Let’s start out this MoFo thing with a super-simple recipe that lets the flavors of peanut butter and sweet fruit (the jelly stand-in) shine – along with their good friends, chocolate and cinnamon. These treats can be assembled in minutes, but they make an impressive-looking dessert.
The original recipe on Buzzfeed’s 29 Ways to Honor the Glory of Peanut Butter & Jelly comes from Framed Cooks, and is a classic baked bar, but I went with a mostly raw version to keep things light and simple.
Chocolate Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars
- Total Time: 10
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
My first recipe for Vegan Mofo is a super simple one, but it’s elegant enough to serve for dessert after a romantic dinner. Chocolate, peanut butter, strawberries, and a hint of mint.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/4 cup raw peanuts
- 1/4 cup raw pecans
- 1/4 cup (about 5 large) dates, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. water
- 1 Tbsp. raw cacao powder
- 1/8 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp. smooth natural peanut butter
- 2 large strawberries, sliced
- 2 sprigs fresh mint, optional
Instructions
- Place the peanuts and pecans in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to break up the nuts. Add the chopped dates, water, cacao powder and cinnamon and pulse again to get a fairly smooth paste.
- I used English muffin rings (large cookie cutters would work) as molds. Divide the crust between the rings and pat down. Gently remove the rings. Top the crusts with peanut butter (about 1 tbsp. each), top with sliced strawberries and add the mint garnish, if using. This would be extra dee-lish-us with a drizzle of raw cacao sauce.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 369
- Sugar: 16
- Sodium: 156
- Fat: 28
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 23
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 25
- Protein: 11
- Cholesterol: 0
Love peanut butter and jelly! I love the pecans in it, they are my favorite nut. It’s very pretty with the strawberries on top too! Looks super easy to make. 🙂
I have to admit that pecans are also my favorite nut :-). Maybe my theme should have been pecan butter and jelly!
ooh my favorite kind.. for 1 or for 2!
these are too pretty not to whip up when i get time:) though i must confess i am one of those who has not been enticed by the peanut buttah. i will stick to almond or hazelnut:)
Feel free to go with your preferred nut butter – I totally understand ;-)!
It may be simple but it astonishes me. I would never have dreamt of combining those ingredients in a dessert, but it looks and sounds fantastic. I really must give this a go.
Really just takes minutes to put together. The beauty of raw desserts! (And no hot oven on when it’s 100 degrees outside…)
I love the way you have made the crusts. The possibilities are endless!
Exactly!
Boom! Looks fab! Raw desserts are simply the best but I’ve never tried making one with raw peanuts…
I love how quickly you can put together raw desserts.
Oh wow those look dee-licious indeed, Annie! What a neat presentation too. 🙂
Thanks, Susmitha – thought it wise to start out with something simple ;-).
A fabulous dessert for ! I will make these 2 beauties tonight! MMMMMMMM!
They’re SO easy (and good)!
I made them today & loved every bite of them! 🙂 My hubby Peter agreed with me here,…:) x
Awesome!! So glad you liked them. You’re a peach, Sophie.
This beats any PB&J I’ve ever seen! Adding cacao and cinnamon is new to me, but sounds very intriguing!
Kinda a grown up PB & J :-). The cinnamon just adds a nice…something.
Gorgeous. I’d love this for breakfast as well. I don’t know about ‘for two’ though…I might pollish one off all by myself! Love it.
Yeah, I really should’ve made this a recipe for 4 – two each!!
Ummm. . . Wow. This may be my dessert multiple times this week. You’re amazing, Anne.
Awww, shucks :-)! Thank you!
Annie, these look so good! I want to try them, with hazelnut butter 😀 Happy Vegan Month of Food to you – can’t wait to see all your posts!
Hazelnut butter! For sure!!
You started off with a BANG! This looks SO good. As I sit here eating my standard PB&J (which is still delicious) I wish I had this instead!
You and I: fellow peanut butter junkies.
Ah, they look so pretty on the plate Annie!
Thanks, Poppy! Almost too pretty to eat ;-)!
Almost but too delicious not to eat too 😀
Ahh, that old Catch-22…
😀
This is such a great idea, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a raw crust shown as so accessible before! Totally going to make a version of this.
It is so darn quick and easy to put together. And you can change up the flavors easily, too.
This looks so dang pretty! I can’t wait to try it out. Maybe quadruple it and serve it at a dinner party so my friends think I’m fancy pants 🙂
This is totally a fancy-pants-looking recipe :-)!
Simple but perfect!
The best kind of recipe really :-)!
Looks yummy! I would like to incorporate more raw foods into my diet and want to start with some quicker and easier recipes. Thanks for posting!
Doesn’t get much easier than this! You’ll be coming up with your own raw ideas in no time :-)!
And so healthy! These are gorgeous, Annie! What a gorgeous treat for afternoon tea with your bestie. 🙂
This looks fantastic Annie! I am super excited about your theme.
Guess I’m still a kid at heart!
Wow that looks fab! Is it bad that I’m thinking breakfast?
No way! This would make a great breakfast!
Annie these look too delicious for words….yummm
Thanks, Chitra :-)!
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