Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are made with quick oats, almond meal and use coconut sugar for a delicious, healthier treat. Gluten-free!

I am soooooo excited to bring you these bars guys. Like, woah. Typically I like my cookies in traditional cookie form, i.e. circular. But I was feeling something easy and quick. Cookie bars are obviously the next best thing.

And they definitely passed taste testing with an A+. My husband probably had no idea they were vegan when he ate two in a row. Typically he would turn his nose up at treats described as “vegan”. Poor vegans, you guys get a bad rap! These bars will definitely change that mindset though. At least in the sweets department. I can tell you that much for SHO. When my husband took his first bite he said “Woah… You should call these Brownie Boyfriend Pleasers.” I died. He is a funny one. (Sorry babe, nothing is safe anymore.)

But seriously, they are pretty freaking good, if I do say so myself 😉

I doubled up on the kinds of chocolate in these babies. Chopped chocolate chunks AND mini chips. Because we’re going for chocolate in every bite here, peeps. And I promise I’m not trying to pass these cookie bars off as “healthy”. “Healthy eating” is a relative term anyway, and means different things to different people. What I will say is that these bars are made with healthIER ingredients. No butter, refined sugar-free, flourless, vegan.  At least those count as “healthier” in my book. All in all, they’re pretty “clean” if you’re following a less processed, more whole foods diet.

The other lovely thing about these bars is that there is a touch of protein in them! So really, they kind of make an awesome, filling snack. Now Foods sent me some of their Plant Protein Complex powder to try and I just HAD to see if they would work in these cookie bars. I love trying out new protein powders in baked goods, and this one turned out to be fantastic in this recipe. The plant complex is made up of pea protein, sprouted brown rice protein, hemp protein, and quinoa protein. What I think is extra great about this vegan protein powder is there are no artificial sweeteners, and it is both soy and dairy-free. HOLLA. And if you’re not up for adding protein, you could replace it with 1/4 cup of more quick-oats and almond meal. No biggie.

Good thing I stashed some of these in the freezer. If I hadn’t my husband totally would have eaten the whole pan in two days.

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Now go make these Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars and please someone! Fairly certain they won’t be disappointed.

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DISCLAIMER: Now Foods was kind enough to provide me with their plant complex protein powder, in exchange for an honest opinion when posting the next recipe of my choice. While I was provided some of their products at no cost, I was not compensated for my time.

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