Frozen yogurt bars are a quick and easy to make frozen yogurt bark made with yogurt, berries and your favorite topping. This creamy high protein frozen yogurt bar recipe is customizable, versatile and makes the perfect healthy summer treat.
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Why Should You Make This Recipe
I love taking a classic treat and making it a bit healthier without sacrificing taste or satisfaction. My Date Snickers, Almond Flour Brownies and Almond Flour Chocolate Cake are a couple of my favorite healthier recipes on the blog. These greek yogurt bars have quickly become a new favorite treat when the weather gets hot and I need a cold, refreshing treat.
- It’s quick, easy and fun to make. This frozen yogurt dessert takes about 5 minutes to make. All you have to do is wait for the bars or bark to freeze. Then simply slice and enjoy this bark yogurt the next time you need something sweet.
- It’s delicious, healthy versatile no bake dessert. With only a handful of simple ingredients, you can customize the way you make it and even swap out ingredients to meet your specific dietary needs and tastes.
Ingredients
These frozen yogurt and fruit bars call for only a handful of simple pantry staple ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need to make this healthy snickers bar.
Gather your favorite yogurt, peanut butter, cinnamon, strawberry jam, chopped peanuts and fresh strawberries.
Substitutions
This recipe for frozen yogurt bars can be made using any combination of ingredients. To make this high protein peanut butter and fruit version, you can make a few simple swaps if you don’t have everything you need.
- Vanilla Yogurt: The best yogurt to use to make frozen yogurt desserts is one with a good amount of fat. I love using whole milk yogurt like vanilla yogurt or greek yogurt. If the yogurt isn’t sweetened, feel free to sweeten the yogurt with honey or maple syrup to your preferred tastes.
- Peanut Butter: I like to use regular peanut butter that’s been stirred really well. Feel free to use your favorite peanut butter, salted peanut butter, crunchy peanut butter or creamy peanut butter. If needed, use cashew butter for the closest tasting nut butter that’s not peanut butter. Use sunflower butter for a non nut spread that tastes similar to peanut butter.
- Ground Cinnamon: This is for another layer of flavor. Feel free to omit or use another ground spice that you like. Cinnamon pairs really well with berries and other fruit. It also brings another hint of sweetness.
- Strawberry Jam: This is for a bit more sweetness. Feel free to omit, use a low sugar version or make your own fruit jam.
- Chopped Peanuts: I like topping my frozen yogurt bark or bars with something crunchy. Chop the same type of nut as the nut butter used to mix into the yogurt. Granola would also be a tasty topping.
- Fresh Strawberries: Make sure to thinly slice the berries. This makes slicing and eating the frozen strawberries so much easier. Feel free to use any berries you like. Sliced bananas would also be delicious.
Variations
- Make any variation of frozen yogurt bars by following this ingredient ratio: Choose 1 ½ - 2 cups of your favorite creamy yogurt. If the yogurt is unsweetened, add a sweetener of your choice, to your taste. Honey or maple syrup would be delicious. Mix in ¼ - ½ cup nut butter, cream cheese or melted chocolate. Add ½ - 1 teaspoon flavor boosters like ground spices or vanilla extract. Then add ¼ - ½ cup of your favorite toppings such fresh fruit, chopped nuts, fruit jam, granola or coconut flakes.
- Cheesecake Frozen Yogurt Bars: Capture your favorite cheesecake flavor in these yogurt bark bars by swapping nut butter for the same amount of room temperature cream cheese and omit the chopped nuts. Follow the rest of the recipe as written. Top with a white chocolate drizzle for even more decadent flavor.
- Chocolate Covered Yogurt Bars or Clusters: Swap out the jam for melted chocolate. Instead of swirling the chocolate into the yogurt, freeze the yogurt clusters or bars until set. Then top with melted chocolate and return to the freezer to set.
How To Make
Learn how to make frozen yogurt bars in a few easy steps.
- Line a small baking sheet or large plate with parchment paper or wax paper to make this frozen yogurt as bark. To make the bars, use a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Line the two long sides and bottom of the loaf pan with parchment or wax paper, leaving an overhang on the two long sides. Gather all the ingredients to make the yogurt bars or bark.
- In a large bowl, add the yogurt, peanut butter and ground cinnamon. Mix well until all the ingredients are smooth and well combined. To make any variation of this recipe, mix in all the ingredients to flavor the yogurt base.
- Evenly spread the peanut butter yogurt mixture onto the prepared pan or plate. Dollop jam on top of the yogurt. Using a toothpick, skewer or small knife, swirl the jam into the peanut butter yogurt. Top the bark with the chopped peanuts and sliced strawberries.
4. Transfer the peanut butter and strawberry yogurt bark to the freezer for 1 hour or the freezer for 3 - 4 hours to chill and set. Once the yogurt bar dessert is set, remove the bark from the freezer, use a sharp knife to cut the bar or bark into your desired number and sized pieces. This healthy frozen yogurt and fruit bark is best enjoyed served from the freezer.
How To Store
Store: Transfer any leftover pieces of date snickers into an airtight container to be stored in the freezer. These snickers dates keep well in the freezer for up to 2 weeks.
M’s Expert Tips
- Use the right pan. For bars, use a smaller pan like a 9 x 5 loaf pan. For bark use a large plate or small baking pan.
- Use your preferred ingredients. The wonderful thing about this recipe is that you can customize to your preferred tastes and dietary needs. It’s easy to make this frozen yogurt dessert vegan, diary free or nut free.
- Line the baking sheet or plate. This makes clean up a breeze and also allows the yogurt bark or bars to easily transfer into a storage container.
- Thinly slice the fruit. Slicing the fruit into thin and smaller pieces makes them easier to eat when frozen.
FAQs
Generally speaking, frozen yogurt bars are healthy depending on the ingredients used to make the frozen yogurt bars. Yogurt itself contains vitamins and probiotics which are healthy.
Yes, yogurt can be frozen in the form of a popsicle. Simply mix the yogurt with fresh fruit or nut butters and your preferred sweetener, transfer to a popsicle mold and freeze.
Other Frozen Fruit Desserts To Try
If you try this Frozen Yogurt Bars recipe please rate the recipe and leave a comment below. Doing so helps other readers decide if this is a great recipe to make. Tag me on Instagram using @olivesnthyme so I can see what you’re making! - M
Frozen Yogurt Bars
Equipment
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 whisk and flexible spatula or spoon
- 1 small baking sheet, large plate or baking pan
- 1 sheet wax or parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1½ cups (340 g) vanilla yogurt
- ½ cup (128 g) peanut butter, well stirred
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 - 4 tablespoons (30 - 60 ml) strawberry jam
- ¼ - ½ cup thinly sliced strawberries
- 2 - 4 tablespoons chopped peanuts
Instructions
- Line a small baking sheet or large plate with parchment paper or wax paper to make this frozen yogurt as bark. To make the bars, use a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Line the two long sides and bottom of the loaf pan with parchment or wax paper, leaving an overhang on the two long sides.
- In a large bowl, add the yogurt, peanut butter and ground cinnamon. Mix well until all the ingredients are smooth and well combined.1½ cups (340 g) vanilla yogurt , ½ cup (128 g) peanut butter, well stirred, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon , 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Evenly spread the peanut butter yogurt mixture onto the prepared pan or plate. Dollop jam on top of the yogurt. Using a toothpick, skewer or small knife, swirl the jam into the peanut butter yogurt. Top the bark with the chopped peanuts and sliced strawberries.2 - 4 tablespoons (30 - 60 ml) strawberry jam, ¼ - ½ cup thinly sliced strawberries, 2 - 4 tablespoons chopped peanuts
- Transfer the peanut butter and strawberry yogurt bark to the freezer for 3 - 4 hours to chill and set.
- Once the yogurt bar dessert is set, remove the bark from the freezer, use a sharp knife to cut the bar or bark into your desired number and sized pieces. This healthy frozen yogurt and fruit bark is best enjoyed served from the freezer.
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