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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars

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Peanut butter and two kinds of chocolate chips make these moist and delicious bars irresistible. Made in one bowl and baked to perfection, this dessert will have you swooning!

A couple of days into February and already I’m jumping on the dessert train! January was fun with the skinny recipes I’ve shared (and I still have a few more coming!) but I needed a sweet treat BAD and decided to throw something amazing together late one night with what I had on hand.

You know what I love better than cookies? Cookie bars. You don’t have to spend your evening scooping dough and all you have to do is press them into a pan and bake! I love cookies as much as the next person, but when I have cute little ticking time bombs asleep in their beds with a sweet tooth to fill and work to finish between the hours of 7 and 11pm, I have a tendency to rush these sorts of things.

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But besides them being really simple to make and filling my sweet tooth for the majority of this past week, they also taste amazing and are the perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter. Of course you’re going to want to dig right in once they get pulled from the oven, but let this be your friendly reminder that these chocolate chip peanut butter bars cut and hold their shape much better after cooling completely.

And if you think you wouldn’t want to try this recipe today, give my simple sugar cookie bars, my Cookies n’ Cream Brownie Bars or my Actually Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies (which is the recipe I based this recipe off of).

Below are a few photos of the process, and of course the the printable version of the recipe for your printing pleasure.

Have a great weekend, friends! xo

 

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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars

Peanut butter and two kinds of chocolate chips make these moist and delicious bars irresistible. Made in one bowl and baked to perfection, this dessert will have you swooning!

Course Dessert
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings 15 bars
Author Lauren Brennan

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 6 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup semi sweet mini chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line glass 9x13 dish with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Place butter and peanut butter into a large bowl and melt together in microwave. Stir in brown sugar and granulated sugar until well combined.
  3. Add in egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Mix until lighter in color.
  4. Add in the flour, baking soda and salt. Scrape the sides of the bowl and the bottom really well to ensure a smooth, well stirred batter.
  5. Hand stir the chocolate chips into the batter and press into prepared pan.
  6. Bake 15-18 minutes or until the center is mostly cooked.
  7. Cool 15 minutes before cutting into bars and serving. 

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Comments

  1. Ummm….why? Why must you post these things when I am watching calories? Especially when I have all ingredients on hand. And especially when it’s that time of month. These look amazing. I will let you know if I cave. 🙂

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  4. Hi Lauren,
    I’ve been following you for a few months. This is the first time I’ve written to you. lm looking forward to making these bars! Wanted to tell you I tried your Pumpkin Pie recipe at Thanksgiving & it was everything you said it would be! So Great!
    I love Pumpkin pie & everything pumpkin! I for some reason have Never made a Pumpkin pie before! We usually always get the ones at Costco- they’re cheap, Big, and yummy!
    But I’m So glad I tried your recipe! It was just the best!! I actually made a second one after Thanksgiving cuz I had an extra pie crust. So just wanted to personally thank you for your recipes! Keep em coming!

    Linda in Southern California 😎

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  6. These sound heavenly! Nothing much better than chocolate and peanut butter! And bars are WAY better to make than cookies…cookies take way too much time! 😁

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  8. I really want to make these and eat them all! Peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite combination . I am saving this recipe for our family beach trip this year.

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  10. You always have mouth watering deserts that make it hard on a girl trying to be good. Oh well there’s always next week to give up sugar.

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  14. Help! These are the best bars ever! I made Them last week and wanted to post a photo for you. They were gone soooo fast! No chance of taking a photo 🤳🏻. My husband said don’t ever make these again. I thinh He ate half of the pan himself. We all had noooo self control – will make them again and again. Preferably when we have guests to share with! ♥️

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  15. These look amazing! Course it’s hard to go wrong with anything with chocolate and peanut butter! Will definitely have to make these!

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  17. Cannot wait to try these. This is a plan for this weekend. We LOVE peanut butter-can’t always have it because of school rules, so these are a nice treat for home.

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  20. These bars are at the top of “to bake” list. They will be great to share with family and neighbors. Thanks!

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  23. We have a group that gets together most Sat. nights. We all bring something to contribute to the meal. I am the only one who likes to bake so I frequently get dessert. This sounds amazing and the guys always want something that goes with ice cream. Thanks Lauren. Love that little guy, Eddy. He may be frustrating but he sure is a cutie. Gail

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  28. These look so yummy and divine! Plus I have everything on hand to make them…hmm, maybe a good Valentine’s potluck dish? I’m thinking tonight I’ll be making chocolate chip peanut butter bars while watching you dip strawberries into chocolate! 🙂

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  29. These look so good! I frequently bake for my coworkers and bars are one of my favorite things to bring them. I’m going to add this to my arsenal of recipes to bake and share.

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  31. Yummy! I have made these twice. Second time I did a 1 and 1/2 size recipe batch. I have three (8″?) heart shaped pans and it worked perfect. Put them on a large pretty red plate, drizzled white frosting and sprinkled with red sugar and they were to die for! Took one to son at college, one to best friend and one to neighbor for helping us with the horrible 14″ of snow!!
    thank you for sharing.

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  33. Love peanut butter and chocolate…and who doesn’t love bar cookies. Once my daughter is back home from college, I’ll make these. She and I love baking and eating it all by ourselves…lol.

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  36. Is there anything better than chocolate and peanut butter?! I think not😋😋Can’t wait to whip up a batch of these for my galentines party this weekend!! Thanks for always posting such awesome and delicious recipes!

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  39. OMG Lauren! You kill me… I cannot wait to try these!! I would have made the the day you posted them but… diet. Ugh. They totally look worth breaking a diet for!! The temptation is killing me.

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  40. These have been on my list to try! Added the recipe slip to my jar… hoping to draw that one soon (maybe I’ll rig the drawing 😉 !

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  45. Saw the prep time of ten minutes and knew it was a winner. With one year old twins and a three year old time is important!! Thanks for a quick and delicious recipe!!

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  49. These look so easy to pull together and I already have all these ingredients on hand. I need a baking project tomorrow and this might be it.

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