Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
After nearly a year of testing, I’m officially ready to share my ‘better than the Lunch Lady's’ Peanut Butter Bars! Capped with chocolate frosting and full of oats + peanut butter, these baked bars simply cannot be beat!
Servings: 24 squares
Ingredients
Peanut Butter cookie Layer
- 1/2 cup (111g) salted butter
- 1 cup (246g) peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (115g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (123g) brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups (228g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (100g) old fashioned oats
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
Chocolate Icing
- 1/2 cup (111g) salted butter
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 6 tbsp milk
- 1 lb powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Cream together peanut butter, butter and sugars until light and fluffy with either a stand mixer or electric hand mixer.
- Add in the eggs and vanilla, mix until just combined.
- Add in the flour, old fashioned oats, salt and baking soda.
- Mix until the dough forms. Dough will be slightly sticky.
- Spread and press the dough into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan.
- Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes.
- Once the peanut butter bars come out of the oven, make the frosting.
- To make the frosting, melt the butter, cocoa powder and milk in a medium saucepan pan over medium heat. Bring to a soft boil.
- Once boiling, remove from heat and whisk in the powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Let the icing cool for 10 minutes. Stir the icing to break up the crusting on top and then pour over the peanut butter bars.
- Allow to cool completely before cutting. (You can put it in fridge to speed up the process, if desired.)
Nutrition
Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 227mg | Potassium: 120mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 262IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg
