Vegan peanut butter chips are easy to make at home, without all the artificial ingredients!
Why I love these vegan peanut butter chips
- You only need 3 ingredients.
- They are completely delicious and literally MELT in your mouth!
- The entire recipe takes under a minute to make, with gluten free, dairy free, and sugar free options included.
- Perfect for cookies, ice cream, or eating straight from the container. You’ll want to eat them all without sharing, so be sure to plan accordingly.
Also try these Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
Step by step recipe video
Homemade peanut butter chips vs. store bought
Here’s everything included when you buy a bag of peanut butter chips from the grocery store: sugar, partially defatted peanuts, hydrogenated vegetable oil, corn syrup solids, palm kernel oil, salt, lecithin (soy), vanillin (artificial flavor)
And here’s everything included if you make your own DIY vegan peanut butter chips instead: peanut flour, coconut oil, pure maple syrup or stevia
Not only does the homemade version taste better than store bought (in my opinion!), it’s also much healthier. There are no fully or partially hydrogenated oils, corn syrup, or artificial flavors in these easy vegan peanut butter chips.
The cacao butter version is great for baking, and the coconut oil version is super tasty in no bake desserts or sprinkled over Banana Ice Cream or Coconut Ice Cream.
Once you try homemade, you will never go back!
Key ingredients
Peanut butter – The recipe works with either peanut butter or peanut flour. You could also use almond butter, cashew butter, pistachio butter, or even Coconut Butter.
Coconut oil or cacao butter – Refined or virgin coconut oil are both good options. Or use cacao butter for peanut butter baking chips. Do not substitute vegetable or canola oil, as these will not firm up when chilled and you’ll get melty peanut butter soup!
Sweetener – I like pure maple syrup or agave, for refined sugar free peanut butter chips. If you want a low carb or keto option, go with liquid stevia drops.
You will also love Homemade Chocolate Bars
How to make vegan peanut butter chips
- Start with coconut oil or cacao butter in liquid form. If yours is solid, gently heat it up in the microwave or in a small pot on the stove top until melted.
- Combine the peanut butter or peanut flour, melted oil or butter, and sweetener of choice in a cereal size bowl. Whisk with a fork or spoon until it forms a smooth, thin paste.
- Spread the melted peanut butter sauce into a container lined with parchment paper or into chocolate chip shaped candy molds.
- Place in the freezer, and freeze until solid. Then remove and pop out of the molds or use a knife to cut the frozen peanut butter mixture into large or mini peanut butter chip pieces.
- Store in an airtight container in the freezer until you are ready to eat the chips or add them to cookies or other desserts. Leftovers should keep for up to four months.
Vegan Peanut Butter Chips
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup coconut oil or cacao butter (50g)
- 1/2 cup peanut flour (40g) or 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 tbsp pure maple syrup (15g) or liquid stevia drops to taste
Instructions
- *Use cacao butter for peanut butter baking chips. The coconut oil version works well for topping ice cream, stirring into no bake desserts, or eating straight from the freezer.
- 1. If coconut oil or cacao butter is not already in liquid form, gently heat for a few seconds in the microwave or in a small saucepan on the stove top until melted. Measure the 1/4 cup after melting.
- 2. Whisk the peanut flour or peanut butter, melted oil or butter, and sweetener in a cereal size bowl until smooth.
- 3. Spread the mixture into candy molds or into any container lined with parchment paper. (For the photos and recipe video, I used this Chocolate Chip Candy Mold.)
- 4. Freeze until solid. Then remove and pop out of the molds, or use a knife to cut into peanut butter chip sized pieces.
- 5. Store the homemade vegan peanut butter chips in a covered container in the freezer until ready to use. Frozen, they should keep for up to four months.
Video
Notes
Ways to use homemade peanut butter chips
Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies or Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
I love how EASY these look to make! Definitely adding these to the bookmarks to make soon.
This is one of those recipes that looks so good and simple I almost wish I hadn’t seen it because I know it’s gonna get me in trouble!
I like how they look like little jewels. Little peanut butter jewels. Do you think they would melt if I made them into one of those candy necklaces? Or a bracelet? They probably won’t last long enough for that.
If you use the cacao butter version, I think it would work. Maybe not outside, in the middle of the summer, but if you’re indoors it should be fine.
I love the shape of your chips! They’re cute!
how do you make them into that shape and when, before freezing?
YUM, I love just about anything with PB in it!! These look so tasty, and its amazing how cute they turned out considering there is only 3 ingredients! Looks like you spent half a day making them in a confectioner’s shop!
These look amazing! I can’t wait to try them! But I have a peanut allergy, so I’ll try making these with sunflower seed or almond flour and report back. 🙂
The only food thief I have to worry about is my friend who likes to check my lunch box at school. Sometimes, my chips like to mysteriously disappear…. 😉
I love that these have no hydrogenated oils in them! I hate peanut butter that has them so this is fantastic!
Thank you for what you do. Everything I have ever tried has been wonderful!
I hope you don’t mind a whole post dedicated to you? 🙂
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I’ve never found cocoa butter in a store, but i definitely think it’s worth ordering online to make this! 🙂
Why would I want to make the more addictive recipe than the most addictive thing I’ve ever eaten? XD jk, this recipe looks like a keeper. 😀
What a fabulous recipe!!! Thank you!
Just in case anyone is looking for peanut flour… this is the best I have found for the price: http://www.iherb.com/Protein-Plus-Roasted-All-Natural-Peanut-Flour-32-oz-907-g/36231
It doesn’t have anything added to it (like PB2 does) and it is a little higher in protein. I think it is the same one Trader Joe use to carry.
Too bad that peanut flour is hard to get outside the US… =/
Make your own!
This looks so yummy!
First thought when I saw these: “Oooh, I bet those would be good to melt into some oatmeal!” (Since I already like PB2 in my overnight oats. Second thought: O.O For once, I have EVERYTHING I need for this at home. Must make now! XD Sounds like an awesome idea. I can’t wait to try it out. 😀
Ohhh what a fabulous idea! I’ve only done this with cacao powder and coconut oil, but never thought of peanut flour. Love it.
These looks great! I’m very careful to stay away from hydrogenated oils. Thanks!