Buckeye Bars Recipe

Buckeye Bars recipe made easy, no-bake and 4-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, Keto & Vegan friendly}

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. 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.

How these buckeye bars came into existence.

We had a huge event coming up and had to get creative about a treat to bring that is gluten-free and easy.

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.

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

Peanut Free Options to make buckeyes

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?

If you’d even like to make these low carb and keto friendly there are ways. 😉

Switch the frosting to a low carb cream cheese frosting, swap with low carb chocolate and you’ve got yourself a fantastic low carb dessert!

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.

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

Dessert

Gluten-free, Vegetarian

American

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

Prep Time:30 min

Cook Time:0 min

Total Time:30 min

Ingredients:

• 2 cups vanilla frosting.
• 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter (or sunflower butter for peanut allergies)
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (or sugar-free chocolate chips for low carb)
• 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.

Author: Linnie

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

Recipe, images, and text © Veggie Balance

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