homemade payday candy bars #shorts

homemade payday candy bars! they’re gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free, and made with just 5 ingredients.

ingredients:
•1 cup natural, salted peanut butter
•1/4 cup coconut oil
•1/4 cup raw honey or pure maple syrup
•1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
•peanuts

instructions:
1. first, melt the coconut oil. next, mix together the peanut butter, melted coconut oil, sweetener, and pure vanilla extract in a medium sized bowl until smooth. set aside.
2. next, line a standards 8x5 loaf pan with parchment paper and cover the entire bottom of the pan with peanuts.
3. pour the peanut butter mixture over the peanuts then carefully place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
4. once the peanut butter layer has hardened slightly, remove from the freezer and sprinkle with additional peanuts. gently press the peanuts into the peanut butter layer.
5. place back in the freezer for several hours, until completely hardened.
6. once hardened, remove from the freezer, slice into bars, and enjoy! store leftovers in the freezer (or fridge if you want them softer).

notes:
•if using unsalted peanut butter, add 1/2 tsp salt to the peanut butter mixture.
•if the peanut butter layer is too hard to press the peanuts into, let it sit out and soften for several minutes.

happy weekend🤍

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