No-bake Snickers Bars Raw Vegan Snickers

These no-bake Snickers bars are raw vegan Snickers made of wholesome ingredients and unrefined sugar. Plus, they are gluten-free and paleo-approved!

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How to make no-bake snickers bars?

No-bake Snickers bars or raw vegan Snickers are a healthier version of your favorite commercial snickers bars. They have a similar taste and texture as the one you love from the store without the refined ingredients.  All you need to make healthy homemade Snickers are:

• Cashews
• Peanut butter – fresh, runny with no added oil, no added sugar
• Coconut flour 
• Dates 
• Unsweetened almond milk
• Vanilla
• Coconut oil 
• Dark chocolate – chocolate with more than 70% cocoa chocolate is (usually!) vegan. I recommend 85% or 90% dark chocolate for this recipe

Healthy candy bars

These are healthier versions of your favorite Snickers bars. Of course, I can’t say healthy because they are still high in calories and saturated fat from peanuts. But, the wholesome ingredients in this recipe provides fiber, nutrient, and less sugar.  Let us see some numbers to compare 50g of a raw vegan Snickers bars to a commercial one:

• 10g fewer carbs
• 10 g less sugar
• 2 times more fiber 
• Iron, magnesium, and potassium form dates and nuts!

So if you want to indulge in raw vegan desserts this is a better option than any other treats made of refined sugar!

A 3-layer candy bar

We all love vegan Snickers, sweet peanut candy bars with a chewy nougat layer, sticky caramel, and crunchy chocolate.

This is the secret of making healthier wholesome vegan Snickers layers.

• Nougat layer – a combination of cashews, peanut butter, maple syrup, and coconut flour. This creates the most delicious sticky nougat layer with a delicious peanut flavor.
• The caramel layer is a sticky peanut date caramel made of peanut butter and soft Medjool dates.
• The chocolate coating is made of 90% dark chocolate to decrease sugar as the 2 previous layers are already very sweet.

More raw vegan desserts recipe

If you love raw vegan desserts, I recommend you also try our:

• No-bake peanut butter pie – a raw chocolate crust with peanut butter chia mousse
• No-bake chocolate pie – a chocolate avocado mousse pie ready in 30 minutes

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Your friend, Carine

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No-bake Vegan Snickers Bars

No-bake Vegan Snickers Bars are raw vegan snickers to enjoy a treat with wholesome ingredients.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American, European

Servings: 12 bars

Calories: 295 kcal

Author: Carine

4.85 from 262 votes

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

Nougat Layer

• ▢ 1 cup Cashews
• ▢ ½ cup Peanut Butter - no added oil, no added sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Maple Syrup
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Coconut Oil
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Water
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Coconut Flour

Caramel layer

• ▢ ¾ cup Soft Pitted Dates - (4.4oz/125g) - soak in boiling water 10 minutes, drain if the dates are not soft
• ▢ ¼ cup Peanut Butter - no added oil, no added sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Almond Milk - unsweetened at room temperature
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Salt - - optional

Toppings

• ▢ ¼ cup Roasted peanuts - unsalted

Chocolate layer

• ▢ 5 oz Vegan dark chocolate - (150g)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil

Instructions

Nougat layer

• In a blender with the S blade attachment, add all the nougat layer ingredients starting with: cashews, peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut oil, water, and coconut flour.
• Blend on high speed until the ingredients come together. Form a paste that has almost no bits of nuts (or very small ones). You may have to stop the food processor a few times, stop every 30 seconds, scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula and repeat until the nougat layer is smooth and easy to shape. It should resemble playdoh in texture. If too dry add a splash of water, up to 1 tablespoon.
• Press the nougat layer into a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan covered with parchment paper. Place the pan in the freezer while you make the caramel layer.

Caramel layer

• In the same blender bowl (no need to clean) add all the caramel ingredients: dates (if yours are not soft, soak in boiling water 10 minutes before using, drain them, and then add in the recipe), peanut butter, almond milk, vanilla, and salt.
• Blend on high speed until the ingredients come together, form a smooth sticky date paste that has almost no chunks of dates (or very small ones). As before, you may have to stop the food processor a few times, every 30 seconds, scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula, and repeat until the date paste is consistent.
• Remove the loaf pan from the freezer, spread the caramel layer on top of the nougat layer, and then sprinkle the roasted peanuts.
• Place the loaf pan in the freezer again for 15 minutes.
• After 15 minutes, pull out the bars from the loaf pan and place them on a chopping board.
• Slice into 12 small bars (on the picture I made 6 huge snickers bars. Trust me it is too big for 1 serving!).

Chocolate layer

• Melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil together in a saucepan or microwave. I recommend 85% chocolate as the middle layers are already very sweet it balances the whole bar sweeteners better (and decreases the sugar!)
• Using two forks, dip each Snickers bar into the melted chocolate then return the bars onto a plate covered with parchment paper.
• Repeat until all the bars are covered with chocolate.
• Place the plate in the freezer 10 minutes or until the chocolate layer is set.
• Store in the fridge, in an airtight container for 3 weeks, or freezer in ziplock bags. Defrost 1 hour before or eat half frozen.

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Nutrition

Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 22.4g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 21.3g | Fiber: 3.7g | Sugar: 14.3g