Description
Soft, fudgy, and deeply chocolatey One-Bowl Chocolate Oat Bars made with oats, cocoa, nut butter, applesauce, and maple syrup. A healthy and easy snack bar recipe that mixes in one bowl and bakes in about 20 minutes.
Ingredients
Rolled oats: 2 cups (180 g)
Oat flour (or blended oats): 3/4 cup (75 g)
Unsweetened cocoa powder: 1/3 cup (30 g)
Baking powder: 1 tsp (5 g)
Fine salt: 1/4 tsp (1.5 g)
Pure maple syrup (or honey): 1/2 cup (120 ml)
Unsweetened applesauce: 1/2 cup (120 g)
Creamy peanut butter or almond butter: 1/3 cup (80 g)
Vanilla extract: 1 tsp (5 ml)
Dark chocolate chips: 1/3 cup (60 g)
Instructions
1. Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line an 8 x 8 inch (20 x 20 cm) pan with parchment.
2. In a large bowl, stir maple syrup, applesauce, nut butter, and vanilla until smooth and glossy.
3. Add oats, oat flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Mix until thick and fully combined.
4. Fold in chocolate chips.
5. Press batter firmly into the pan in an even layer.
6. Bake 18 to 22 minutes, until edges look set and the center is just slightly soft.
7. Cool completely in the pan, then lift out and slice into 9 to 12 bars.
Notes
For the fudgiest texture, do not overbake. The center should look set but still feel slightly soft.
Let the bars cool fully before slicing, or they can crumble.
Nut-free option: use sunflower seed butter.
Gluten-free option: use certified gluten-free oats and oat flour.
Storage: refrigerate in an airtight container up to 6 days. Freeze up to 2 months.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Healthy Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar (1/12 of pan)
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg