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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars III
Shawna Nagel
"This chocolate peanut butter bar recipe is tender and not too greasy. Makes a delicious treat for the kids."
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Ingredients
servings 467 calsOriginal recipe yields 12 servings (2 dozen)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, 1/2 cup of butter and the egg yolks. Mix together by hand until everything is well blended, and the mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 9x13 inch pan.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until light gold.
- As soon as the crust comes out of the oven, sprinkle the 2/3 cup of chocolate chips onto it. Return to the oven for 1 to 2 minutes. Take out of the oven and spread the melted chocolate chips over the crust. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter,1/4 cup of margarine, and vanilla. Then stir in the milk. Crumble the peanut butter mixture over the chocolate layer. Press down lightly. In a medium saucepan, combine the 1/3 cup chocolate chips and the shortening. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until melted. Drizzle over the peanut butter layer and refrigerate until set, about 3 to 4 hours. Cut into 2x 1 1/2 inch bars
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 467 calories; 28.5 g fat; 49.6 g carbohydrates; 8.2 g protein; 65 mg cholesterol; 188 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
9/2/2008
Instead of melting the chocolate to drizzle on top I simply added whole semi-sweet chocolate morsels. You could even try the peanut butter kind or even reese's pieces. This was a popular and eas...
Most helpful critical review
2/4/2011
When I made these I made it exactly as suggested other than using soften butter rather than fully melted. And I added some chopped peanuts between the chocolate and peanut butter. I made them sp...
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9/2/2008
Instead of melting the chocolate to drizzle on top I simply added whole semi-sweet chocolate morsels. You could even try the peanut butter kind or even reese's pieces. This was a popular and eas...
10/26/2006
These are a yummy treat, very easy to make. My 5-year-old made them with me and he had a lot of fun pressing the crust into the pan and then (gently!) pushing the peanut butter mixture into the ...
3/2/2002
I thought these were pretty good. I followed the recipe exactly,but my peanut butter mixture was not crumbly at all, it was like thick peanut butter, so it was hard to spread, it turned out more...
2/4/2003
very simple but my kid just loved it; he thinks the Elfs made the peanut butter...do not overcook the crust, though...
11/25/2008
As of late, after all I've baked for my husband (Trust me, it's alot!!) now all of a sudden he thinks these are his ALL TIME FAVORITES!! Creamy, addictive, like candy bars, and he claims even be...
12/25/2006
Very yummy! I added more powdered sugar to the topping to make it more crumbly- going according to the recipe it just becomes thicker peanut butter. Besides that very easy and good!
9/30/2001
These bars are awesome. I doubled the recipe and used a jelly roll pan and it worked well. Very yummy!
10/21/2005
It's GREAT! Very easy and quick. My nephews love making it with me and my boyfriend loves to eat them!
5/24/2011
Extremely tasty but hard as rocks to cut. I also had to add 1/4 cup more powdered sugar to get the peanut butter mixture less mud-like.