No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

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These No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are always a family favorite. You only need 5 ingredients to make them, they serve 24, and cost $7.30 to make. That’s just 31¢ per serving!

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars bring back memories of when I lived in Seoul, South Korea. I moved to Seoul back in 2006 to spend a year teaching English there. I lived in a tiny 300 square foot apartment where the bathroom was the size of a telephone booth and the sink doubled as my shower. Who doesn’t love showering next to their toilet, right?

Then there was the kitchen, it consisted of a small fridge, sink, and 2 gas burners. The bathroom took some getting used to, but kind of grew on me after a while. But the kitchen…I loathed that kitchen and missed an oven dearly. 

Cooking and baking are ways I like to exercise my artistic abilities and in Seoul, I seriously struggled! The less than adequate kitchen combined with foreign and unidentified ingredients at the market made for a culinary challenge. 

Thank goodness for Costco though! I went there monthly and stocked up on as many comforts from home as I could carry on the subway. What a spectacle I must have made: a tall (by Asian standards) blonde schlepping bulk American products like butter, peanut butter, blocks of cheese, cereal, chocolate chips, etc onto a crowded Seoul subway…awesome.

With my limited American products and a barely functioning kitchen, I needed to come up with a dish to bring to potlucks at church. And so an old recipe my roommates and I used to make in college was reborn. The best part is that these Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are no-bake! Woo hoo! 

These homemade Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars are always a hit and taste so good! And here is the other great secret about this Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars recipe: it only has 5 ingredients! 

We all love chocolate and peanut butter but put it into layered bars and it is next-level deliciousness.

How to Make No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars:

1. First, grease a 13×9-inch baking pan then beat 1 ¼ cups peanut butter and butter in large bowl until creamy. 
2. Next, slowly beat in powdered sugar. Add in graham cracker crumbs and press the mixture into the pan.
3. Then, smooth the top with a spatula. Melt the remaining peanut butter and chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat stirring until smooth. 
4. Finally, spread the chocolate over the graham cracker and peanut butter mixture in the pan and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. 

How do you melt peanut butter?

You can easily melt peanut butter in your microwave. Just heat it up in 30-second increments. Stir it in between intervals and continue until smooth and melted.

What can I do with a lot of peanut butter?

Make any of these delicious dessert recipes:

• Best Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle
• Brownie Bites with Peanut Butter Frosting
• Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups Cheesecake Dip
• Butterfinger Scotcheroos
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
• Deep Dish Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pie
• Loaded No Churn Peanut Butter Ice Cream
• Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies
• Peanut Butter Cookie Bars with Dark Chocolate Chunks
• Peanut Butter Cup Crunch Brownies
  Peanut Butter Frosting
• Peanut Butter Swirl Brownie Recipe
• Reese’s Rice Krispie Treats

How much will this Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars recipe cost? 

RECIPE COST: $7.30

PER SERVING COST: $0.31

NOTE: The recipe prices are used calculating name brand products from Walmart’s website. The actual cost of the recipe will vary depending on what your pantry is already stocked with and current grocery prices. 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups peanut butter $2.82
• 12 Tablespoons butter, softened $1.20
• 2 cups powdered sugar $0.58
• 3 cups graham cracker crumbs $1.98
• 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips $0.72

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Cook’s Tools:

• 9×13-inch baking pan
• Stand mixer OR handheld mixer
• Wooden spoon
• Rubber scraper
• saucepan

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

These No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are always a family favorite. You only need 5 ingredients to make them, they serve 24, and cost $7.30 to make. That’s just 31¢ per serving!

5 from 10 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate, peanut butter

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

CHILLING TIME: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings: 24 people

US Customary - Metric

Calories: 326kcal

Author: Jillian - a Food, Folks and Fun original!

Ingredients

• 2 cups peanut butter divided
• ¾ cups salted butter softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

• Lightly grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Beat 1 ¼ cups peanut butter and butter until creamy and lightened in color with a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl with a handheld mixer.
• Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Mix in graham cracker crumbs.
• Press the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Smooth top with a rubber scraper.
• Melt the remaining ¾ cup peanut butter and chocolate chips in a medium, heavy-duty saucepan over the low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
• Spread the chocolate over the peanut butter mixture. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until chocolate is firm; cut into bars. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Calories: 326kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 220mg | Potassium: 224mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 183IU | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg

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These No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are always a family favorite. You only need 5 ingredients to make them, they serve 24, and cost $7.30 to make. That’s just 31¢ per serving!