Homemade Peanut Butter Bars

Courtesy of BAKERLADY's post, I found these am-a-zing peanut butter bars!  My Dear Husband raved about how good they tasted!  ("Are you going to blog about these?!!!")  YAY!!!  They are very rich-tasting, in my opinion, but soooo good!  Quickly, I was able to put these together.  These remind me of Buckeyes, only easier!  I'm all for doing bars over individual balls of peanut butter and chocolate!  :) (My mom thinks I cheat by doing bars!)

Ingredients:
2 sticks melted butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 cups finely ground graham cracker crumbs
1 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:
Melt the butter in the microwave for about a minute.  Then, add the powdered sugar, mashing together as good as possible.  Then, mash-in the graham cracker crumbs and the 1 cup of the peanut butter, one at a time; it will be pretty stiff to stir together.  (Tasted good, but not too good lookin'. lol)

Spray a 9x13 pan with a nonstick cooking spray.  Press down evenly the graham cracker/peanut butter dough.

In another bowl, melt the chocolate chips and 1/4 cup peanut butter in the microwave for 1 minute.  Keep stirring until all the chocolate chips are melted, and is nice & creamy.

Pour over pressed crust the melted chocolate, covering the whole crust.  Refrigerate until hardened, about an hour.  Cut into bars.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

After thinking overnight about this recipe, I finally decided to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars. Didn't make the brownies, as told to my boys last night, so I hope these will make it up to them.  The recipe is adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything. 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter melted

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

1 package plain yellow cake mix

1 pkg (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

2 tbs butter

1 tbs vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the butter, peanut butter, and eggs.  Stir in the cake mix.  It will be really thick.  Spray a 9x13 pan with a nonstick cooking spray.  Set aside 1 1/2 cups of the mix in another bowl.  Press the rest evenly into the pan.

In a medium size bowl, melt the chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter in the microwave for a minute.  Stir well, making sure the butter and chocolate is all melted.  It will thicken up, being all gooey.  Stir in the vanilla.  Spread over the bottom layer.

Sprinkle the remaining mix over the chocolate.

Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes.  Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Caution!  These are very rich tasting!

Puppy Chow Snack

Peanut butter, chocolate, & crunch...yummm.  This is a favorite of mine, from when I was growing up.

Ingredients:
12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 large spoonful of peanut butter (about 1/2 cup)
1 stick butter/margarine
1 box (14 oz) corn chex cereal
2 cups powdered sugar

In a medium bowl, heat the chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter/margarine for 1 minute in the microwave.  Stir & heat for another 30 seconds.  Stir again until totally combined and no longer watery, but smooth.

In a large bowl, pour the whole box of cereal and top with the hot chocolate sauce.  Mix well, and then sprinkle with the powdered sugar.

Toss the chocolate covered cereal with the powdered sugar, until coated completely. Store in an airtight container.

Kid Tested & Approved