Desserts

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookie Bars recipe

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kraft

Super good. I would recommend using chocolate chips instead of the baker's chocolate--a lot easier b/c you don't have to chop up the chocolate and less mess to clean up!!

posted by

cmc82

on 1/10/2012

time

prep:

15 min

total:

5 hr 40 min

servings

total:

32 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

pkg. (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

1/2

cup (1 stick) butter, melted

1/2

cup milk

squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped, divided

cup PLANTERS Dry Roasted Peanuts, divided

cup PLANTERS Creamy Peanut Butter

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

LINE 13x9-inch pan with foil; spray with cooking spray. Beat first 4 ingredients with mixer until well blended. (Dough will be thick.) Press half onto bottom of prepared pan.

BAKE 10 min. Sprinkle half each of the chopped chocolate and nuts over crust. Microwave peanut butter in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min., stirring after 30 sec.; spread over nuts. Roll remaining dough into 13x9-inch rectangle between 2 sheets of waxed paper. Peel back top layer of waxed paper; flip dough onto top of dessert. Remove remaining waxed paper. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate and nuts. Press gently into dough with spatula.

BAKE 15 min. Cool 1 hour. Refrigerate 4 hours before cutting into bars.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Note from the KRAFT Kitchens

We appreciate your comments and changed our method. To create nice even layers, microwave the peanut butter and roll out the top layer of dough as directed. Thank you for all of your helpful suggestions!

Make Ahead

Make these bars a day ahead. Then, just cut them, put them on a serving platter and you're ready to go!

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cmc82

posted:1/10/2012

Super good. I would recommend using chocolate chips instead of the baker's chocolate--a lot easier b/c you don't have to chop up the chocolate and less mess to clean up!!

elginacres

posted:7/6/2011

I can't tell you how many compliments I get with this recipe. I'm an constantly told that they are the best brownies they've ever eaten! Thanks Kraft!

shellybean9

posted:10/4/2010

Very good and easy to make.

simplysweet52

posted:8/17/2010

My sister made these for my family and they were out of this world delicious!

meggs333

posted:2/26/2010

These were really good! Some house guests thought the bars were made with the same peanut butter found in Reece's peanut butter cups. They were impressed. I followed the recipe pretty closely except I substituted the chopped peanuts for chopped roasted almonds, because that is what I had on hand. A tricky part of the cooking was that the peanut butter was difficult to spread onto the bottom layer =( But I would definitely make these bars again, but keep the almonds because they added a nice complementary flavor and crunchiness to the peanut butter.

kpentico

posted:11/14/2009

While the flavor was good, spreading the layers was difficult.

mommie328

posted:11/9/2009

As with all others, top layer is not easy to spread over middle peanut butter layer. Think next time I will allow pan to cool after first step before preceding to next step. May use choc. chips next time too. I also feel this might be better in a slightly smaller pan.

fairyp80

posted:11/4/2009

My boss made these gluten free...they were phenomenal, and she didn't have any issues spreading the 2nd or 3rd layers...I don't normally like gluten free desserts (she is gluten sensitive) but the smell of these woke me up (literally...I am her live in nanny) and I probably would have eaten the whole pan if she hadn't needed to take them to a function...

jackielbrewer

posted:11/2/2009

I just finished this recipe and I'm not a master chef but I'm also not a novice. But I had none of the problems with the peanut butter or spreading the batter as the majority of comments stated. I think its simple and tasty and I will make it again and again.

yummy_roxy

posted:11/1/2009

a little too many peanuts. used dark chocolate cake mix...so good. rich, delicous. easy to make!