These No Bake Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are the perfect embodiment of that magic that chocolate and peanut butter create when paired together.  They are layered on top of a crushed graham cracker crust which gives the perfect crunchy base for all that chocolatey nutty deliciousness. I have been obsessed with chocolate and peanut butter together for most of my life and it’s funny that now I live in Europe people think I am crazy for it. They can call me crazy all they want, or think what they wish, but no way, no how will I ever renounce my deep and true love for peanut butter and chocolate.

I love no-bake cookies, especially in those summer months when turning on that oven just sounds like a horrible thing to do.  If you’re in that same camp – you should check out these  Super Easy Nutella No-Bake Cookies. My mom made them all the time growing up and they’re ridiculously easy and require zero heating up of the oven either.  🙂

There’s only about 30 minutes of prep time to make these Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, then you just let them chill in the fridge for a while and soon you’ll be enjoying about 2 dozen slabs of crispy, nutty, chocolatey deliciousness.  These bars will keep for several days (yeah, right) at room temperature, but I love them cold out of the fridge.

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No Bake Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

• : No Bake Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Serving: 2 dozen

Print Nutrition facts (per portion)

Nutrition facts (per portion)

• Calories: 373
• Carbohydrate Content: 34.1g
• Cholesterol Content: 15mg
• Fat Content: 25.6g
• Fiber Content: 2.9g
• Protein Content: 8.4g
• Saturated Fat Content: 10.1g
• Serving Size: 24
• Sodium Content: 215mg
• Sugar Content: 23.8g

By Ben Rayl 06/20/2013

Ingredients

• for the peanut butter layer:
• butter - 3/4 cup
• creamy peanut butter - 1 1/2 cup
• vanilla extract - 2 tsp
• graham crackers - 3 cups, crushed
• powdered sugar - 2 cups, sifted
• salt - 1/4 tsp
• dark chocolate chips - 1/2 cup
• for the chocolate layer:
• dark chocolate chips - 1 1/2 cups
• creamy peanut butter - 1/4 cup
• peanuts - 1 cup, roughly chopped

how to

make the peanut butter layer:

• In a heatproof bowl over boiling water, melt the butter and 1½ cups peanut butter together, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat, stir in the vanilla and set aside, allowing to cool for about 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix together the graham crackers, powdered sugar, salt and chocolate chips. Stir in the peanut butter mixture and mix well to combine.
•  Spray the bottom of a 9x13" pan, then spread the peanut butter mixture evenly in the bottom and set aside.

make the chocolate layer:

• Use a heatproof bowl over boiling water and melt the 1½ cups chocolate chips and peanut butter together, stirring well to combine.
• Pour the melted chocolate over the peanut butter layer, tilting the pan to cover evenly.
• Let cool for about 5 minutes, then sprinkle over the chopped peanuts.
• Chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes, or until the chocolate has set, then cut into bars and serve.

 

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(This recipe was originally published here on 06/20/2013)