Ingredients
- Crust:
- 1 cup roasted lightly salted peanuts
- 1/2 cup Manitoba Harvest hemp hearts
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons agave nectar
- Cheesecake:
- 8 oz. cream cheese, room-temperature (can sub in non-dairy cream cheese)
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar
- Toppings:
- 1/4 cup 60% cacao dark chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon refined coconut oil
- 1/8 cup roasted lightly salted peanuts, chopped
- 1 teaspoon hemp hearts
- First, in your food processor, place the peanuts and hemp hearts.
- Process until all chopped up but still chunky.
- Add the peanut butter and agave nectar.
- Process again until the mixture balls up.
- Use a rubber spatula to scrape down the sides and process until it balls up again.
- Line a bread pan with parchment paper (easier to pull out when all done) and transfer the crust mixture into the pan.
- Use an additional piece of parchment paper to press the nutty crust mixture evenly throughout the bottom of the pan.
- Place your room-temp cream cheese in your electric mixer.
- Turn on the mixer and add the peanut butter and agave nectar.
- Whip on high until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Pour the cream cheese mixture on top of the crust and spread it out evenly with your spatula.
- Place it in the freezer for 30 minutes – 1 hour. You want the bars to set but not to freeze through.
- When the bars are set, pull the edges of the parchment paper to remove the bars from the bread pan, and place them onto a cutting board.
- Cut them into 8 squares.
- Melt the chocolate and 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil in one bowl and mix until smooth.
- Heat the peanut butter and 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil in the microwave for 30 seconds and mix until smooth.
- Drizzle the bars with the chocolate and peanut butter.
- Sprinkle with additional chopped peanuts and hemp hearts.
- Store in the fridge.
Tips
Serving (1 bar): Calories 226; Fat 14.5g (Sat 3.5g); Protein 7.4g; Carb 15.6g (net carb 13.3); Fiber 2.3g; Sodium 56mg
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