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 !
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.
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.
More sweet treats you might like :
Peanut Butter Cup Bars
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 !
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 1/2 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 Information
Yield 30Amount Per Serving Calories 291.6Total Fat 19.9gSaturated Fat 10.4gUnsaturated Fat 4.1gCholesterol 33.1mgSodium 65.5mgCarbohydrates 27.9gFiber 0.7gSugar 23.1gProtein 2.5g
Slice into bars and serve ! Easy, peasy ..
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!