Easy Chocolate Peanut Bars

Name: Easy Chocolate Peanut Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 48 bars, 48 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened; 1 cup crunchy peanut butter; 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar; 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafers, crushed (about 45 cookies); 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels; 1/2 cup whipping cream

Submitted by Loves2Teach

"Such a simple dessert! Would be great for a potluck. From southern living magazine."

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 6
Yields:: 48 bars
Serves:: 48

ingredients

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ cups vanilla wafers, crushed (about 45 cookies)
1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels
¹⁄₂ cup whipping cream

directions

beat butter and peanut butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
Add powdered sugar and vanilla wafer crumbs; beat until blended.
Press mixture evenly into a lightly greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish lined with wax paper.
Stir together chocolate morsels and whipping cream in a medium saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth.
Spread evenly on top of peanut butter mixture.
Chill one hour or until firm.
Remove from refrigerator, and let stand at room temperature 10 minutes or until slightly softened.
Cut into 48 bars.

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Reviews

I prepared these with creamy peanut butter and milk chocolate chips. The vanilla wafers are a nice change from the traditional graham cracker base of most peanut butter bars. Very rich, cut them small. :-)

Ms B.
These are great tasting bars & are so easy to make! I'd use crunchy peanut butter no matter what, 'cause I like it so much! That, along with the taste of chocolate....well, this is, as said, a great bar, & a nice addition to my bars & cookies file! Thanks much for sharing it!

Sydney Mike

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Loves2Teach

clarksville, tn

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