Peanut Butter No Bake Bars
Easy no-bake peanut butter bars with chocolate topping. Quick dessert bars with creamy peanut butter filling and melted chocolate layer, ready in 30 minutes plus chilling.
YIELD
4 servingsPREP
10 minCOOK
20 minREADY
30 minThese are the bars you make when you need dessert fast: creamy peanut butter filling pressed into a pan, topped with melted chocolate, then chilled until firm.
No oven, no complicated steps, just stir, spread, and wait.
The hardest part is letting them chill completely before cutting, because warm bars fall apart into a delicious mess.
Kitchen Tips
- Press firmly: Pack peanut butter layer down hard so it holds together when cut
- Microwave carefully: Heat chocolate in 30-second bursts, stirring between, to prevent burning
- Cut while cold: Slice bars straight from fridge for clean edges; they soften at room temp
- Line the pan: Use parchment paper with overhang for easy lifting and cutting
Variations
- Add 1 cup Rice Krispies to peanut butter layer for crunch
- Use butterscotch or white chocolate chips instead of chocolate
- Sprinkle chopped peanuts or pretzels on chocolate layer before it sets
Ingredients
1 cup butter. melted. 2 cups Graham cracker crumbs. 1/4 cup brown sugar. 1 3/4 cup powder sugar. 1 cup peanut butter. 1/2 tsp vanilla. 1 11 oz bag milk chocolate chips
Directions
combine all ingredients except chocolate chips in a medium bowl. stir I until the mixture is smooth nd creamy pour into 9 x 13 pan. melt chocolate chips in microwave for 1 to 2 min. stir chocolate and pour over the peanut mixture spread with spatula refridgerate for 1 hour cut into bars while it is still cold
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