Last updated on February 10th, 2024 at 12:43 pm
It’s not widely known that Buba is deadly allergic to nuts on my blog. It’s something that I have struggled with since the awful day we found out. If you know me outside of my blog you will know that I ‘used’ to be obsessed with anything peanut butter. Peanut butter reeses, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, to just a spoonful before bed, I was always eating peanut butter. The very first Christmas after “it” happened I was devastated that not only the way we lives our lives had changed but all my favorite holiday recipes had nuts in them.
It’s been three years on and I was ever so excited when my friends came to the rescue and introduced me to Wowbutter. It is fake peanut butter, that taste EXACTLY like the real deal but made from soy. I really didn’t believe it until they brought some home for me to try out. Now, I am back to enjoying all the foods and desserts I love and here to share them all with you over the coming months.
Even though Wowbutter is in our lives now I still don’t think I will ever give any to Buba just for the fear factor that he might get confused and think he can now have it and try it when he isn’t around us. Maybe when he is old enough to know we have something different at home. As a kid I think he would get confused because it looks the same, taste the same, and even smells the same.
NO NUTS: Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup soft brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/3 cup Wowbutter a peanut butter substitute -NO NUTS
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup quick cooking oats
- 1 cup milk dark, or white chocolate chips (your choice)
Wowbutter Frosting
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup Wowbutter
- 2 Tbsp milk
Instructions
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Preheat oven 350 degrees F
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In a large bowl mix together butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, Wowbutter
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Add vanilla, baking soda, salt
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Mix in oats and flour slowly
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Grease the pan of your choice, you can use a 9 x 13 baking pan, or two circle cake pans or even a smaller cookie sheet
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Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown
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Spread your chocolate chips immediately on top of your golden brown oats when they come out of the oven and wait 5 minutes until completely melted
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Let chocolate harden or set in freezer to speed the process
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While your chocolate is setting, mix together your frosting ingredients and set aside
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When your chocolate is set, spread your Wowbutter frosting on top
Recipe Notes
To spruce it up, add some chocolate stars or chocolate sprinkles on top!
Please note if you have a soy allergy Wowbutter is made of soy!
It’s so nice to have a peanut butter substitute in the house now. I am back to peanut butter & jelly sandwiches a classic from home as well as whipping up all my holiday favorite recipes. These peanut butter chocolate oatmeal bars are only one of many recipes to come so watch this space over the next few weeks!
I didn’t know you could get peanut free peanut butter, what a great idea. Your oatmeal bars look lovely
Thanks Alison. I didn’t either but in heaven now that I do! I was missing it so much. It’s hard to have a child with a severe nut allergy and have an obsessed with peanut butter myself. lol I haven’t had it in years!
This recipe looks amazing and I love your styling and photos! What a perfect recipe for anyone with nut allergies too 🙂 #TastyTuesdays
Thank you for your lovely words. Yes it really is and all those that have allergies but miss peanut butter it’s perfect.
I had no idea you could get peanut free peanut butter, you learn something new every day. This recipe looks downright delicious Jenny, will definitely be giving this a go xxx
Thank you so much Vikki. And if you don’t need it nut free you can always use peanut hitter in the recipe. Lol
So great to hear about a nut free “peanut butter” my husband is allergic to nuts also and I’d be interested to see if he liked the taste if this because at the moment the smell of it even makes him feel funny but I’d like to know whether that was because he knows if he ate it he would be poorly…..not sure if that makes sense!
Anyway this looks delicious Jenny and if I manage to get hold of some of this stuff I’ll definitely be giving it a go!! Xx
Yes do try it. I completely know what you mean Buba won’t eat cake says its yucky just cause he knows it has eggs in it. Well if you can’t I can always mail you some!! Lol
These look amazing!! x
Thank you so much hunny. I am trying to get better at my cooking/baking along side my food photography. lol
These look amazing and the photography is great Jenny! I bet you are so excited you have found something that you can enjoy a little like the real thing, I know you were saying that you did miss it! x
Thank you so much hunny that means a lot coming from such a great photographer like yourself. I actually didn’t like the way they came out not what I envisioned but couldn’t redo them. Lost day light as they say. Hahaha
I hadn’t heard of the substitute. But good that there is one, as there are a lot of people with nut allergies. Your recipe sounds fab #recipeoftheweek
Thank you so much. It’s fantastic. Yes more than I ever knew until my son joined them all.