In my humble opinion, the person who first decided to bring chocolate and peanut butter together deserves recognition for making such a important contribution to humanity. It’s one of my favorite flavor combinations for sweet treats, and has been since I was a very little girl!
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One particular peanut butter and chocolate treat that takes me back to my freshman year of college is no-bake peanut butter bars. I had a little electric hot pot in my dorm room, which my roommate Diana and I would use to melt the butter and chocolate chips.
After assembling the bars, we would put them on the window ledge to cool (one of the more convenient aspects of spending the winter in Utah!) If someone living in a dorm room armed only with small hot pot can make these, anyone can!
How To Make No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, combine the melted butter, crushed graham crackers (whether pre-crushed or crushed by hand), and powdered sugar, then stir in the peanut butter.
Bonus Tip: A Danish dough whisk is the ideal tool for combining thick mixtures like this one!
Transfer the mixture to a 9×13″ baking dish and press it down firmly into an even layer. (For thicker bars, use a 9×9″ or 8×8″ pan.)
Place the chocolate chips in a small bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals until melted and smooth. Spread the chocolate evenly over the peanut butter layer, then chill until completely firm, around 3 hours.
Then cut them into bars and enjoy — I know I always do. (Perhaps a bit too much when I was a freshman, which I’m sure contributed to me learning that the “freshman fifteen” was a very real thing!)
What is your favorite peanut butter and chocolate dessert?
No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 cup graham crackers crushed
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine the melted butter, graham cracker crumbs, and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl, then stir in peanut butter.
- Spread the peanut butter mixture into a 9×13" baking dish and press firmly into an even layer.
- Microwave the chocolate chips until melted and smooth.
- Spread the melted chocolate evenly over the peanut butter layer.
- Chill until completely firm, about 3 hours.
Jillee, these look Amazing!!! Now if you want a yummy twist add half choc chips and half butterscotch chips for the frosting. You’ll love it! I want to share my favorite which is similar to yours. My best friend since the first grade (and I am 49 yrs young) made these bars for my family back when we were about 10 yrs old. Now I am the youngest of 12 — so my brothers and sisters loved them and literally craved them. The dubbed them “Tiemann Bars” because her last name was Tiemann. Her first name was the same as my sisters so my family called her by her last name so they knew who was being spoken too etc. You get it. Long story short – 40 yrs later they are still called “Tiemann Bars” in our part – family, friends & their friends and most people now just think that was always their name and don’t really know the story behind it. lol So, now you do…don’t you feel lucky?? teeheehee (oh and just so you get the name right, they are pronounced “Teaman Bars” Not Tie – man. k? K…now that we’ve cleared that important fact up…onto the recipe.
Tiemann Bars
1c sugar
1c light karo syurp
bring to boil in dutch oven. Stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved (about a minute) not too long or the bars will be hard like a rock….from experience – still good but hard as hard candy. So about a minute at a boil. Turn heat off and add:
1c peanut butter
stir in until nice and smooth. Add:
5 cups rice krispies
Mix them in well to coat – pour into buttered 9×13 pan. Pat down with the back of a buttered spoon.
Melt 6 oz choc chips & 6oz of butterscotch chops in microwave. Mix until smooth – spread on bars. cool or eat warm and gooey to enjoy the fruits of your labor!!! ;-)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Jean, This is the recipe I use, too. A neighbor brought some over once and I asked why hers were better than mine. She said she uses the Walmart brand of rice krispies. She also uses some white chocolate chips with the regular chocolate chips for the top. We also like corn flakes instead of rice krispies. I can’t wait to try the graham crackers!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I don’t eat Peanut Butter and wonder if you can substitute another nut butter.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I didn’t know they were made from graham crackers–I will have to try this–sounds so easy and really goooooood
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Please log in or create a free account to comment.I haven’t made these in a long time. Thanks for posting the recipe! Chocolate and peanut butter are a favorite of mine too.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I have fond memories of Joanne making these when I’d have a play date with Dori. So glad you posted the recipe. I’ll be making them tomorrow!!!
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