Recipe #3: Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

Bear with me on the peanut butter thing. I realize that three of my first four recipes all incorporate peanut butter. But I blame Molly and Colin for that. This recipe and the next post after this also have loads of peanut butter. What can I say? They requested, I'm here to serve. And love. Remember- food is love.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars.

-1/2 cup butter
-1 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar
-1 cup peanut butter
-3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
-1/4 cup butter
-1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

What is it with me and 5 ingredients?

Step 1: Make graham cracker crumbs.

Put 5 or 6 graham crackers in a bag and roll with a rolling pin. This should make about 3/4 of a cup of crumbs. 

5 graham crackers should be just enough.

Step 2: Start melting.

Melt the 1/2 cup of butter on low heat. After melted, remove from heat and stir in confectioner's sugar. Then stir in peanut butter and graham cracker crumbs. 

As you add the confectioner's sugar, it may clump. Add it slowly. 

The butter and confectioners sugar will be very dry and lumpy. The peanut butter will help to smooth it out. 

The graham crackers will thicken the mixture to the final consistency. 

Step 3: Form the bars.

Press the dough into a foil lined 9x9 pan. This will make cleanup easier. If you haven't noticed- it's my favorite trick. I use it all the time! 

Make the dough as even as possible so that the chocolate on top will be even too. 

Step 4: Melt the chocolate. 

Melt the 1/4 cup of butter on the stove and stir in the chocolate chips. Remove the chocolate from heat before the chips are completely melted. Stir the chocolate until the rest of the chips are melted in. 

Mix the chocolate chips in but do not let the melt the whole way.

Remove from heat. The heat from the other chocolate will continue melting the unmelted chips. 

Step 5: Pour the chocolate.

Now pour the chocolate on top of the bars, spread, and refrigerate. 

Spread out the chocolate and refrigerate! All done! 

Step 6: Eat 'em up! 

Remove the foil from the pan and cut into whatever size you would like! Enjoy! 

Yumm-ooo!!!! 

Happy eating! Share the love! 

-Olivia.