Peanut Butter Bars {No Bake}
These 5-ingredient peanut butter bars taste like 2 candy-bars ---->Reese's Peanut Butter Cups & Butterfinger Bars smushed together! Easy to make and satisfying! It's a major hit for the chocolate-peanut butter addicts!
Course: Dessert
Keyword: bars, chocolate, no bake, peanut butter, snack
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Author: Kim Lange
Peanut Butter -Graham Cracker Base
- ½ cup salted butter, melted 1 stick
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (1 sleeve of graham crackers from box)
- 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter Can add up to 1 cup
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layer
- 2 Tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1 ½ cups milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips
Peanut Butter-Graham Cracker Base
In a medium-sized bowl, mix the melted butter, graham cracker crumbs and confectioners’ sugar together Stir in peanut butter, then press evenly into prepared baking pan.
Chill the peanut butter-graham cracker base layer for 20 minutes before adding the warm chocolate peanut butter layer.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layer
While the peanut butter-graham cracker layer is chilling, in a small bowl, microwave the 2 tablespoons of peanut butter with the chocolate chips until melted and then stir until smooth. Spread over peanut butter layer.
Chill until completely firm, at least an hour.
Allow to sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before cutting into any size you would like.
Bars stay fresh stored in the refrigerator. Serve chilled.
You can double or triple the recipe and use a 9x13 pan depending on how thick you want your bars.
If you don't have salted butter, add 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon, starting with 1/4 teaspoon and taste testing.