These homemade Dilly Bars are a delicious facsimile for the classic, sugar-laden treat! With a Greek yogurt ice cream base and homemade chocolate magic shell, they're both low in sugar and high in protein!

Hand holding a chocolate covered ice cream pop.

I'm NOT going to try to convince you that these taste like true Dilly Bars, but they sure are a great fake-out!

In my experience with sweets, if you can create the same mouthfeel as the original, it goes a long way in mimicking the taste.

I actually discovered this creative idea on Instagram. I'm not on there too often, as it truly is a time suckhole, but it is fun to check out the different healthy recipes people come up with!

I made them and tweaked the recipe a bit to create a lower sugar treat, and we all loved them!

Most on Instagram were calling them Buster Bars, which I've never had or heard of, so I asked my husband what he thought.

He smartly declared them healthy Dilly Bars!

Ingredients and substitutions

Homemade Dilly bar laying on a sheet of parchment paper.

The base of this recipe, or the 'ice cream', is made up of Greek yogurt, peanut butter, maple syrup, stevia, and vanilla.

The chocolate shell contains cocoa powder, coconut oil (which is what hardens when cold), maple syrup, and sea salt.

Greek yogurt - I've only used Fage, which is very thick in consistency.
Peanut butter - I love the peanut butter taste, but if you're looking for a taste closer to vanilla ice cream, cashew butter would be excellent!
Maple syrup
Stevia
Cocoa powder
Coconut oil
Sea salt
Vanilla extract - If you have vanilla powder, that's even better!

How to make healthy Dilly Bars

The first step to making these is to mix together the yogurt, peanut butter, maple syrup, stevia, and vanilla.

I prefer using a combination of maple syrup and stevia to lower the sugar grams, but you can use more maple syrup if you like.

Yogurt, peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla in a bowl.

Greek yogurt mixed with peanut butter in a bowl.

Dollop this mixture onto a parchment or wax paper-lined baking sheet or large, flat plate. Shape the mixture into four equal-sized circles and add a popsicle stick in the middle.

Freeze until solid.