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!
Servings: 12 Bars
Calories:
Ingredients
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
Instructions
- Line an 8x8 or 9x9 square baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Set aside.
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.
Notes
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.