Hello my friends, I have something a little different for you today. One of my other passions in life besides papercrafting, of course, is to create in my kitchen. I love to cook, bake, and try new recipes. I was introduced to these over the top, and I am in heaven, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, by my neighbor Ann, who is my co-enabler of all things sweet. All it took was one bite, and I was a goner, who doesn’t love chocolate and peanut butter, it is right up there next to anything lemon for me!
Don’t these yummy bars look good? Did I also mention that these Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are NO BAKE, which makes this is the perfect summer treat! The bars are super fast to put together as well, just combine the confectioners’ sugar, crushed graham crackers, peanut butter, and the melted butter until blended. Pour into a 9″ x 13″ pan that has a layer of parchment paper, making sure the parchment paper is overlapping the edges. This step will help you just pop the bars out when done. Once you have spread the peanut butter mixture in the pan, melt the chocolate, I used a combination of Bitter Sweet and Semi-Sweet chocolate, and it wasn’t too sweet. After the chocolate is melted, pour over the peanut butter filling, then refrigerate for two hours. A quick tip for cutting these bars is to pull the pan out of the fridge after 30 minutes and score the chocolate with a sharp knife into the size of the bar you prefer, then place back in the refrigerator for the additional 1 1/2 hours. This step will stop the chocolate topping from breaking into uninformed pieces when cutting with a knife.
Store these bars in the refrigerator after you cut them up, they will get soft reasonably fast, if they last that long. These bars tend to disappear very fast in my house!
Now I need to get back to my papercrafting projects. Until next time, take care.
Happy Stamping!
