Chunky, Chewy Peanut Butter and Chocolate Bars
Kelly
Chunky, Chewy Peanut Butter Bars with Reese's peanut butter cups, peanut butter flavored chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and chunky peanut butter.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16 bars
Calories 347 kcal
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 177g
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 215g
- 8 tablespoons butter melted and cooled (113g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup chunky peanut butter 133g
- 18 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups cut in quarters
- ½ cup peanut butter-flavored chips 85g
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 85g
- extra peanut butter cups and chips for sprinkling on top
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. See note*
Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, and grated nutmeg in a bowl and whisk to combine.
In another mixing bowl, whisk eggs. Add brown, cooled melted butter, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.
Add peanut butter and whisk until smooth.
Remove 1 tablespoon from the flour mixture and toss with peanut butter and chocolate chips.
Add flour mixture to wet mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
Add peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, and chopped Reese’s cups and stir gently to combine.
Transfer mixture to prepared baking pan and smooth.
Bake until set and golden on the edges, about 30 minutes. Do not overbake.
Let cool completely before cutting into squares.
- The key to success with these bars is to not overbake them.
- I use a baking pan with a removable bottom so that the bars come out perfectly neat.
- To make it easier to lift bars out of a normal pan, line pan with aluminum foil, leaving an inch or two over hang. When bars have cooled, just lift out of the pan before cutting into squares
Calories: 347kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 6gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 274mgPotassium: 182mgFiber: 2gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 223IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg
Keyword chocolate peanut butter bars, peanut butter bars