Easy Pillsbury™ 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!
Candy-Topped Creamy Peanut Butter Bars
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 20 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 36
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- 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
Instructions
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Step1Heat 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. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER PRESSING DOUGH IN PAN WITH FLOURED FINGERS.) Bake 12 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step2In 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.
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Step3In 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.
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Step4Stir 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.
Nutrition
210
Calories
13g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
21g
Total Carbohydrate
16g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 210
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 19%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 27%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 100mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 16g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 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 Choice
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