Healthy Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats
These Healthy Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats are sweetened with Medjool dates, contain 6 simple ingredients and no added sugar. Gluten-Free and oil-free.
Equipment
- youll need a food processor for this recipe
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treat Layer
- 1 cup medjool dates about 14 dates. These NEED to be plump and sticky. See notes
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp runny natural peanut butter ingredients should be only peanuts and salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp pink salt my peanut butter is salted. If yours isn’t, you may want to add a couple pinches more of salt. Adjust to taste.
- Optional 1 or 2 tbsp water only add water if your date and peanut butter mixture is not sticking together! See notes
- 2 cups rice cereal
Peanut Butter Chocolate Layer
- Heaping 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- 2 & 1/2 tbsp runny natural peanut butter
Instructions
- First, add all of your peanut butter rice krispie treats ingredients to a food processor MINUS the rice cereal (Medjool dates, drippy natural peanut butter, vanilla extract and salt). Process for a couple minutes until the dates are in very tiny pieces and the mixture is soft and moist and easily sticks together. If it feels a little dry, feel free to add 1 or 2 tbsp of water and process again.
- Next, add your peanut butter date mixture to a microwave safe bowl and microwave for about 25 seconds. Alternatively, you can put the mixture in a small pot and heat up on the stove top. You just want the mixture warm, not hot, for mixing with the rice cereal.
- Once the peanut butter date mixture is warm, add in your rice cereal and mix very very well. If the mixture still doesn’t look like it’s sticking together, you can add a tablespoon of water and keep mixing.
- Line an 8 x 8 baking dish with parchment paper and add the peanut butter rice krispie treat mixture and press down very very well so that it all sticks together.
- Next, add your dark chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl or to a small pot on the stove. Melt the chocolate chips and then stir in your drippy natural peanut butter. Mix well and then add the dark chocolate peanut butter layer on top of the peanut butter rice crispy treats.
- Freeze until the chocolate has set, about 10 or so minutes. Slice and enjoy! You can top with sea salt if desired. Store these Healthy Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats covered in the fridge.
Notes
-The module dates need to be plump and moist for this recipe to work. If yours feel dry, soak them in a bowl of hot water for about 10 minutes. Drain the water and then proceed with the recipe.
-My peanut butter is salt salted. If yours isn’t, you may want to add a little more salt to taste in the rice crispy treat mixture or you can top with sea salt.
-Don’t add water to your peanut butter date mixture unless you’re noticing that it’s not feeling moist or sticking together. Only start with a tiny bit of water.