over the oats and combine. Press into a parchment lined 8×8 baking dish. Press in the chocolate chips and put in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours. When completely cooled cut the bars into 10 rectangles.

I wrapped each bar individually so I can just grab them in the morning and take them to work with me!