No Bake Peanut Butter Bars (Using Simple Pantry Ingredients)
These no bake peanut butter bars are super easy to make and require minimal ingredients from your pantry. Learn how to make this delicious snack easily at home.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword no bake peanut butter bars
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
2 hourshours
Total Time 2 hourshours10 minutesminutes
Servings 9
Author Valya's Taste of Home
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Layer Ingredients
4oz.– unsalted butter melted
2cups– crushed Biscoff cookies (or cookies of your choice)
½cup– maple syrup
½tsp.– vanilla extract
1 ½cup– crunchy peanut (you may use creamy if you don’t like the nuts in the bars)
Pinchof sea salt
Chocolate Layer Ingredients
7oz.- chocolate bar
1tbsp.– peanut butter
¼cup– freshly brewed espresso
Instructions
How to Make the Peanut Butter Layer
Let's start by making the peanut butter layer first. To do this, line a small 8-inch x 8-inch pan with parchment paper and set it aside.
Next, crush the Biscoff cookies or cookies of your choice and set them aside.
Melt butter, and set aside.
Now add all ingredients into a medium bowl: crushed cookies, peanut butter, melted butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt, then stir everything just until it's combined.
Next, press the peanut butter mixture evenly into the prepared baking pan.
Let the baking dish chill in the fridge for an hour to firm.
How to Make the Chocolate Layer
Time to prep our chocolate layer before assembling it! To do this, break or cut the chocolate bar into small chunks.
Next, add freshly brewed espresso and peanut butter into a bowl with the chocolate chunks. Place the bowl into a double boiler (my preference) or melt it in the microwave. Stir occasionally until it's all well combined.
If you're using a microwave, heat for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each interval.
How to Assemble No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Let's combine the layers for the tastiest no bake peanut butter bars!
Simply spread the chocolate mixture over the top of the peanut butter layer. Then allow it to chill in the fridge for a few hours before serving.
Your delicious No Bake Peanut Butter Bars are ready to be served!