Chocolate Chip Banana Bars (Vegan, Gluten-Free)
These chocolate chip banana bars are soft, moist, and perfectly sweet. Made with oat flour, ripe bananas, and coconut sugar, they’re ready in just 30 minutes (faster than banana bread!). Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free, and naturally sweetened.
Ingredients
wet ingredients
- 1 cup mashed banana, about 2 ripe bananas
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup peanut butter, runny consistency
- ¼ cup non-dairy milk, oat, soy, almond
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
dry ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup vegan mini chocolate chips, plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease or line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
- Mash the bananas: In a large mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas until mostly smooth.
- Add the wet ingredients: Stir in the coconut sugar, peanut butter, non-dairy milk, and vanilla extract until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients: Fold in the oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- Fold in the chocolate chips: Stir in the mini chocolate chips.
- Bake: Add the batter to the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the top with mini chocolate chips. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
- Cool and slice: Cool completely before slicing into bars (I know it’s tempting, but patience is key). Enjoy!
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Notes
- Use very ripe, spotty bananas. This is the secret to naturally sweet and flavorful muffins! If your bananas look too ripe to eat, then they’re perfect. The darker, mushier, and more spotty, the better.
- Don’t overmix the dry ingredients. Fold in the dry ingredients until just incorporated.
- Line your pan with parchment paper. This makes removal and slicing so much easier.
- Add a sprinkle of flaky salt on top. For that sweet + salty balance.
- Let them cool fully. I know it's so tempting, but since they're made with oat flour, they need to cool completely in order to set properly. This helps them firm up for a tender crumb and clean slices.
Calories: 181kcal, Carbohydrates: 27g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 208mg, Potassium: 189mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 17IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 48mg, Iron: 1mg
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