Healthy Einkorn Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bar Recipe

This chewy healthy Einkorn Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bar recipe is amazingly good. The perfect snack or after-school treat with wholesome healthy ingredients like freshly milled einkorn flour, sprouted rolled oats, hemp seeds, and honey. If you need a kid-friendly peanut butter bar with healthy ingredients, you’ve come to the right place!

I’ve been craving a good chocolate peanut butter oatmeal bar with my 3 pm latte. Something that would hit the spot with my sweet tooth and something that my kids would love. This recipe is THE ONE! It won’t give your kids (or yourself!) a sugar high and it keeps you full longer than 30 minutes. Packed with real and wholesome ingredients, it’s a great way to incorporate einkorn flour and sprouted oats into one delicious snack. 

Why I love Einkorn Flour for baking

I love using einkorn flour to add extra nutrients and a richer flavor to my baking. Einkorn flour is easier to digest than conventional all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour. It is considered an ancient grain and has a lower gluten content than other types of modern wheat grains. Therefore a lot of people with gluten intolerance can digest einkorn flour. But it’s not an option for someone who has celiac disease.  Einkorn flour has 30% more protein and 30% less starch than flour that comes from modern wheat. It is a great flour to use for healthy recipes!

Benefits of Hemp Seeds

Hemp seeds are high in fat and protein. They are rich in omega-6 and omega-3; very similar to chia seeds and flaxseeds in nutritional value. Hemp seeds are good for heart health and beneficial for the skin. A superfood all around and something you can easily add to your chewy einkorn peanut butter oatmeal bars without noticing it. 

Sprouted Oats in a Peanut Butter Bar?

Oats are filled with cholesterol-lowering, heart-healthy oat fiber. What makes sprouted oats better than regular oats is that sprouting activates enzymes in the grain. Those enzymes help break down the proteins, starches, and fiber in oats into forms that are easier to digest and easier for your body to utilize. 

The Ingredients

Butter: I prefer to use salted butter in my recipes. You can substitute it with coconut oil. 

Honey: Make sure the honey is softened but not completely melted so that it can whip easily. 

Eggs: Eggs work as a binder 

Peanut Butter: Use smooth peanut butter if you have it. I like to buy the one with just peanuts and no sugars or seed oils added.

Salt: Brings the flavors together nicely

Baking Soda: Helps get a nice rise while baking

Vanilla extract: Adds a rich vanilla flavor. Homemade vanilla extract is a healthier option than one with artificial flavors. 

Sprouted rolled oats: I like to buy the Costco brand (One Degree Organic Foods) I have used regular oats or quick oats, but the chewy texture of the sprouted oats is better. 

Hemp seeds: Buy organic when you can. They’re great to have on hand to add to baked goods. Flaxseed can be used as a substitute. 

Whole grain Einkorn Flour: I mill my flour with my Komo Mill right before baking. You can substitute eInkorn for other wheat berries like spelt or emmer if you don’t have any einkorn on hand. You can also use all-purpose einkorn flour if you don’t own a mill. 

Chocolate Chips: Use semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips rather than regular chocolate chips for best results. 

How to make healthy Einkorn Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

Take out your stand mixer with the paddle attachment.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Use the middle rack.

In your stand mixer, cream butter until light in color and fluffy. About 3 minutes.

Add in honey. Let beat until creamy. About 1 minute.

Wet ingredients. Next, add in eggs, and peanut butter and beat until just fluffy. 

Dry ingredients. Add the salt, baking soda, vanilla extract, sprouted rolled oats, hemp seeds, and einkorn flour. Mix until just combined. 

Grease a 13×18 baking pan or line with parchment paper. Spread the batter evenly on the baking pan. 

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes at 350 or until the edges get a golden brown color. Do not overbake.

In a small saucepan, melt chocolate chips. Stir in peanut butter. Pour on top of warm peanut butter bars and spread evenly. 

Refrigerate the bars for 5 minutes until the chocolate starts to set. Swirl the chocolate layer with a toothpick.

Refrigerate until the chocolate is set. Cut into bars. (Cut smaller pieces for kid-sized snacks.)

Once the bars are cut I like to freeze them in an airtight container. It’s a great way to always have a healthy snack on hand or when you get last-minute visitors.

Sit back with a cup of coffee and enjoy a chewy chocolate peanut butter oatmeal bar! 

Can I use a different sweetener?

Absolutely! Feel free to substitute honey for pure maple syrup, coconut sugar, or your sweetener of choice.

Tips for serving healthy Einkorn Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

• Swirl the chocolate with a toothpick after it has been refrigerated for 5 minutes
• Cold bars cut more cleanly than room temperature bars.
• Freezing the bars gives them a chewy texture.
• Once the chocolate has set, but isn’t super hard yet, take out the bars and cut them evenly with a sharp knife. Make 4 cuts lengthwise down the tray. Make 1 cut down the middle on the short side of the tray. Make another cut halfway between the edge and the middle cut. Then make another 2 cuts in the middle of the 2 sections. Repeat on the other side. 
• If you like perfect clean-looking bars, you may want to trim the edges of the bars.

Looking for more Einkorn or Fresh-Milled recipes?

Try these amazing Einkorn Pancakes

Soft and Light Fresh Milled Hamburger Buns

100% Fresh Milled Wheat Bread

Fresh Milled Wheat Bread Recipe with Sourdough

​If you made this recipe and love it, please leave a note in the comments. I love hearing from you and all the different variations you’ve tried! 

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