The peanut butter is necessary for the topping because it helps keep the chocolate layer a little softer, so you can easily slice into these bars. You’ll need 2 cups of chocolate chips for the topping, which is equal to one 12-ounce bag. The chocolate topping is just a simple mixture of chocolate chips and more peanut butter. However, you’re welcome to use any chocolate chips you’d like.
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CRACK BARS CRACKER
You can either use store-bought graham cracker crumbs, or you can make your own by sealing graham crackers in a zip-top bag and crushing them with a rolling pin. Graham cracker crumbs: You’ll need 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs to make this recipe.The powdered sugar also helps the peanut butter layer set up in the fridge. Powdered sugar: Helps sweeten the bars without giving them a grainy texture.The peanut butter layer may not set up very well with natural peanut butter. Peanut Butter: Make sure to use a creamy, no-stir peanut butter like Jif or Skippy.Butter: I prefer using unsalted butter since the amount of salt in salted butter can vary between brands.Here’s an overview of the ingredients you’ll need to make this recipe: The ingredients list for these bars is short and sweet (pun intended). These no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars are always a hit at parties and potlucks, and I never go home with leftovers! That’s right, you only need five ingredients to make these bars! Even better, they only take about 10 minutes to prep and you don’t have to turn on your oven to make them.
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Not convinced you need to make these yet? What if I told you these bars are also incredibly simple to throw together? They kind of remind me of a Reese’s peanut butter cup, but with a lot more texture and a much richer flavor. The perfect easy dessert for chocolate and peanut butter lovers!Ĭalling all peanut butter lovers! These bars are one of the easiest, most delicious no-bake desserts ever. They're still fine straight from the 'fridge, but for some reason the peanut butter taste isn't so strong.These No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars only require 5 simple ingredients and can be prepared in about 10 minutes. My main tip in eating these bars is, if you're storing them in the refrigerator, to let them sit at room temperature for about 15-20 minutes before enjoying them, they taste much better this way. The chocolate might crack a bit as you cut it if you leave it to fully set, which would result in a not-so-neat presentation. I'm tempted to use the peanut butter layer recipe to make another batch of chocolate peanut butter cups!ĭo make sure that you don't allow the bars to fully set in the refrigerator before cutting them up into individual squares - it's best to do the cutting while the chocolate is firm, but not runny or hard. These bars tasted almost exactly like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
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Also, you may be interested to know that I used Lindt 50% chocolate. Third, the original recipe used shortening in the chocolate layer, but I don't like shortening (and there is no shortening in Australia) the original recipe said that peanut butter could be used instead of shortening, which would keep the chocolate layer softer I thought the peanut butter idea was a good one, but that Nutella would be even better, so I used Nutella. They can be crumbled into fine crumbs in a food processor or by bashing and rolling the biscuits in a Ziploc bag with a trusty rolling pin. Second, my main obstacle was that Australia has no graham crackers! I substituted the graham cracker crumbs with a relatively similar-tasting biscuit made by Arnott's - the Nice biscuit. I did a couple of things differently, which I'll make a note of in case it may help others with this recipe:įirst of all, I decided to halve the recipe, so I used an 8x8-inch square metal pan, and divided all the ingredient quantities in half.
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The recipe looked so easy and so quick to prepare that I couldn't pass it up. I've been wanting to try a no-bake chocolate peanut butter bar recipe for a while and I finally got inspired to do when I saw this recipe at Our Best Bites (and they'll soon be releasing a cookbook, by the way!). I've made chocolate peanut butter cups (which is the most popular recipes on my blog), chocolate peanut butter slices, chocolate peanut butter macarons, chocolate peanut butter cup cupcakes and even peanut butter, chocolate, toffee and bacon cupcakes! There are even more chocolate + peanut butter combinations I've made, but these linked above have been my favorites. Regular readers may notice I have a bit of a thing for chocolate + peanut butter.