Then the best part – layer them together! So yummy… I’m having trouble not drooling all over my keyboard right now. Make the cacao layer by pulsing the above ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Once your peanut butter is nice and soft, it’s time to make peanut butter chocolate chip cookie bars! First, make the cookie dough layer by simply stirring the ingredients together and pressing them into the pan… If you store your peanut butter in the fridge, allow it to sit at room temperature for an hour before making this recipe. I know it seems like peanut butters would all be created (somewhat) equal, but theirs has the best texture and flavor I’ve ever tasted – just look at the photo near the top of this post to see how oozy it is.Īnd speaking of that oozy peanut butter, you really need smooth, creamy peanut butter here, not the dry, stiff stuff that you might find at the bottom of a jar of natural peanut butter. The last thing I’m going to gush about is the personal obsession I have with their peanut butter. If you haven’t heard of Thrive Market, it’s an online marketplace whose mission is to make healthy living easy and affordable.įancy superfoods aside, I found that so many of my kitchen staples – rolled oats, almond flour, nut butters, dates, organic maple syrup, and more – are all a fraction of the cost of the brands I find in the grocery store.

While I love using these ingredients, they’re often hard to find and can be expensive at regular stores – which is why I’m SO excited to partner with Thrive Market today. It’s known to naturally support the body’s ability to adapt to stress and improve energy, vitality, and stamina. Maca is powder from the Peruvian maca root, and has a malty, vanilla-y, butterscotch-y flavor that’s insanely delicious in this cookie dough layer. So what the heck are cacao and maca? Cacao is the most pure form of chocolate, and it’s packed with antioxidants, fiber, and magnesium (read: chocolate is healthy!). I’ve been trying to hide them everywhere, but, in my house, they have a way of quickly disappearing! They store well in the fridge and freezer, but good luck keeping them for any great length of time. You won’t be able to stop eating them, and that’s ok! They’re made with some wonderful wholesome ingredients and a few (delicious) superfoods like cacao and maca powder. That all sounds fancy, but these peanut butter cookie bars are actually very easy to put together. There’s a delectable peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough layer underneath a rich cacao-date-walnut layer. These peanut butter chocolate chip cookie bars… where do I even start!? If you make one dessert/snack recipe from this blog, I highly recommend this one! 🙂

Chocolate peanut butter crack bars