No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients:
1cup unsalted butter melted
2 cups animal cracker crumbs or vanilla wafers, graham crackers, etc
2 cups powdered sugar
1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter
Topping:
¼ cup peanut butter
10 oz semi-sweet chocolate chopped
You can use a hand mixer or even a blender if you don’t have a food processor. We like the food processor because it makes for the smoothest mixture.
This recipe uses semi sweet chocolate for the topping. If you want it a big sweeter, and closer to the flavor of a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, simply substitute milk chocolate for the semi sweet. I prefer to use baking chocolate, but you can certainly use chocolate chips instead.
- In a mixer or a food processor, combine the first four ingredients until smooth. Spread into a 13×9 baking pan.
- For the topping, melt the chocolate and peanut butter together in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir. If not completely melted you can heat in 10 second intervals until smooth. Spread over the top of the peanut butter layer.
- Chill dessert in the refrigerator for about an hour, or in the freezer for 15 minutes. Cut into bars and serve.
No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup milk
1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 (9-inch) prepared graham cracker crusts
Gather the ingredients.
Combine cream cheese and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
Add peanut butter and milk; beat until smooth.
Fold in whipped topping until well combined; spoon mixture evenly into graham cracker crusts.
Cover and freeze until firm.
