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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
February 4, 2018
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Peanut butter and two kinds of chocolate chips make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars moist and delicious bars irresistible. Made in one bowl and baked to perfection, this dessert will have you swooning!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
Do you know what I love better than peanut butter cookies? Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip 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! But besides them being really simple to make they also taste amazing and are the perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter.
Main Ingredients Needed
For these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars, you’re going to want to gather up all of the regular ingredients you’d use for normal cookies. Plus a couple of special mix-ins. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Butter – delicious fat to start these cookies off right.
- Smooth Peanut Butter – if you like that extra crunch, use crunchy peanut butter.
- Brown Sugar + Granulated Sugar – creamed with the butter, these are both used for sweetening and flavor.
- Egg + Egg Yolks – these are both used for the structure and texture of the cookie bars.
- Vanilla – for flavor.
- All-Purpose Flour – to fill out the bars.
- Baking Soda – the leavening agent.
- Salt – to balance out all the sweetness.
- Walnuts – chopped. You could also sub these out for a nut that you like.
- Milk Chocolate Chips + Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips – I used both for flavor and to evenly distribute the chocolate!
If you LOVE peanut butter cookies, try these out: Classic Peanut Butter Cookies, Peanut Butter Blossoms, Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies, Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies, Peanut Butter Caramel Cookies, and Reese’s Pieces Cookies.
How to Make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
For full details on how to make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars, see the recipe card down below 🙂
Step 1: Preheat + Prep
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line glass 9×13 dish with parchment paper and set aside.
Step 2: Make the Dough
Place butter and peanut butter into a large bowl and melt together in the microwave. Stir in brown sugar and granulated sugar until well combined. Add in egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Mix until lighter in color. 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 dough.
Step 3: Add Chocolate Chips + Press Dough Into Pan
Hand-stir the chocolate chips into the batter and press into the prepared pan.
Step 4: Bake + Cool
Bake 15-18 minutes or until the center is mostly cooked. Cool 15 minutes before cutting into bars and serving.
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 bars cut and hold their shape much better after cooling completely.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars FAQs
How would I double this recipe?
You can easily double this recipe by using another 9×13 pan! More bars mean more for sharing.
Do I have to use semi-sweet chocolate chips?
Consider using different kinds of chocolate chips for this recipe. Dark chocolate, or even peanut butter chips!
Can I sub out the butter for oil?
I wouldn’t recommend using oil instead of butter for these cookie bars, because it throws off the texture.
How can I add even more peanut butter into these bars?
A fun way to elevate these bars, especially if you love peanut butter, is to swirl some throughout the dough. The results are spots of warm peanut butter mingling around melted chocolate chips.
More Cookie Bars to Try!
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Sugar Cookie Bars
- Caramel Snickerdoodle Bars
- Double Chocolate Cookie Bars
- Carmelitas
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
- S’mores Bars
If you love these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars then consider trying some of my other cookie bar recipes!
Printable recipe card is below, happy baking 🙂
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
Peanut butter and two kinds of chocolate chips make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars moist and deliciously irresistible. Made in one bowl and baked to perfection, this dessert will have you swooning!
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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line glass 9×13 dish with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place butter and peanut butter into a large bowl and melt together in the microwave. Stir in brown sugar and granulated sugar until well combined.
- Add in egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Mix until lighter in color.
- 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.
- Hand-stir the chocolate chips into the batter and press into prepared pan.
- Bake 15-18 minutes or until the center is mostly cooked.
- Cool 15 minutes before cutting into bars and serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 291kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 208mg | Potassium: 130mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 193IU | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg
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. 🙂
Hahaha!! Best comment ever!
Yum! Cant go wrong with that combo! These are going on my list to bake!!
I made these for my daughter to take back to college – she loved them!
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 😎
Is this recipe easy to 1/2?
I’m single and I don’t want to or need to eat a whole pan
Yes! I think it should be easy to halve. Just watch that baking time 😉
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! 😁
I canmt wait to make these! Yum!
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.
Chocolate and peanut butter are my love language. Will be trying these soon!!
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.
Printed this off to try!!
Tried these today and they were a hit!
Made these this past weekend and they were amazing!!
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! ♥️
These look amazing! Course it’s hard to go wrong with anything with chocolate and peanut butter! Will definitely have to make these!
Made these on Sunday and they were delicious! My whole family devoured them:)
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.
This sounds amazing! Can’t wait to make this recipe. Thank you, Lauren!
These look amazing! Thank you for all the delicious recipes! This is my favorite blog to follow 🙂
These bars are at the top of “to bake” list. They will be great to share with family and neighbors. Thanks!
I am going to try these! Sound amazing!
When I make your burritos later this week these will be dessert.!
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
Our family loves this recipe, thanks for sharing!
These look so, so GOOD!
My favorite of all……………..
I can’t wait to make these!! They look amazing!
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! 🙂
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.
My kids would LOVE these! Chocolate and peanut butter?! YUM! Can’t wait to make these. Pinning now!
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.
Made this for my family and they absolutely loved them!
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.
These look yummy! Can’t wait to try them!
My kids would love these. Can’t wait to make them.
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!
These are sooooo up my alley!!
Can’t wait to make these!!
Chocolate + Peanut Butter = ❤️
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.
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 😉 !
This looks delicious!!! Can’t wait to make them!
Oh my gosh these are drool worthy!! Definitely adding this to my list of things to bake😋😋
These look yummy! And I think i have all the ingredients so might be making these real soon!
These look so good- can’t wait to try them!
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!!
Looking forward to making these!
These would be great with almond butter in them!
Yum! I printed and saved the recipe. I have a pot luck lunch at work, and these will be great. Thanks!
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.
These look so yummy! I’ll be trying them very soon!