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Peanut Butter Cup Bars

Peanut Butter Cup Bars – Make your own, favorite Peanut Butter Cups at home, fresher, cheaper AND in a bigger bar size perfect for a family treat !

Peanut Butter Cup Bars - Make your own, favorite Peanut Butter Cups, better AND in a bigger bar size, at home !

The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are now available in our stores, but they are ridiculously expensive. To make small individual cups takes a bit of time, which I do not like … and in comes the Peanut Butter Cup Bars !

Until about 2 years ago, I have never had a Peanut Butter Cup … really !

The Reese’s brand was not available in our general supermarket stores and one could only get them from a speciality store, which we did not have one close enough.

 

Peanut Butter Cup Bars - Make your own, favorite Peanut Butter Cups, better AND in a bigger bar size, at home !

I remember the first batch of PB Cups I made at home – instant addiction.

Same delicious taste, less work and 25 – 30 bars are ready in less than 25 minutes. Now that is something I can live with.

My son still refuses to eat Peanut Butter anything, except when it is spread on bread. He might have been changed with another baby in hospital – only explanation I can think of !

Well, I say, more for myself .. oh, and the rest of the family of course.

Peanut Butter Cup Bars - Make your own, favorite Peanut Butter Cups, better AND in a bigger bar size, at home !

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Peanut Butter Cup Bars

Linda Nortje
Peanut Butter Cup Bars - Make your own, favorite Peanut Butter Cups at home, fresher, cheaper AND in a bigger bar size perfect for a family treat !
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Course Sweet Treats
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Chill Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 30 Servings
Calories 291.6 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Unsalted Butter melted
  • 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
  • 4 cups Icing Sugar
  • 1 cup Dry Bread Crumbs – the very fine type or Graham crumbs
  • 1 ½ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Instructions
 

  • 1.) Combine the Butter, Peanut Butter, Icing Sugar and Crumbs – food processor works perfectly
  • 2.) Line a baking sheet with baking paper – let the paper hang over the edges for easy removal – press the Peanut Butter mixture firmly into the baking sheet
  • 3.) Melt the Chocolate Chips – spread over the filling – chill 15 minutes

Notes

  • Recipe converted to show cups, instead of grams : August 17, 2018
Nutrition Facts
Peanut Butter Cup Bars
Amount per Serving
Calories
291.6
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
19.9
g
31
%
Saturated Fat
 
10.4
g
65
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
4.1
g
Cholesterol
 
33.1
mg
11
%
Sodium
 
65.5
mg
3
%
Carbohydrates
 
27.9
g
9
%
Fiber
 
0.7
g
3
%
Sugar
 
23.1
g
26
%
Protein
 
2.5
g
5
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition value, where given, is not always accurate. Please also check your ingredient labels.

Slice into bars and serve !  Easy, peasy ..

LINDA

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margaret knauss

Thursday 16th of August 2018

What is 200 and 500 g in cups?

Linda Nortje

Friday 17th of August 2018

Hi Margaret, I updated the recipe to only show cups and not grams. Hope this helps :)

Jamie Sherman

Friday 16th of May 2014

Peanut butter and chocolate were made for each other!! Send me Dimitri's! :)

The Cynical Sailor

Friday 16th of May 2014

I can't believe you didn't have peanut butter cups until two years ago - oh, what you had been missing :-) This recipe looks great and reminds me of the bars they used to serve us in our school cafeteria. There is a variation of this recipe they make in my home state of Ohio called buckeyes, which you might also like. Cheers - Ellen

Michelle Meche

Monday 12th of May 2014

I admit it. I don't have a lot of patience for fiddly cooking things like rolling dozens of something. This is why I always choose cake over cupcakes! I like this simpler prep, Linda. Thank you for linking.

Laura@Baking in Pyjamas

Sunday 11th of May 2014

Visiting from Happiness is Homemade Link Party. I love peanut butter cups, they are very expensive here too. These bars look lovely. I co-host Sweet and Savoury Sunday and would for you to stop by and share these and other recipes with us when the party goes live on Sunday night. Have a great day!

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