No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Peanut butter and chocolate are back for another award winning dessert. These peanut butter bars are fire, without ever turning on your oven.
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Peanut Butter Bars Recipe
You’re going to love these decadent, simple, and extremely repeatable no-bake peanut butter bars. Easy to assemble, you’re going to love this layered treat! This dessert boasts a chewy peanut butter and graham cracker base topped with a silky and thick layer of chocolate peanut butter.
Perfect for the hot days that you want to make a treat but don’t want to turn on your oven, chocolate peanut butter bars were made for the lazy days of summer! No matter where you serve these, your family and friends will be fighting over the last square.
Ingredients in Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- Butter, softened – I always use salted butter!
- Creamy peanut butter – I just use the store brand peanut butter most of the time. Nothing fancy & definitely not the natural stuff.
- Powdered sugar – The powdered sugar both thickens and sweetens the peanut butter layer.
- Graham cracker crumbs – I use my blender or food processor to crush the graham crackers. you’ll want a little less than 1 sleeve of graham crackers. Make them like a powder, the finer the better.
- Vanilla
- Salt
Chocolate Layer
- Peanut butter
- Milk chocolate chips – You can use semi-sweet chocolate if you’d like, we are just milk chocolate fans at our house!
How to Make No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
- Line a 9×9 pan with parchment paper and then set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter and creamy peanut butter until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs, vanilla and pinch of salt. Mix until a thick, crumbly dough forms.
- Press the mixture into the bottom of your prepared pan. Set aside.
- In a microwave safe bowl, add the ingredients for the chocolate layer (peanut butter and milk chocolate chips).
- Microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each 30 seconds until smooth.
- Pour and spread over the peanut butter layer in the pan.
- Freeze for 45 minutes or until the chocolate layer is set before cutting and serving.
- Enjoy! You can store at room temperature or in the fridge.
How should I store peanut butter chocolate bars?
Once cooled, store your finished bars in an airtight container on the counter or in the fridge for 3-5 days!
How do I get clean cut bars?
Prior to cutting, make sure to freeze your bars! This will allow you to cut them into bars without crumbling or sticking to the knife.
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No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pinch salt
Chocolate Layer
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line a 9×9 pan with parchment paper and then set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter and creamy peanut butter until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs, vanilla and pinch of salt. Mix until a thick, crumbly dough forms.
- Press the mixture into the bottom of your prepared pan. Set aside.
- In a microwave safe bowl, add the ingredients for the chocolate layer (peanut butter and milk chocolate chips).
- Microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each 30 seconds until smooth.
- Pour and spread over the peanut butter layer in the pan.
- Freeze for 45 minutes or until the chocolate layer is set before cutting and serving.
- Enjoy! Can store at room temperature or in the fridge.
