The Girl Scout cookie favorite made into a healthy bar with only 6 ingredients and ready in under an hour. My Tagalong Peanut Butter Cookie Bars will help you resist cookie sale temptation. This easy keto cookie bars recipe is low carb, gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free, and Trim Healthy Mama friendly.
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Ever since I ate the last Tagalong Cookie from my freezer stash last month I've been wanting to make more. But they were a little time-consuming... I'll admit it. Making the dough, rolling it, cutting out circles, baking the circles, making the peanut butter, freezing the peanut butter, and then assembling all the parts and coating them with chocolate. Time-consuming. But delicious. I knew I needed an easier method.
There is just something about Girl Scout cookies. I'm not sure if it's nostalgia or just the fact that they are only sold a couple of times a year but when I see them I want them. Samoas, Tagalongs, Thin Mints, Trefoils. Bring em on. My goal is to make healthy versions of all of them.
Easy Press in Crust
The flavors of these bars are the exact same as the cookies but they are so much easier with a press in cookie crust and just 6 ingredients. And they don't have any special ingredients except the sweetener.
How to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
This recipe really is very simple to make. Hands on time should only be about 15 minutes!
Step One: To make these chocolate-covered peanut butter cookie bars first you stir together the crust ingredients.
Step Two: Press the crust into a baking dish and bake.
Step Three: While the crust is baking mix the peanut butter ingredients in the same bowl. No washing is required. Gently spread that on the warm crust.
Step Four: Melt the chocolate, drizzle on, spread. Cool and eat!
Tips & Suggestions
Peanut Butter Layer: The keyword here is 'gently'. You should drop small dollops all over the crust and then wait a few minutes. This melts the peanut butter just enough that you can gently spread it.
Chocolate Topping: If the chocolate seems too thick to pour and spread easily add a teaspoon or two of coconut oil.
Sugar Free Chocolate: You can use any sugar free chocolate chips, bars, or very dark chocolate that you like.
More Keto Recipes for Bars
White Chocolate Cranberry Seven Layer Bars
Keto Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
Loaded Caramel Magic Cookie Bars
I hope you enjoy these Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Cookie Bars!
📖 Recipe
Ingredients
Shortbread Cookie Layer:
- ¾ cups almond flour
- 3 tablespoon Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- pinch salt
- 3 tablespoon butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Peanut Butter Layer:
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 3 tablespoon Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate Layer:
- 3.5 oz 85% dark chocolate or sugar free chocolate chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a medium bowl mix all the shortbread ingredients until combined. Press into the bottom of a square 8x8 baking dish.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, combine the peanut butter ingredients. If your peanut butter is cold you can microwave it for 30 seconds to soften it.
- When the shortbread comes out of the oven drop little blobs of the peanut on top of it. Spread gently with a spatula. The heat from the cookie will help spread the peanut butter. Be gentle or the bottom layer can crumble.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave or double boiler. Pour over the peanut butter. Spread gently. Put in the refrigerator until firm. Cut into squares and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Jessica says
So tasty!
Wendy Narlock says
The best chocolate & peanut butter treat I’ve tasted and is is so simple & fast to make! My new favorite ❤️
Shirley Moore says
So easy and hits the spot for a sweet tooth moment!
Maria says
Doubled the recipe & baked in a 9x13 pan. Used Allulose as my sweetener and Bake Believe Milk Chocolate Chips. I didn't bother melting the chocolate chips, just sprinkled them on top and popped them back in the oven for a minute before spreading. Not bad for a low carb dessert.
Sou G says
I was so excited when I saw this recipe it looks so similar to a keto bar I get at a specialty bakery. The taste of this bar is really yummy! I will definitely be making more of it😊 The only problem I ran into was: I used a natural peanut butter (grind fresh) with this recipe. When I added my sweetener and even put it in the microwave it was still very very dry! What should I add to this P&B to make is smoother? The taste was right on but not the texture. Thanks again for this great recipe!
Taryn says
I would add either a bit of melted butter or coconut oil.
Sl says
I want to make this for a diabetic who.must cover carbs a with insulin dose. It list carbs at 4.6. Is this total carbs or net carbs? Thank you for your help.
Taryn says
Total. There are 2.5 NET carbs per serving.
Patty says
So good!!!! Very easy to make. I sprinkled Hershey sugar free chocolate chips on the top of peanut butter layer put in oven for 2 minutes and spread out. Worked great! Definitely make again.
Sara says
I keep making this recipe again and again because it is SO good and my whole family loves it! They can’t even tell it is low carb! I use erythritol and 85% Lindt chocolate.
Susan says
One of my fave go-to THM desserts! So yummy - off to make some now 🙂
Amanda says
I wish I could give this recipe MORE stars!
For the sweeteners I use half half granulated xylitol and erythritol.
I make these all year long but definitely helps during GS cookie season!
Catherine says
Delicious! I will definitely make this recipe again but next time I will let the cookie layer cool off before I add the rest as suggested. Thanks for another great idea!
Betsy says
Ok, omg! Yum. I did use lakantos golden (5 tbls) in each separate step and it was perfect. My pan was a 9x9 so mine are a bit thinner, but the crust is to die for. I love shortbread and this was wonderful. My peanut butter topping didn’t spread to good. But oh well..it will eat just the same. I did not top mine with choc as I get a bit bored with pb and choc all the time. These are a must make! Love them.
Suzye says
These are amazing and easy! Used Lankanto sweetener in crust—about 5 Tablespoons—and baked 350 without convection for 20 minutes and they came out golden goodness. Mixed about 3/4 cup Natural PB with truvia powdered ( 6 tablespoons) and let dollops sit on warm crust a few minutes to make spreading easier. I wanted a thicker PB layer. Used sugar free chocolate chips and they were gooey, chocolatey goodness on a crispy cookie crust. Awesome! I told my friends they were sugar free and no one believed me. Just delicious by any standards. Thanks for always having such great recipes!
Clechols says
Very delicious! I’ve made this 2x so far. The first time as written, the second I made a little modification with the assembly that worked better for me. As written, the cookie part crumbles easy when trying to spread the PB mixture. Not exactly an issue just a bit annoying. I allowed the crust/cookie part to cool off and harden up a bit (like 20 ish minutes) and then heated up the peanutbutter before pouring so it was runny. Made assembly a breeze! Will be making this again.
Mindy P says
Has anyone tried these using THM Baking blend in place of Almond Flour? I tend to like the texture better in things that use a blend rather than straight almond flour. 🙂
Taryn says
Yes, I've had readers use baking blend successfully. Enjoy!