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no bake chocolate date oat bars
Servings 12 bars

Quick No Bake Date Oat Bars

Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN
Date Oat Bars are a wonderful snack for the whole family, from toddlers on up! Made with nutrient-rich dates, oats, peanut butter, oat flour and chia seeds, and topped with freeze-dried strawberries, these oatmeal date bars require no baking and are easy to freeze!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Freeze Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients  

Date Oatmeal Bars

  • 2 cups pitted medjool dates, tightly packed
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • ½ cup oat flour
  • ½ cup peanut butter or almond butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp chia seeds
  • 1 Tbsp coconut oil
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1-2 tbsp of almond milk if dry
  • ⅓ cup freeze dried strawberries

Chocolate Drizzle

  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp coconut oil

Instructions 

  1. Line an 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper.
  2. In a food processor, pulse the dates for 3-5 minutes, until a thick paste forms. It will likely form a large ball that you can break up and continue pulsing.
  3. Then, add in the other ingredients to the food processor (oats, oat flour, peanut butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon, chia seeds, coconut oil, salt) and mix until dough forms. Add 1-2 tbsp of milk if too dry.
  4. Remove the batter from the food processor and press into the prepared 8x8 baking dish. Press freeze-dried strawberries on top of date oat batter.
  5. In a small bowl, microwave chocolate chips and coconut oil in 30-second increments, stirring each time, until chocolate is melted and uniform. Drizzle chocolate over bars and freeze-dried strawberries.
  6. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm up and enjoy!

Notes

 
  • If you need to soften your dates quickly, place in hot water for 20 minutes. 
  • If you can find pitted dates, that speeds up the process. I like Natural Delights. 
  • Let the ends of parchment paper hang over the dish so you can use them as handles later to easily pull the bars out of the pan. 
  • I love adding these to school lunches because they are perfect after thawing!
  • Store in the freezer for up to 2-3 months! I love to keep them in stasher bags. 

Equipment

Food processor
1 8x8 pan

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 239kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 5gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.001gSodium: 98mgPotassium: 376mgFiber: 4gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 37IUVitamin C: 80mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 2mg
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