30+ Best Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Recipes
Over 30 of the best peanut butter recipes, all gluten-free and most vegan too! From classic cookies and no-bake bars to creamy tarts, breakfast ideas, and savory dinners, there is a peanut butter recipe here for every craving.
Peanut butter is one of those ingredients that makes everything better. It adds richness to cookies, creaminess to sauces, and depth to everything from smoothie bowls to pasta. There is always at least one extra jar in my pantry, because I have low-grade anxiety about the idea of running out.
Every recipe on this list is gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and most are vegan too. They range from quick five-minute snacks to more involved desserts worth saving for a weekend. Whether you are a chocolate peanut butter devotee or just looking for a great way to use up that jar on your counter, you are in the right place.
A note on ingredients before you dive in: for the best results in any of these recipes, use a natural peanut butter made from 100% peanuts with no added oils or fillers. Some favorites are Santa Cruz Organic, Kirkland Organic, and Spread The Love. Make sure to stir it well before using, since natural peanut butter separates, and you want a completely uniform consistency.
Can you substitute a different nut butter? Yes! Almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter, and tahini all work as swaps in most of these recipes. The flavor and sometimes the texture will change slightly, but they are great options if you have a peanut allergy or just want to mix things up.
What’s the best kind of peanut butter for baking? I personally like using creamy peanut butter made from 100% peanuts. You can use one with salt added, but unsalted is generally better for baking because you can control the amount of salt. I avoid peanut butter that uses any hydrogenated oils or fillers.
Make sure to stir your peanut butter well before using it! When using pure peanut butter, it can have a tendency to separate. You want to make sure to fully incorporate the peanut butter and oil so it has a uniform consistency before using it in recipes. Otherwise, it may turn out too oily or dry.
Peanut butter cookies
Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (Gluten-Free)
These Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are incredibly soft, chewy, and loaded with peanut butter flavor. They use natural peanut butter that’s made with just peanuts and gluten-free rolled oats. They’re also vegan and refined sugar-free. This simple cookie recipe will become a quick favorite for any peanut butter fan.
Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
For the best gluten-free, vegan cookie, these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies will be your new go-to! Made with delicious peanut butter cups and dark chocolate chunks, you won’t believe they’re grain-free, dairy-free, and lightly sweetened with coconut sugar!
Gluten-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
These Gluten-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are soft and chewy in the center with crispy golden edges and a rich peanut butter flavor. Made with gluten-free oats and almond flour, they are vegan, refined sugar-free, and simple enough for any day of the week.
Chewy Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Snickerdoodles
These Chewy Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Snickerdoodles are a nutty twist on the classic cinnamon sugar-coated favorite! Made with almond flour and cassava flour, these cinnamon peanut butter cookies are perfect all year round. This is a no-chill cookie dough, and they’re ready in under 30 minutes. They’re also dairy-free and vegan-friendly.
Peanut butter bars, bites, and candy
Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats
These Rice Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites are the perfect easy snack or dessert! With only four ingredients and about 10 minutes of prep time, these bites are absolutely irresistible.
Easy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bites
These Easy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bites take just five minutes to make and are the perfect super easy snack! Made with just seven ingredients, these peanut butter bites are super customizable, gluten-free, vegan, and absolutely delicious.
Easy Peanut Butter Cornflake Bars (Gluten-Free & Vegan)
These Easy Peanut Butter Cornflakes Bars are naturally gluten-free, vegan, and absolutely irresistible. They’re quick and simple to make, and can be made using your favorite nut or seed butter if you need a peanut-free or nut-free option.
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
Made with grain-free pretzels and dunk in dark chocolate, these Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites are the perfect easy snack or dessert made with just five ingredients!
Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Hearts
These Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Hearts are like your favorite peanut butter cup candy, but shaped into a heart! Perfect for Valentine’s Day, or anytime you want a cute and fun peanut butter treat to share with the people you love. They’re gluten-free and vegan.
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Blondies
These Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Blondies stay soft and chewy for days! They’re refined sugar-free with a vegan option and will satisfy all your chocolate peanut butter cravings.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles (Gluten-Free + Vegan)
These Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles are decadent, delicious, and made with just FOUR super simple + clean ingredients. They’re gluten-free, vegan and sweetened with dates – they can also easily be made paleo by using a different nut butter!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Chewy Bars (Gluten Free + Vegan)
These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Chewy Bars will bring you right back to your favorite childhood snack! This homemade, no-bake version is way more delicious with a short and simple ingredients list. They’re gluten-free and vegan, too!
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffle Bars
These Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffle Bars are easy to make and SO delicious – these are the perfect healthier candy bar! They're gluten-free and grain-free with a vegan option.
Peanut Butter Coconut Truffles
Make these Peanut Butter Coconut Truffles with just 6 simple ingredients! They are infinitely customizable to your tastes. With a thin chocolate coating and a melt-in-your-mouth texture, these gluten-free, vegan, and keto truffles will become your new favorite snack or dessert.
Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
These homemade Peanut Butter Cups are a healthier version of my favorite candy, made with only four ingredients! They are made with refined sugar-free, vegan homemade chocolate, and sprinkled with flaky sea salt.
Cacao Peanut Butter Fat Bombs (Gluten Free, Grain Free, Keto, Vegan + Low Sugar)
These Cacao Peanut Butter Fat Bombs taste like an indulgent treat, but they’re actually super filling and fueling! Made with peanuts, peanut butter, and cacao nibs, these fat bombs are a gluten-free, keto, vegan, and low-sugar treat that makes the perfect snack.
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispy Bars (Gluten Free + Vegan)
You only need FIVE ingredients to make these No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispy Bars! These gluten-free and vegan bars are sure to satisfy your chocolate peanut butter cravings.
Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Cups: Take 5-Inspired (Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free + Vegan)
These Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Cups are inspired by the Take 5 candy bar, but made with way more wholesome ingredients! These gluten-free, refined sugar-free and vegan candy cups are filled with peanut butter caramel, with pretzels and peanuts for crunch.
Peanut butter tarts and cheesecakes
Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
This Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake tastes like your favorite candy turned into a delightfully creamy vegan cheesecake. With a chocolate crust, creamy peanut butter filling, and chocolate ganache topping, you won’t be able to have just one bite!
Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart with Pretzel Crust
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart has a crunchy pretzel crust, smooth peanut butter caramel filling and luscious chocolate ganache spread on top! This easy dessert recipe is gluten-free and vegan.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Tartlets (Gluten Free, Grain Free + Vegan)
These Chocolate Peanut Butter Tartlets are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth! The chocolate shortbread crust is irresistibly crunchy, with a luscious peanut butter filling. You’d never guess these mini tarts are gluten-free, grain-free, refined sugar-free, and vegan.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Tarts
These Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Tarts have a crunchy shortbread crust, filled with a creamy peanut butter-date caramel, and topped with creamy chocolate ganache! This decadent tart recipe is gluten-free, grain-free and vegan.
Vegan No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart
This No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart has a rich peanut butter filling topped with chocolate ganache for a decadent treat you won’t believe is gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and vegan!
Vegan Peanut Butter Millionaire’s Shortbread
Calling all peanut butter lovers! These Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Millionaire’s Shortbread will knock your socks off. They have a layer of coconut flour shortbread, a quick no-cook peanut butter caramel, and a layer of dark chocolate.
Peanut Butter & Jelly Tartlets (Gluten Free, Grain Free + Vegan)
These Peanut Butter & Jelly Tartlets are made with just SEVEN ingredients! They have a crunchy peanut butter cookie crust, filled with an easy strawberry chia jam and topped with even more peanut butter. These gluten-free, grain-free, and vegan tartlets are as cute as they are delicious!
Peanut butter breakfast recipes
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie Bowl tastes like a peanut butter cup, but it’s actually a filling, superfood-packed breakfast that comes together in just 5 minutes! This gluten-free + vegan smoothie bowl is the perfect easy vegan breakfast.
Peanut Butter & Jelly Smoothie Bowl
This Peanut Butter & Jelly Smoothie Bowl is smooth, creamy, and delicious – the flavors will bring you right back to your favorite childhood sandwich. This gluten-free and vegan breakfast bowl has a secret vegetable ingredient packed in too – shhh!
Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola is the perfect 10-ingredient indulgent breakfast or snack. It’s gluten-free, vegan and refined sugar-free, and it tastes like dessert that you can have for breakfast!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats (Prep in 5 Minutes!)
Make breakfast better with this Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats recipe! Gluten-free, vegan, and made in just 5 minutes, this is a breakfast you’ll make all the time.
Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Pancakes
Easy Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Pancakes with Chocolate Chips! This vegan & gluten-free breakfast recipe is easy to make in just 20 minutes.
Peanut Butter & Jelly Banana Bread (Gluten Free + Vegan)
This Peanut Butter & Jelly Banana Bread will remind you of a PB&J sandwich, but in soft & sweet banana bread form. This recipe is gluten-free, vegan, and layered with homemade strawberry chia jam and creamy peanut butter.
Savory peanut butter recipes
5-Minute Creamy Peanut Noodles
These 5-Minute Creamy Peanut Noodles are ready in a flash – the perfect easy vegan meal! Made with gluten-free rice noodles, you can make the simple 5-ingredient miso peanut sauce while the noodles soak. This recipe yields one serving but is easy to multiply as needed.
Vegan Broccoli Chickpea Curry
This Vegan Broccoli Chickpea Curry is a dinner staple that’s so quick and easy to make! It’s loaded with veggies and protein and has a secret ingredient to make it extra rich + creamy. It’s gluten-free and vegan, too.
One-Pot Miso Pasta with Mushrooms
This One-Pot Miso Pasta with Mushrooms is so creamy with coconut milk to keep it vegan, easy to make in just one pot, and so flavorful! This flavorful gluten-free pasta dish will become a weeknight staple – it’s ready in just 30 minutes!
More recipes to explore
- Vegan Cookie Recipes for the full collection of gluten-free vegan cookies
- Refined Sugar-Free Cookie Recipes for every cookie sweetened naturally
- Bakerita Cookbook for even more peanut butter recipes
