No-Bake Peanut Butter Cups

These peanut butter oatmeal cups are a delicious cross between these individual peanut butter oatmeal cups, peanut butter granola, and vegan chocolate peanut butter cups. Meaning they’re healthy enough for a healthy breakfast or snack but decadent enough to satisfy sugar cravings. In fact, the combination of oats, peanut butter, dried fruit, and a vegan chocolate topping make for a chewy, sweet, delicious treat (like these GF peanut butter granola bars but with vegan chocolate).

Plus, the 6 ingredients needed for these no-bake granola cups contain a wholesome combination of healthy fats, proteins, carbs, and several vitamins and minerals! Enough to nourish and keep you full until your next meal. Made even easier to keep track of nutrition too, since they come pre-portioned!

Since they’re baked into a muffin tin, these oatmeal cups also make for a great portable snack and are perfect for lunch boxes, as a travel snack, or just for those busy mornings when you don’t have time to stand around preparing breakfast. 

Best of all, these no-bake vegan chocolate peanut butter granola cups require just minutes of hands-on prep, contain wholesome ingredients, and are wonderfully meal-prep friendly. Store them in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for up to four months for a healthy snack whenever the cravings hit!

Craving more peanut butter treats? You might also like this chocolate peanut butter banana breakfast smoothie, vegan peanut butter cookies, or this wholesome peanut butter chia pudding!

The Ingredients and Substitutes

These no-bake chocolate peanut butter granola cups require just 6 simple ingredients, most of which are pantry staples:

Optional Add-ins and Variations:

• Vanilla: Just a little vanilla helps to make these vegan chocolate peanut butter granola cups into even more of a dessert treat. 
• PBJ cups: To make PBJ-inspired no-bake oatmeal cups, when you press the oatmeal mixture into the muffin tin, use your thumb to make an indent in each cup and fill with a teaspoon or so of your favorite jam/jelly (raspberry, grape, strawberry, etc.). Then pour the melted vegan chocolate over that and set. 
• Seeds: You can grind some seeds like pumpkin/sunflower seeds to mix into the oatmeal mixture for extra nutrients.
• Breakfast granola cups: Press the peanut butter oatmeal mixture into a regular muffin tin, building it up the sides, so it’s a thin ‘bowl’/cup,’ then add a thin layer of the vegan chocolate to the top. The ‘cup’ could then be filled with your favorite dairy-free yogurt and fruit like blueberries, banana, etc. for more of a complete breakfast. Dip your fingers in water when shaping them if they’re very sticky. 
• Nut-free granola cups: You could try sunflower seed butter. 

How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Cups?

Keep scrolling to the recipe card for the complete list of ingredients and recipe instructions!

Top Recipe Tips

• Adjust the sweetness: Feel free to adjust the amount of liquid sweetener you add to your personal taste. Start by adding only half the amount mentioned, giving it a taste, and adjusting as needed. 
• To include a creamy peanut butter filling: Mold the filling to the muffin tin, so it’s a ‘bowl’ shape. Then add 1-2tsp peanut butter before pouring over the melted vegan chocolate. 
• If the vegan chocolate starts to set: It may begin to harden before you’re done using it. Simply place it back in the microwave in 10-15 second spurts until it’s melted again. 
• If the peanut butter is a little thick: Place it in the microwave for 20-30 seconds until it’s runnier. 

FAQs for No-Bake Peanut Butter Cups

How to Make-Ahead and Store?

Store the no-bake chocolate peanut butter granola cups in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. Alternatively, freeze them on a tray until solid. Then transfer to a freezer-safe container/bag for up to 4 months. 

Thaw in the fridge before enjoying and then enjoy chilled, at room temperature or warmed up in the microwave. You can also heat the oatmeal cups from frozen in the microwave and enjoy slightly warm.