Easy Peanut Butter Bars 

These peanut butter bars are the perfect little treat for all the peanut butter lovers. They include a creamy rich peanut butter and biscuit base that is topped with a mixture of peanut butter and chocolate.  They’re quick and easy to make with no baking involved. 

If you love peanut butter and need a quick dessert then these peanut butter bars are perfect. They take 10 minutes to prepare and are then placed in the fridge to set so you can make them then get on with your day. 

These bars are creamy and delicious and the crushed biscuit gives the bars a crunchy texture which goes perfectly with the peanut butter and chocolate. The base and the chocolate topping both include peanut butter peanut butter so you can taste peanut butter throughout. These bars remind me of peanut butter cups and they are just as delicious so if peanut butter cups are your thing, then you’ll love these bars.

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Bars

For the Base 

• Digestives – to give the base a crunchy texture.
• Butter – I use unsalted but you can use salted if you prefer.
• Peanut butter – I use smooth peanut butter.
• Icing sugar – also known as powdered sugar.

For the Topping 

• Chocolate – use chocolate chips or a bar broken into pieces. Use milk or dark chocolate. I use a mixture of both.
• Peanut butter – use smooth peanut butter.

How to Make Peanut Butter Bars

1. Line an 8x8 baking tin with parchment paper and set aside. Crush the digestives biscuits by adding the biscuits to a food bag and rolling over the biscuits in the bag with a rolling pin. You can also do this in a food processor. Once crushed, set aside.

2. To a microwaveable mixing bowl, add the butter and melt in the microwave at 30 second increments. Once melted, mix in the peanut butter until smooth. Mix in the icing sugar then mix in the crushed digestives. Transfer the mixture to lined baking tin and use a palette knife to spread and smooth the mixture in the tin. 

3. Add the chocolate and peanut butter to a microwaveable bowl and melt in the microwave at 40 second increments until fully melted.  Give the mixture a stir then pour it over the peanut butter base. Use a palette knife to smooth then place in the fridge for 2 hours to set. 

Cut into 16 squares and enjoy. 

Nutrition

Nutrition based on 1 serving - Calories: 289kcal | Fat: 20.1g | Saturates: 8.7g | Carbs: 21.5g | Sugar: 16.1g | Fibre: 1.3g | Protein: 4.9g | Salt: 0.25g.

Storage

Store these bars in the fridge for up to 1 week.

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