Candy-Topped Creamy Peanut Butter Bars

Easy Pillsbury® Create 'n Bake® refrigerated cookie dough forms the crust in a simply delicious bar. Layer on the peanutty filling and chocolaty topping, and you're in for a treat!

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ingredients 9
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 2 hr 20 min

Ingredients

1: roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated chocolate chip cookies

3/4: cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2: cup peanut butter

2: cups powdered sugar

2: tablespoons milk

1: cup salted peanuts

1: cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/4: cup whipping cream

1/2: cup miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, break up cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust. Bake 12 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
2 In medium bowl, beat 1/2 cup of the butter, the peanut butter, powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Stir in peanuts. Spread mixture over cooled crust.
3 In 1-quart saucepan, cook chocolate chips and remaining 1/4 cup butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Cool 10 minutes.
4 Stir whipping cream into chocolate mixture until well blended. Spread over peanut butter mixture. Immediately sprinkle baking bits over chocolate. Refrigerate until chocolate is set, about 1 hour. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows. Store bars in refrigerator.

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Expert Tips

You can choose to use a mixer to beat the peanut butter mixture, or a spoon will work, too.

Make this even speedier--use crunchy peanut butter and omit the peanuts.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 210
Calories from Fat: 110),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 13g; 13%
(Saturated Fat 5g, 5% Trans Fat 1/2g 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 100mg; 100%;
Total Carbohydrate: 21g; 21%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 16g 16% ),
Protein: 3g; 3%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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tbrum23

report Posted Sep. 10, 2012 6:40 PM

Delicious! I made using peanut butter cookie dough. Didn't have any problem cutting the bars.

kdmikkd

report Posted Aug. 29, 2012 1:17 PM

Very easy to make and delicious but a little on the sweet side. I found only one problem when cutting them. The top would break into pieces and the filling squish out from the sides. I tried cutting when cool, refrigerated and frozen.

Skullandglossbones

report Posted Jul. 4, 2012 10:45 AM

Very easy to make I skipped using peanuts and it came out fabulously. Will make again!

lisa4012

report Posted Jul. 1, 2011 8:11 AM

Delicious! my family and i loved them!! this is definately a keeper

bunnyanne

report Posted Dec. 9, 2010 7:13 PM

deliciously sweet my family loves them