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Peanut butter oat fudge bars

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Peanut butter oat fudge bars with a sneaky healthy addition! 

peanut butter oat fudge bars

You guys know how much I like tricking my kids into eating healthy things.  Whether it’s pulsed mushrooms in ground beef, spinach referred to as lettuce or sneaking lentils into baking.  Whaaaat!!

With my leftover lentils I just had to try incorporating them into something sweet.  Just to see, you know?

I figured since Lentils and Peanuts are both from the legume family, I’d start there.  I drew inspiration from my favorite treat to get from the coffee shop.  Oat fudge bars.

For this recipe I took the lentils and boiled them with water until they were pretty soft then processed them until smooth.  I was going to transfer the mixture into another bowl but why dirty another dish!  The food processor does all the work here so they come together quite quickly.

peanut butter oat fudge bars

We couldn’t detect the lentils at all.  They get lost in the creamy peanut butter and rich chocolate.  So it’s up to you if you give up this healthy secret!

I’ve entered this recipe into a 2015 Lentil challenge.  If you’d like to share the pin on pinterest here it is…

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/214554369723981822/

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Peanut butter oat fudge bars
 
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Ingredients
  • ½ cup green lentils, rinsed
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1¼ cup flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1½ cups oats
For the fudge
  • ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 9 inch baking pan with foil or parchment paper.
  2. Combine the lentils and water in a small sauce pan. Boil for 15 minutes.
  3. In a food processor pulse the softened lentils until smooth. Adding a few tsp of water if needed.
  4. Add the peanut butter, butter and sugar until fully combined.
  5. Pulse in the egg and vanilla.
  6. Add the flour, baking soda, salt and oats. Run the processor on low until a dough is formed.
  7. For the fudge
  8. Heat the milk, butter and chocolate chips until smooth.
  9. Gather ⅔ of the dough and press into the pan. Pour the fudge evenly over the dough.
  10. Drop the rest of the dough by tablespoons over the fudge.
  11. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool before slicing.

 

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Comments

    • Angie says

      Thank goodness for all the products out there to substitute for allergies. I bet almond butter would be great!

  5. Shauna says

    Love those oat fudge bars too (don’t want to know what’s in those!). Brilliant sticking some lentils in this recipe. Going to give it a whirl! Happy Friday!

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