Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
If you like chocolate (who doesn’t?) and if you like peanut butter (ok, some people might not), then you’ll love these peanut butter chocolate bars! A friend made them for a 4th of July party, and everyone at the party asked for the recipe. So, now it my turn to share it with you.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 box yellow cake mix (no pudding)
- 1 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1 stick butter
- 2 eggs
Filling
- 1 12 ounce package chocolate chips
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted peanuts, chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 9×13 baking pan with foil (leave some hanging over the edges, making handles) and spray with Pam.
- For the crust: melt butter. On a low speed, mix cake mix, peanut butter, melted butter and eggs for 1 minute.
- Set aside 1 1/2 cups of the mix for the top.
- Pour remaining mix in pan and push down with finger to make bottom layer.
- For the filling: melt chocolate chips, butter and milk either in the microwave or on the stove using a double boiler. Stir frequently to make sure it doesn’t burn. Stir in vanilla.
- Pour over crust. Top chocolate layer with remaining crust mix, crumbled. Top with chopped peanuts. (Note: 1 1/2 cups might be too much. You might be able to get away with 1 cup.)
- Bake 30-35 minutes. Let cool. Cut and serve. (After cutting, bars can be refrigerated to set the chocolate.)
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These look incredible! I will have to make these soon!
I made this and got rave reviews, I’m about to make some more.
Mouth watering already :D Looks soooo delicious, I love chocolate & nuts combo.
Ok, this looks fantastic! As a renascent chocoholic I can tell you this is indeed tempting… very tempting. :)
Hi Mike,
I actually debated a long time in the store, and finally went with semi-sweet chocolate chips. I thought they’d stand up better to the DC heat. I used Tollhouse, which is just my preference from growing up.
What kind of chocolate chips were used in your recipe? Semi-sweet or milk chocolate? ( And brand if you know off the top of your head since Hershey and Tollhouse taste totally different )
Two of my favorite combos…looks DELICIOUS!
Wow, this doesn’t even sound terribly complicated. I can do this and I’m sure I’ll love it too.
You married 2 of my favorites - This recipe looks great and I will make this one for sure!!
Cheers
Cathy
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