No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

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Peanut butter, graham crackers and chocolate come together in these fun no bake peanut butter bars. They are sure to get rave reviews everywhere you take them.  Luckily they only take 6 ingredients and a few minutes to put together, so the are a perfect easy dessert.

Layers of peanut butter and chocolate no bake goodness come together in this easy to make treat.  They are like buckeye bars with graham crackers for a lovely texture and amazing flavor.

I wouldn’t blame you if you start keeping some in your fridge at all times.  Not. One. Bit. 

So go ahead and whip some up, just don’t say I didn’t warn you how good they would be!

Our love story with these deliciously easy treats started in the summer of 2016.  We were at my aunt and uncle’s for a summer BBQ.  

My cousin Emily is known for her cupcakes and sweets, so she was the dessert committee and her parents handled dinner. She pulled out an old favorite recipe of hers, these buckeye bars, and when she served them everyone gobbled them right up.

Now our affinity for chocolate and peanut butter is well documented. Whether they appear together in ice cream or sheet cakes, we love it all!

So it shouldn’t strike you as a giant surprise when you hear that we were immediately drawn to these over the other offerings.  In fact, my husband kept going back for more.

Apparently everyone took notice because they sent him home with a plate of them. It was one of those take these to save us from eating them deals, the kind I do all of the time.

Now sometimes he will have satisfied his sweet tooth for the month on his first binge and then the rest sits around until little dude and I eat it or I find it in the garage a month later and throw it away.

That was not the case with these.  No way! They quickly disappeared.

So of course I had to get the recipe. But then the weather cooled off and it seemed like the summer was the right time to share a quick, easy, no-bake treat like these.  Finally the time seemed right and I whipped up a batch.

You guys, these are so easy, like dangerously easy. They are also so good, definitely dangerously good! They only take a few minutes to make.

In the heat of summer, I would recommend letting them firm up in the refrigerator for a bit before slicing. But that is the hardest part, the waiting!

Of course we shared these at a family dinner. My husband again helped himself to two big hunks. Then we brought some to share at his mom’s where they got rave reviews.

I sent the rest out to the garage refrigerator to keep myself from eating them. My husband was nice enough to share with a buddy who put them in his top three desserts of all time! Now that’s really saying something!

If you love peanut butter and chocolate treats as much as we do, these are a perfect treat.  What are your favorite chocolate and peanut butter recipes?

Tip for cutting nice bars

I find it easiest to cut these bars when the chocolate topping isn’t super cold. So I like to let it set at room temperature, then cut the bars.

After the bars are cut, put them in the refrigerator to set completely. They are easiest to serve cold.

They taste amazing cold or at room temperature. They will get soft in warm weather.

Don’t worry though, they will still taste amazing. You just might have to lick the extra chocolate off of your fingers!

More great no bake peanut butter chocolate treats

If you like these, you are going to love buckeyes. They are on of our favorite Christmas treats, but there is no reason you can’t make them year round!

Or try chocolate peanut butter bites for a crunchier treat. The filling goes between two pretzels and the whole thing is dunked in delicious chocolate.

No bake oatmeal cookies are another great option. They come together in a just a few minutes and they are loaded with this tasty flavor combination.

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