Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

Believe it or not, I haven’t been eating that much dessert lately(just ignore the dessert post yesterday and the ones last week along with everything I say). I’m racing a half marathon in 2 weeks and want to be lean, mean, and strong for it, so I’ve been opting for healthier sweets like fruit or these s’mores parfaits.

Still, I could NEVER give up dessert cold turkey; sometimes you just need good old refined sugar and saturated fat. Once a day(that’s cutting back for me) I have dessert and I make it a good one that I love, like these bars. This is by far one of my favorite recipes, and with only 4-ingredients that any pantry should have, I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars(adapted from Oh Baby Bars)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup peanut butter, runny or no-stir
• 7 Tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 10oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method:

1. In a large bowl, melt 6 tablespoons of butter along with the peanut butter until completely liquid.
2. Add the powdered sugar into the peanut butter and butter mixture and beat until completely incorporated. Press the peanut butter mixture into a loaf pan or a 9 x 9 pan for smaller portions.
3. Melt the chocolate chips and remaining tablespoon of butter together and mix. Pour this over the peanut butter layer.
4. Refrigerate until the chocolate has set. Cut at room temperature into 1 x 1 square servings.

Totally worth it.