Peanut butter and chocolate rice crispy bars are a combination of all the best things: nuttiness, indulgent chocolate, sweet and sticky maple syrup, and crunchy rice puffs blending to create the perfect easy, no-bake treat.

First things first: the current photos I’m using for this post are not the best representation of this recipe.

When I photographed these bars, they were still cold and looked amazing – but when I got some out of the fridge to get to room temperature before eating, though, they just…crumbled.

Less rice crispy bars and more rice crispy mess.

So, obviously I wasn’t going to post the recipe. Recently, however, I re-made these bars to take on a trip up to the Lake District, and I finally perfected the ratios of ingredients and they were so good.

So good that I need to share this recipe with you guys – dodgy photos and all! If you want more peanut butter goodness, make sure you’ve also checked out these dreamy peanut butter cookies (with just three ingredients!). These almond butter cookies are another great option!

These vegan peanut butter and chocolate rice crispy bars are:

• Peanutty
• Chocolately
• Crunchy
• Indulgent
• Easy to make
• No-bake

With just minimal ingredients, these bars are also perfect for adapting depending on what you have in your cupboards.

To give these bars another dimension, add a layer of this super simple date caramel between the rice crispies and the dark chocolate.

An important thing to note when making this recipe is that making sure the rice crispy mix is set before pouring the chocolate over the top is really important! Otherwise, you’ll end up mixing the chocolate into the rice crispy mix rather than spreading a nice thick layer over the top.

Equally, make sure the chocolate has set before cutting your bars for nice clean lines.

You might also like to try make this sticky toffee pudding recipe, or these amazing peanut butter blondies!