Mint Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

These cookie bars has a base of a peanuty cookies crust, a gooey filling featuring cream cheese, mint dark chocolate and roasted peanuts and a sensational crumble topping. The recipe is super easy to put together and makes the most delicious dessert! I have used coconut sugar, which is lower on the glycemic index than regular brown sugar, and replaced white sugar with erythritol, which doesn't significantly impact blood sugar levels, so you can indulge a bit without feeling too gulity.

Crust and Topping	Filling
100 g Butter, softened 100 g Creamy peanut butter 50 g Coconut sugar 100 g Erythritol 1 Medium egg, at room temperature ½ tsp Pure vanilla powder 200 g White spelt flour 1 tsp Baking soda 1/3 tsp Sea salt 200 g Mint chocolate, broken into smaller pieces 50 g Unsalted roasted peanuts	200 g Full fat cream cheese, at room temperature 50 g Peanut butter 1 Medium egg, at room temperature 60 g Erythritol ½ tsp Pure vanilla powder

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a 24x30cm baking tray or a 10-inch square pan with baking paper. Set aside.
Cream the butter, peanut butter, and sugars until smooth and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla powder and beat until incorporated.
In a separate bowl, mix the white spelt flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture into the butter and sugar, mixing well after each addition.
For the filling, cream the cream cheese, peanut butter, egg, erythritol, and vanilla until smooth. Press two-thirds of the dough in the bottom of prepared baking dish. Scrape the cheesecake filling over the dough. Break the mint chocolate into smaller pieces and add to the cheesecake filling together with some roasted peanuts. Crumble the remaining dough and sprinkle over the filling.
Bake in the middle of hot oven for 20 minutes, then lower the temperature to 160C/320F and bake for another 15-20 minutes until the top is lightly browned and cheesecake layer is set. Set aside to cool completely before slicing. Dust with a little of icing sugar if desire. Store the rest in the refrigerator.

11 comments:

Tom 19/2/26 13:09: ...a yummy treat.
Ananka 19/2/26 13:09: These look super Angie :-D
Lori 19/2/26 13:10: They look delicious. And I love the quote today.
Lola Martínez 19/2/26 13:11: Este dulce se ve delicioso y al leer los ingredientes he comenzado a salivar. Que rico debe estar!!
Christine 19/2/26 13:19: Yummy
Judee 19/2/26 13:25: Sounds delicious and looks wonderful. What a great treat.
ellie 19/2/26 13:27: These do look lovely! Reminds me of my visit to Dirty Dough! Something in the inside of the cookie bars and so yummy! All the best to your treats and dinners!
Caitlin&Megan 19/2/26 13:28: So beautiful and yummy!
My name is Erika. 19/2/26 13:44: These look really tasty!!!! I'm copying that recipe. :) And yes, you were right. Pete is the black dog and Maddie is the brown one.
Granny Sue 19/2/26 14:53: Whoa, those look amazing!
DEZMOND 19/2/26 15:09: I like all in it except the cream cheese part LOL Mint is so good for the tummy!