Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars

These Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars are the easiest, most decadent sweet treat. They come together in minutes, no cooking required and they taste like Nestle Tollhouse…but better.

You guys know that I have a love affair with no bake treats. My Brownie Bites are a weekly snack staple in this house along with hundreds of yours. However, there is something about cookie dough that I just can’t get enough of. Before I knew anything about ingredients or food allergies, I was known to always have a container of store-bought cookie dough in my fridge for snacking. But guys, these Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars are better in every single way.

Because these Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars don’t require any cooking whatsoever, they can be ready in less than 10 minutes – perfect for when a craving strikes!

But, they’re also perfect to keep stored in your freezer for even easier little nugget of chocolate chip cookie dough sweetness after dinner or with a cup of coffee as a mid-afternoon snack.

Let’s walk through them together – you won’t believe how easy they are!

Ingredients in Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars

The ingredient list for these no bake treats is short, but sweet. They are all pantry stable ingredients and can be mixed and matched based on what you have – just be aware that changing the ingredients might change the taste or texture slightly!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Cashew Butter: You can really use any nut butter, but cashew will get you the closest flavour to traditional cookie dough!
• Maple Syrup: Feel free to use honey instead, but maple syrup is really perfect here.
• Vanilla: You can totally leave this out if you don’t have it, but it really does contribute to the cookie dough feel.
• Almond Flour: I haven’t personally tried swapping this out, but you can try using cashew flour or oat flour (just ground oats) if you don’t have any almond around.
• Coconut Flour: This helps to bind the mixture together, but you could use extra almond or oat if you don’t have any. Just add 1 tablespoon at a time until you reach a dough like texture.
• Salt
• Chocolate: I love using dark, dark chocolate here, but use whatever works for you! Be sure it’s dairy free if you’re trying to keep these 100% paleo.
• Coconut Oil: You really only need a teeny, tiny bit of this. It helps the chocolate to melt smoothly + to harden at room temperature.

Based on the ingredients above, these Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars are gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free and soy free! If you wanted to make them nut free, try subbing the cashew butter for sunflower seed butter and using oat instead of almond flour. They’ll be delicious no matter what!

Putting the Bars Together

Putting together these Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars couldn’t be easier! It’s a little measuring, a little stirring + a few minutes of waiting…which is the hardest part!

To get started, you’ll want to choose your pan. I love making these in a loaf pan to yield bars as the finished product, but you could make them in an 8×8 pan too – just be aware, the bars will be much thinner. To make them easy to remove from the pan when finished, be sure to line your tray with some parchment paper. There’s no need to grease the pan – just line it and move along.

To make the cookie dough layer: it’s just a matter of a bit of stirring, really! Mix together the wet ingredients, add the dry and mix again! The cookie dough will appear a bit dry at first, but it will come together. Just keep mixing + add in the chocolate! The last step is to press the dough into the prepared pan and leave it to cook in the fridge/freezer while melting the chocolate.

To make the chocolate layer: Simply microwave the chocolate and the coconut oil together and pour over the top! That’s it!

Once the chocolate is on top of the bars, cool for 5 minutes or so before sprinkling on the optional sea salt (it’s actually not optional – so good!). Leave the bars at room temperature or in the fridge until the chocolate is set. Then, cut into desired size bars! From a standard loaf pan, you can cut into 6 bars or 12 squares.

Storing the Cookie Dough Bars

My favourite way to store the finished Paleo No Bake Cookie Dough Bars is to keep them in the fridge. They’re so divine cold – rich + decadent, soft + chocolatey. However, you can totally keep them at room temperature or evening the freezer too!

They’ll stay fresh in the fridge for a few weeks, the freezer for a few months or in the cupboard for a few days – but I doubt they’ll make it very long in your house. They never do it ours, ha!

These bars are the only treat you’ll ever need – they’re perfect and you HAVE to try them! When you do throw your own bars together, be sure to pop back down below and leave a rating/review. It really helps other people to find my recipes when you do 😉 Remember, you can always pin this recipe to Pinterest for later too – I included the pin down below just for you.

Lastly, be sure to tag me in your photos on instagram! It makes my heart so happy to see my treats in your kitchen!

P.S. If you’re into No Bake Treats, these Paleo No Bake Samoa Bars might be right up your alley.

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