Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

These chocolate peanut butter bars are a new dessert favorite! They get eaten right after I make them and they are always highly requested. Try them out!

Looking for other peanut butter recipes? Check out these:

• Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
• Peanut Butter – 3 Different Ways!
• No Bake Pumpkin Peanut Butter Oat Bars
• Peanut Butter Cookies
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
• Dark Chocolate Dreams w/ Peanut Butter Bites

I used Peanut Butter & Co’s Dark Chocolate Dreams. And it was absolutely amazing in them! Perfect contribution for our Peanut Butter Week! You are going to want to make these ASAP.

How to Make Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

Salted Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bars

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Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 (16 oz) container of Dark Chocolate Dreams
• sea salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla. Sift flour and then slowly add to the mixture. Grab a 9x9 pan and spray with cooking spray. Take 1/2 of the dough and press firmly in the bottom of the pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Set aside and let cool for about 10 minutes. Grab the Dark Chocolate Dreams and spoon on to the dough. Let sit for a few minutes so it starts to melt a little so it becomes easier to spread and then spread it all over. Grab the remaining dough and crumble it into small pieces. Evenly place it all over in the Dark Chocolate Dreams. Place back in the oven and cook for another 25-27 minutes or until the edges start to get golden brown. Once it is done cooking grab the sea salt and gently sprinkle it all over evenly. Then let them sit for a few minutes and then place in the fridge to let it cool even more before you cut it.
2. Then sit down and try to eat only 1 of them!

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 (16 oz) container of Dark Chocolate Dreams   (Nutella)
• sea salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.

3. Add vanilla.

4. Sift flour and then slowly add to the mixture. 

5. Grab a 9×9 pan and spray with cooking spray.

6. Take 1/2 of the dough and press firmly in the bottom of the pan.

7. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

8. Set aside and let cool for about 10 minutes. 

9. Grab the Dark Chocolate Dreams and spoon on to the dough.

10. Let sit for a few minutes so it starts to melt a little so it becomes easier to spread and then spread it all over.

11. Grab the remaining dough and crumble it into small pieces.

12. Evenly place it all over in the Dark Chocolate Dreams.

13. Place back in the oven and cook for another 25-27 minutes or until the edges start to get golden brown.

14. Once it is done cooking grab the sea salt and gently sprinkle it all over evenly.

15. Then let them sit for a few minutes and then place in the fridge to let it cool even more before you cut it.

16. Lastly, sit down and try to eat only 1 of them!

Instructions in Detail

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla. Sift flour and then slowly add to the mixture. Grab a 9×9 pan and spray with cooking spray. Take 1/2 of the dough and press firmly in the bottom of the pan.
2. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Set aside and let cool for about 10 minutes. Grab the Dark Chocolate Dreams and spoon on to the dough. Let sit for a few minutes so it starts to melt a little so it becomes easier to spread and then spread it all over. Grab the remaining dough and crumble it into small pieces. Evenly place it all over in the Dark Chocolate Dreams.
3. Place back in the oven and cook for another 25-27 minutes or until the edges start to get golden brown. Once it is done cooking grab the sea salt and gently sprinkle it all over evenly. Then let them sit for a few minutes and then place in the fridge to let it cool even more before you cut it. Then sit down and try to eat only 1 of them!