If you’re looking for a no-fuss, one-bowl recipe for peanut butter chocolate chip bars you’ve come to the right place! Just 10 ingredients and only 30 minutes of your time, and you’ll be loving on these bars made with smooth, creamy peanut butter and sweet chocolate chunks.
Why this recipe is so popular
Peanut butter and chocolate is a time honored tradition for some. Remember the old Reeses peanut butter cup commercials? “Hey, you got chocolate in my peanut butter!” The two ingredients were meant to be together.
Everyone loves easy chocolate chip cookies, but baking them in bar form means they are easily portable! Take the whole pan with you to your next potluck or family get-together.
Ingredients you will need
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- Dry: all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt
Wet: unsalted butter, creamy peanut butter, sugar, light brown sugar, egg, vanilla
Add ins: chopped semisweet chocolate (or a bag of chocolate chunks or chips), nuts if you want them
How to Make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
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- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a 13×9 pan with foil, grease or spray the foil.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter, sugars, and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until well combined. Turn mixer down to low and slowly add in dry ingredients. Turn off mixer and fold in chocolate.
- Press cookie dough into prepared pan and bake 20-22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack in pan. When cooled completely, lift out by foil and cut into bars.
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Expert Tips & FAQs
Lining and overlapping the pan either with foil or parchment paper gives you “handles”, making it easy to lift the bars out.
These peanut butter chocolate chunk bars are actually a basic chocolate chip cookie dough with the addition of peanut butter. If you already have a favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, compare yours to this, then add peanut butter in proportion.
These chocolate chip bars have been a favorite in this house for years. We love my peanut butter cookies so much, it just made sense to mix the two together. Here are some more of our chocolate chip faves!
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- Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet
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- Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoons baking soda
- ¼ teaspoons salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter 1 1/2 sticks (softened)
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 12 oz chopped semi sweet chocolate or a bag of chocolate chunks or chips
Before You Begin
- Lining and overlapping the pan either with foil or parchment paper gives you "handles", making it easy to lift the bars out.
- These peanut butter chocolate chunk bars are actually a basic chocolate chip cookie dough with the addition of peanut butter. If you already have a favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, compare yours to this, then add peanut butter in proportion.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a 13x9 pan with foil, grease or spray the foil. You can also use parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter, sugars, and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until well combined. Turn mixer down to low and slowly add in dry ingredients. Turn off mixer and fold in chocolate.
- Press cookie dough into prepared pan and bake 20-22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack in pan. When cooled completely, lift out by foil and cut into bars.
Nutrition
This post was originally published on this blog on March 15, 2011.
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Miz Helen says
Hi Amanda,
You can just go ahead and box me up 2 dozen of these lovely bars. I will just take them with me to my retreat this week end, they just look awesome. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and please come back!
Miriam says
I need chocolate today too. Great recipe! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
The Better Baker says
Oh my goodness! My mouth is watering and I want a bite NOW too! Great video – how wonderful. Can never go wrong with a choco/pnut butter combo! Thanks for sharing – I found you at Full Plate Thursday. Have a wonderful day!
Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes] says
Those bars look awesome Amanda. Sure wish I had some right about now!
Avril says
I am in love!!! All my favorite goodies in one bar! Super YUM! :-)
Rachel says
Always a huge fan of the peanut butter and chocolate combination…can't wait to try these bars!!!
cookies and cups says
These sound (and look) perfect for a craving day!
Megan says
Looks like a perfect way to drive away those nasty cravings. LOL
BTW- voted for your craft blog. :)
Amanda says
Thanks everyone! These are great warm, but they are amazing at room temperature! If you can wait that long LOL
RedTedArt says
Oh my word, these sound scrumptilious!!!!!!!! I WANT SOME!
Thanks for sharing the recipe on Kids Get Crafty :-)
Maggy
Fallon says
Love PB and chocolate cookies!
donna from Yumma Yumma says
It doesn't get any better than peanut butter and chocolate! Wish I had one (or 5) of these right now!
Deeba PAB says
Love them bar cookies, and the pb in them makes them sound divine. Like the 'trying something new' idea of the you-tube slideshow Amanda. Good for you!
Sprinzette @ Ginger and Almonds says
Now that's a seriously delicious-looking bite. Scrumptious!
Ann from On Sutton Place says
Bar cookies are my all time favorite thing to make. Yours looks absolutely wonderful! I can almost taste them…great job. ~Ann
Jenn @ BentoForKidlet says
These look amazing! They are going on my to bake list! I would make them tonight if I didn't have cakes to bake for a school carnival :P
Sue says
These look fantastic, and your video is more original than most, especially the music~love it!
The Daily Smash says
Yummy just pass me a glass of milk with the whole bowl these look so good.
Ashley
http://www.thedailysmash101.blogspot.com
Kristin says
I've been itching to bake for two days now and this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for – quick and using ingredients I already have on hand. Perfect! I'm going to make them right now.
Katrina says
Yummy–possibly the most perfect combo. Gooey bars look great!