How do you like your peanut-butter-bars?

While I love regular peanut-butter-bars, the flavor combination of peanut butter and chocolate are a divine blend. Of all the peanut butter recipes I have tried and tested. These are the absolute best! Riddled with chunks of bittersweet chocolate and pieces of peanut butter cups, you'll enter a euphoria never before encountered when biting into these luscious moist peanut-butter-bars. This recipe is simple to make and gives you the utmost results. I hope this recipe becomes a a favorite among your peanut butter cookie recipes.

Submitted by:

Genesee

Ingredients

1 cup slightly heaping bleached all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 stick (8Tbs.) unsalted butter , softened

1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed

2 large eggs

1/2 cup smooth , creamy peanut butter

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

6 ozs. bittersweet chocolate chunks, (If you buy a bar, cut into small chunks!)

6 packages (4 packages for in your batter, 2 reserved for topping)(1.5 ozs. each) milk chocolate covered peanut butter cups, cut into chunks

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°.

Spray the inside of a 8.5 x 11 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.

In a large mixing bowl cream butter with and electric mixer.

Add the sugar and continue mixing.( Mix for about 3 minutes.)

Beat in the eggs on at a time.

Mix in peanut butter, vanilla, and oil.

Scrape the sides of your bowl to ensure all ingredients are mixed in well.

Mix in your flour mixture slowly, a spoon full at a time.

Slowly stir in your chocolate chunks and chopped peanut butter cups. (Don't forget that some of your peanut butter cups are for your topping!)

Scrape your thick batter into the pan and evenly spread.

With your spatula, smooth out the top of your batter.

Top your batter with your remaining two packages of chopped peanut butter cups.

Bake your peanut-butter-bars for 25-30 minutes, or until set.

Remove your pan from the oven and place onto a cooling rack to cool.

When cool; cut and enjoy your bars.

Store in an airtight container or tin.

Serve within 2 days.

Variation: You may add 1 cup of whole roasted peanuts. You can add these when stirring your chocolate chunks and chopped peanut butter cups to your batter.

I hope that you enjoy these peanut-butter-bars. You may click here to return to my brownies-bars page.