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No Bake Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars Recipe

November 12, 2016 by Lindsay 12 Comments

 
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Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars recipe made easy, no-bake and 3-Ingredients. Everything you love in buckeye balls made into a bar! The result? Less work and just-as-delicious buckeye bars in a snap.

{Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Vegan friendly}

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Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars Recipe - Veggiebalance.com

Who doesn’t love buckeye balls!? Am I right!?

In our family, buckeyes balls are the food of life. Well, maybe that’s a little extreme. They are, however, a dessert that gets demolished so quickly you wish you had made dozens more.

Hence, I created a healthier version of peanut butter buckeye balls last year. Less sugar and butter involved? Yes, please.

As always, these peanut butter buckeye bars were made out of laziness. Don’t judge; you’ll thank me.

Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars Recipe - Veggiebalance.com

We entered exciting, new territory for VB earlier this month when we had our own table at a Gluten-Free fair! Oh boy, I knew I needed to make some treats to pass out, and they needed to be (A) obviously delicious and (B) easy to make.

Buckeyes. Definitely our buckeyes fit that bill. However, the thought of dipping each individual buckeye ball in chocolate filled me with dread. That would be a LOT of work.

So out of laziness, I attempted to make these buckeye bars. Guys, I am never going back to the other way. Seriously, like NEVER again.

Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars Recipe - Veggiebalance.com

I’m trying my best to not scream at you through this computer screen. But listen, YOU HAVE TO TRY BUCKEYE BARS.

If you have peanut allergies, try this recipe with sunflower butter instead. These bars are also gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan friendly, not to mention lower in sugar compared to a traditional buckeye!

A normal buckeye ball recipe calls for 1-2 sticks of butter. This peanut butter buckeye bars recipe calls for a total of 4 Tablespoons.

OMG.

Seriously, have I convinced you?

Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars Recipe - Veggiebalance.com

I hope so. Remember when I said you’ll earn the “Queen of Appetizers” title with our buffalo chicken meatballs recipe? Well, these buckeye bars are another way for you to earn another title. Guaranteed.

check out just how easy this is to make!

Never going back to traditional buckeye balls, we are now peanut butter buckeye bars FOR LIFE.

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No Bake Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars Recipe

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Gluten-free, Vegetarian

Gluten-free

Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars recipe made easy, no-bake and 3-Ingredients. Everything you love in buckeye balls made into a bar! The result? Less work and just-as-delicious buckeye bars in a snap.
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Yield: 35 buckeye bars

Prep Time: 30 min

Cook Time: 0 min

Total Time: 30 min

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups low-sugar vanilla frosting
  • 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter (or sunflower butter for peanut allergies)
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 Tablespoon dairy-free butter (plain butter works too)

Directions:

  1. Prepare a 9x13 pan by lining it with parchment paper.
  2. Combine frosting and peanut butter in a medium microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, repeat this step until frosting and peanut butter are melted together. Apprx 1.5 minutes.
  3. Pour melted peanut butter into 9x13 pan. Press mixture into the pan evenly.
  4. In a glass microwave save bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter for 30 seconds, stir, repeat this step until chocolate is melted.
  5. Pour melted chocolate over peanut butter buckeye bars. Smooth chocolate over bars evenly.
  6. Allow chocolate to set at least 1 hour.
  7. Pull out of 9x13 pan, with chocolate side facing up slice into small squares. Flip bars over to the peanut butter side (See Video Demo) and cut again to ensure a clean buckeye bar is made.
  8. Drizzle tops with melted chocolate if desired.

Recipe Video:

Nutrition Information:

Serving size: 1 buckeye bar
Calories: 160
Other nutrition information: Total Fat: 10g , Saturated Fat: 4g , Trans Fat: 0g , Cholesterol: 5mg , Sodium: 55mg , Total Carbs: 16g , Dietary Fiber: 1g , Total Sugars: 10g , Protein: 3g
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Comments

  1. Neta says

    November 15, 2016 at 2:18 pm

    Looks delicious, can’t wait to make this!

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    • Lindsay says

      November 16, 2016 at 6:05 pm

      Thanks! Hope you do get a chance, I’ve been dreaming about making them non-stop since I created them. 😉

      Reply
  2. Megan says

    December 9, 2016 at 2:52 pm

    Do I need to refrigerated these after I make them?

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    • Lindsay says

      December 9, 2016 at 3:51 pm

      I personally do not. You are more then welcome too if you would like though. My husband wouldn’t complain as he likes everything better when its cold. 🙂

      Reply
      • Ashlee says

        December 11, 2016 at 8:30 pm

        How long do you think these would stay fresh? I like to make several desserts and spread them throughout Christmas week for different family gatherings.

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        • Lindsay says

          December 12, 2016 at 12:31 pm

          At least a week I would say, if not more around 1.5-2 weeks. Honestly, they go so quickly in our house I haven’t really gotten a chance to ‘TEST’ out how long they really do last, but that would be my guess. 🙂

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          • Ashlee says

            December 18, 2016 at 7:47 pm

            Thanks! I’m guessing they’ll go fast too, that’s why I have to split these things up before I go 🙂

          • Lindsay says

            December 19, 2016 at 9:26 am

            I actually made these again for the holidays also, andddd they are already gone… So I guess I’m making another batch!I should of split them up like you and then HIDE them until the time. lol

  3. Debbie says

    November 12, 2018 at 6:03 pm

    Hi! When you are talking about these, you say : A normal buckeye ball recipe calls for 1-2 sticks of butter. This peanut butter buckeye bars recipe calls for a total of 3 Tablespoons.
    In the recipe, it calls for 1 Tablespoon. Where do you use the other 2 Tablespoons?
    Thanks! Debbie

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    • Lindsay says

      November 14, 2018 at 2:18 am

      Hi Debbie!

      Well let me first admit that I definitely didn’t do my math right. It is actually a total of 4 Tablespoons of butter in the entire recipe. The remaining 3 Tablespoons are accounted for in the frosting. Now if you want to simply use store bought frosting though you don’t have to worry about that portion. Hope this helps! -Lindsay

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