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These peanut butter bars taste just like peanut butter cups.
Ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 4 tablespoons peanut butter
Directions
Step 1
Mix together graham cracker crumbs, confectioners' sugar, butter or margarine, and 1 cup peanut butter in a medium bowl until well-blended. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9×13-inch pan.
Step 2
Place chocolate chips and 4 tablespoons peanut butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high, stirring every 15 seconds, until smooth. Spread mixture over crust.
Step 3
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before cutting into 12 squares.
Editor’s Note:
This recipe appears as "No-Bake Spicy Peanut Butter Squares" in @site_name Magazine and was modified to include Sriracha for an expected pop of spice.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 12 | |
| Calories 532 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat37g | 47% |
| Saturated Fat17g | 83% |
| Cholesterol41mg | 14% |
| Sodium320mg | 14% |
| Total Carbohydrate49g | 18% |
| Dietary Fiber3g | 11% |
| Total Sugars38g | |
| Protein9g | |
| Calcium26mg | 2% |
| Iron2mg | 9% |
| Potassium275mg | 6% |
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.
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These are so good and quick to make. Taste just like peanut butter cups!! Kids love them (and adults too!)
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I have a 2 year old and he loves this recipe as does my 22 year old husband. As for me making it is so easy. I looked everywhere for a recipe for these and this was the best.
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These may be a doctor’s nightmare but they are pure heaven. Definitely a keeper.
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Very quick to make, great tasting.
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Very easy and delicious…
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So Good, So easy !!! My kids and husband loved this recipe, a must for “Reese’s” lovers.
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I wanted something quick and easy BUT great tasting. This recipe met ALL my expectations and some. Thank you so much Nancy. I will be making this a lot in the future.
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This is sooo easy & my entire family enjoyed them. They didn’t last long!
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Great, but don’t make on a hot, humid day!
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This is a great and quick recipe!! I recommend it to everyone!! You will be amazed how much it tastes like the big brand name peanut butter cups!!
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The bars did not set up for me. They had to stay refrigerated to be able to eat them.
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Yummy! Made this for Christmas, cut into small squares and set it on a serving tray. Everyone loved em! Even had to pass the recipe on. 🙂
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These were SO delicious! Mine never got very firm at all and had to be eaten with a fork and kept in the fridge but I didn’t even care because the taste was so amazing. I’ll just have to keep practicing!
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Easy and delicious!
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These were really easy and good. Everyone loved them!! Thanks 🙂
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These are so terrific and so easy to make. Everyone who tastes them loves them. I have had many requests to make these to bring to gatherings. tahnks for sharing this wonderful treat.
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Oh my! These ARE peanut butter cups in a pan! Peanut butter cups are an all-time favorite of mine and this is a fabulous re-creation! It’s so hard to eat just one!!!!!
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Incredibly easy to make and yummy too! Depending on how goopy your peanut butter is, use between 2-3 cups of graham crackers, adding a little at a time after the first two cups until the mixture is easy to spread and not so sticky.
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Here in Belgium, we don’t have no graham crackers, so I fix them either with McVitie’s Digestive or plain cookies. They’re great, and even my sister, who HATES peanut butter LOVED them. Watch out: they tend to be sickly if eaten in large amount (I’m hugely greedy)!!!
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This tasted very good! Next time i make it I will make an extra 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crust and pour it on the bottom of the dish before pouring the graham cracker/butter/ and peanut butter mixter because it needs something solid to hold while eating it. Maybe if I mix it w/ some butter, but not all the other stuff it will work. Also 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips is too much! I’ll use 1 1/4 cup next time and I also mixed it with 1/4 cup milk and a dash of butter because simply melting chocolate does not make it poour and coat eell. It has to be mixed w/ a liquid and what I did worked perfectly!
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Oh my gosh! These are sooooo yummy!!! They’re super-easy to make, too. They taste just like a Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup. Wow. These are a definite keeper.
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WOW!!!! I ran across this recipe and had to try it right away to see if they really are like Reese Peanut Butter Cups (my favorite), and they didn’t disappoint! Amazing likeness except with a little less chocolate. But great nevertheless! So easy to make and I had all the ingredients already on hand (except that I used milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet). Thanks so much — this will be a definite favorite! I can’t wait to make some for my mom, also a peanut butter-and-chocolate fanatic.
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Soooo easy to make and soooo yummy! I didn’t change a thing and was very pleased with the results.
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These were awesome. I made for a party and these were gone before everything else. Everyone asked for the recipe. I added additional graham cracker crumbs and made 1.5 of the chocolate topping. My husband is begging for more.
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this was real good, but needs more chocolate. everyone thought that they tasted alot like peanut butter cups. I halved the recipe because it was toooo sweet.
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Made this recipe at least 4 times this summer. I always used milk chocolate chips and one time I even used a mix of milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. My friends and family all loved it both ways. My nieces had a great time helping me make at a cabin we rented over the summer. I premeasured the peanut butter, sugar, and # of graham crackers before I went to make it easier. I always kept mine in the fridge or freezer, but I like my candy bars frozen anyway. Enjoy!
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These bars are so easy to make and are a hit everywhere I bring them. They really taste like the real thing!
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A hit, a major hit. Our guests loved this, we loved this, my children asked me to make it again this week. Since we only have dessert once a week, that is a big compliment! To make mixing easier, I put the pb in the pan with the butter and let it “melt” along with the butter. Then I added both to the graham crackers and powdered sugar. Otherwise, I followed it exactly. Thanks!
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This recipe was very good – just not what I was expecting. I thought that the base would turn into more of a substantial crust with all the graham cracker crumbs; our bars got a bit melty served at room temperature. Someone even asked me if the base was straight peanut butter. Next time I’ll make a graham cracker crust and then add the peanut butter and chocolate layers. Great flavor – they do taste just like Reese’s peanut butter cups!
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Very tasty,sweet and simple to make.All my company inhaled them. I cut them small like nanamiobars.
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Excellent, easy recipe; a “must” for any cookie plate, especially at Christmas. Very easy to make and they sure disappear in a hurry. Everyone asks for the recipe. Thanks, Nancy!
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These are very good !! Easy to make and they taste delicious when you are done !! Much easier to make than “buckeyes” at Christmas time. I will gladly make these instead !!!! I made a double recipe and had some leftover. I froze them in the freezer like I do the peanut butter cups !! I’m sure they will taste wonderful !!
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Loved this recipe! My kids especially enjoyed it since I don’t bake too much. This one was even easy for me, a complete novice in the kitchen!
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I made these bars to bring in as a treat to work and everyone loved them. Very yummy!
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Fantastic ! It’s easy to make and delicious ! This recipe is really good, thanks a lot !
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I made these for my elementary school class and got rave reviews. They were very easy to make.
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I’m dishing out 5 stars for this one! Super easy and extremely good, especially if you’re a fan of Reese’s cups- they’re just like them… in square form. If you’re not much of a baker, you can’t go wrong here- they taste like way more work. Yum! (Oh, and I keep them refrigerated… they do get a bit melty at room temp. Not that I still wouldn’t eat them.)
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This was all right. Nothing great. Certainly not five stars. Probably will not make again.
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These are so easy and tasty!!! I wouldn’t change a thing. I was a little worried about my peanut butter mixture though. There was no pressing it into the pan, it was more of a spreading consistancy. I just knew I blew it. I popped them in the freezer, and now we’re enjoying something that tastes sooo close to a peanut butter cup. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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very good, but a little too rich for my tastes
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Delicious! I sold them at a bake sale and they were sold out within a half hour! Definitely recommended!
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Mmmmm! Way too good! Way too easy! I find myself making a tiny batch just for myself when I get a craving!
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Yummmy! i used a whole bag of chips though!
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This was a pretty good recipe. I thought it could be a little better, but my husband approved and he’s a die-hard peanut butter fan.
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Just like a peanut butter cup! A little on the sweet side, but very good.
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This is so easy and very yummy. I have been making this for a while and everywhere I go I’m asked for the recipe.
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Excellent treat! Quick and easy to make. 🙂
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Very easy and tasty. The only problem I had was that I didn’t get my graham cracker crumbs fine enough, and so there were chunks in it, but it still tasted great. Does get a little soft unrefridgerated.
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I thought the strong butter flavor and odd flavor of the graham crackers were too much, but my friend loved them.
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So easy…and SOOOO rich! If you are a big lover of peanut butter and chocolate, you’ll love this recipe. Make sure you have a big glass of ice cold milk! Oh, and if you like PB a lot, you can up the PB and lower the butter by 1/2 cup with good results. Also, if you are one of those who are having trouble with crumbling of the bar while cutting after refrigerating, make sure you bring the bar back up to or nearly room temp for easy cutting. Update – today I made this recipe with 1.5 cups rolled oats that had been processed fine in a food processor and 1/2 cup wheat bran. Also only 1/2 cup of butter and 1.5 cups PB. And only 1 cup of choc. chips. Very good results, mildly healthier.
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Awesome…Quick and easy to make….Thanks!
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Thse are great. Very easy to make, and everyone loved them. Thank you!
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I actually prepared this recipe in a large bar pan, took it to a church function, and it was gone in minutes!
It was very simple to make too!
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sooo good
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I melted the chocolate on the stove and it was super easy. No cooking really. FAST treat if you are in the mood for something NOW (which at 9 months pregnant, I AM! But as they sat and tried them later, not so sweet to me. Kind of bland tasting. Dont think I will make them again. GOod fresh, I am mixed. Would maybe bring them to a get together, And would try to add REAL sugar, not powdered sugar. at least 1 cup of each i think that would make a big difference.
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Simple and delicious
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quick, easy, and delicious!
I would use a little less graham cracker crumb and a little more powdered sugar.
Regrigerate for about 30-45min, then cut into squares, then continue to refrigerate (if the chocolate hardens too much they are difficult to cut)
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I wasn’t terribly impressed with this, although my son liked them. Luckily, I only halved the recipe because I wouldn’t want to eat much of it. I love PB Cups, but these didn’t taste much like them in my opinion.
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This recipe is very quick and easy! The peanut butter bars disappear in seconds. Its an all-time favorite. I make it for any event!
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Yum! They DO taste like Peanut Butter Cups, only as though they were made with crunchy peanut butter. Also softer than the cups are. To melt chips in a 1000 watt microwave, zap them on high temperature for 30 seconds at a time, stirring each stop, until melted. Followed recipe exactly…no complaints except my sister thought they were too rich. Keeps fine in the fridge but you can’t leave them at room temperature for long before they get mushy.
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Excellent! I followed the recipe exactly, and won’t change anything for next time – they were that good!
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I followed the recipe exactly and had trouble with the PB mixture. It was more spreadable than pressable. It finally did harden a bit once refrigerated. I was disappointed when I took the bars out of the refrigerator about an hour later to cut them – the chocolate layer completely seperated from the PB layer. They were a mess to get out of the pan. Maybe I need to let the pan come to room temperature before cutting. Overall, an okay recipe.
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The only problem I had was cutting through the top layer of chocolate while cutting them into bars, after chilling them. So I set them at room temperature to soften, but then the bottom peanut butter layer was too soft to lift out of the pan, so back in the fridge they went to harden and cut again! Very tasty, though. These are perfect with a cold glass of milk! Yummy!
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My family and I have been making this recipe during the holidays for well over 25 years!! The only thing we do different is use milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet. This is a wonderful recipe!!!
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These bars are too easy and too good. They are rich, so cut them smaller than normal bars. By far the best Peanut Butter Cup Bar recipe out there–definately a keeper!
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I think I’ll use less graham cracker crumbs next time. I thought they were a little too gritty. I also used half semi-sweet and half milk chocolate chips.
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Add a little salt to crust.
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The peanut butter layer never really did get hard enough to serve as “bars”. I think maybe using margarine (the spreadable kind) was a bad idea. I think I will try this again using real butter, or stick margarine, because it does have a good flavor.
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This recipe should be better named “A Peanut Butter Lover’s Heavan” I crushed up a GOOD brand of graham crackers in the food processor, melted everything in the microwave. Instead of a 9×13 pan I used a 9×9 pan to make extra thick bars. A very good recipe, not met anyone who did not like them, have lots of milk on hand. Very rich and tasty.
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Fabulous! I made these for a family get-together, and they were a huge hit. My aunt said that she thinks they are better than Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. My husband had me make another pan to take into work tomorrow. This will definitely be a “go to” recipe.
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These taste SO good and are very easy to make. Mine didn’t come out of the pan very neatly because I used both low fat peanut butter and margarine, but they still taste great. I’ll be making these again. Thanks!
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A quick, no-bake recipe that everyone loves – perfect! They are very sweet, so I usually cut a 9×13 pan into 24 squares.
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These are as sweet as candy. Of course, the kids love them! A little too sweet for an adult dessert in my opinion though.
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These were AWSOME and SO easy to make! Very rich!!
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Exactly what I was looking for in a peanut butter bar – just like we used to get at school.
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So so easy to make and the taste is so yummy a real winner.If you love peanut butter you will love these bars.Excellent recipe thanks.
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These are great. In order to avoid trans fats, I used organic graham crackers and pb. I crushed the crackers in my food processor and then added the rest of ingredients for the “crust” and processed them all together. This worked very well and probably helped to avoid the gritty problem some people are talking about. I used one stick of salted butter, and one unsalted, in the crust, and this worked out really well too. When I went to melt the chocolate, it was going fine until the very end, when it kind of seized up on me and made it very difficult to spread. This may have been my fault though, because I used just butter instead of pb and milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet, just because I prefer it. They don’t look too good, but still taste great. Next time I’ll try a mixture of pb and butter in the topping.
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Absolutely delicious! This recipe is very simple and I had no problems with it. If you don’t like peanut butter, then you probably won’t like these.
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Really easy to make and super tasty
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WOW!!!!These are so yummy. I’m addicted to them. The crust will seem a little moist but it hardens very well. I also used a whole bag of choc. chips and lots more peanut butter in the choc. chip mixture. They are to die for!!!
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These were pretty good! However, a few changes would improve them. My sister in-law melts a “Symphony” bar over the top instead of using semi-sweet choc. chips. She also uses less of the peanut butter filling to make them a little thinner. Still yummy!
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So yummy!! I was a little worried when I first made them that they would be too soft because the mixture was soft, but after an hour in the fridge, they were a perfect consistancy!
The only change I made was to use milk chocolate chips.
I will be making these again for sure!
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I don’t think I’ve ever made bars this good, this fast. This is truly an easy and delicious recipe. I didn’t have any problems cutting them, or removing the bars from the pan…they were perfect.
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Awesome recipe!! I was looking for something fast and that I didn’t have to heat up my oven for because it’s been 115 degrees where I live. These were so easy to put together and everyone loves them. 3 people asked me for the recipe. Delicious!! Thanks so much!!
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My kids loved these and they were easy to make, I felt the butter taste was a bit much and they seemed gritty from the graham cracker crumbs. I might try again and tweak a little bit.
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These were very good and super easy to make. I loved that I didn’t have to start up my oven during the summer heat to make a dessert. Thank you.
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This was good, but really rich! If I make it again, I will have to adjust my ingredients.
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Very tasty but needs to be eaten fairly chilled or else they tend to lose shape. Good, though!
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So addictive. These taste like Reeses peanut butter cups, only better 😉
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These were absolutely wonderful!!!! I used milk chocolate chips and they tasted just like peanut butter cups. These will be a family favorite!!!
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I feel like it’s missing something–real Reeses’s cups are saltier so may add a bit of salt next time. I think I’d also like to try this with milk chocolate as others have stated. I LOVE peanut butter so will probably try again. Thanks!
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I remember having these as a kid and they tasted much better. They tasted kind of “gritty” because of the graham cracker crumbs. I will use more peanut butter next time. There wasn’t quite enough peanut butter flavor.
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So simple to make! I loved the texture the graham crackers (finely crushed) gave to the bar. They are definetly a crowd pleaser, just don’t tell your guests how much fat and calories are in a single bar.
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I made these as they sounded simple and had ingredients that most bakers have on hand. I also used milk chocolate. They are delicious, even my husband who is not a chocolate fan enjoyed them. My parents also thought they were great. What combination is better then chocolate and peanut butter?
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Okay, this is a good recipe. It is SWEET and if that is what you are looking for then it is awesome. My family liked them and I will make them again for a special occasion only.
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These turned out great. I agree they are better chilled, although mine didn’t become mush at room temp. I did not think it needed salt added to the peanut butter mixture. I guess that depends on the pb you use. Mine were not gritty either. I turned th e graham crackers to near powder. I also stuck the pb in with the butter I melted. Mixing was easy. I also used milk chocolate chips because I like them better.
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Woah, me and my hubby love it so much! No need to change a thing! Thanks!
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Out of all the chocolate/peanut butter bar recipes on this site, this one to me is the best because it has a good ratio of chocolate layer to peanut butter layer and also is not too sweet to allow the chocolate and peanut butter flavors to shine through. I made a few alterations for my own personal taste as well. I added an extra 1/2 cup peanut butter to the bottom layer mixture. I also used Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet chips and I used the whole 12 oz bag (for 2 cups total). Since I had more chips, I also added 1/4 cup of butter to the chocolate/peanut butter melting mixture. This helps keep the chocolate layer smooth and spreadable and helps adhesion to the peanut butter layer.
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My chocoholic family loved these! I used milk chocolate in place of semi-sweet but didn’t change anything else. I thought the graham cracker crumbs added texture and my family thought I used chunky peanut butter! I definitely like the added texture. These are very rich…almost like a chocolate-peanut butter fudge. And yes, they do taste like peanut butter cups. I’m sure I will be asked to make these often!
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Simple and good! If you love peanut butter and chocolate you’ll love this.
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