Desserts

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

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Oh chocolate + peanut butter. You will always have a special place in my heart! With the added bonus of not having to bake this dynamic duo in order to get a scrumptious bar-like dessert, my heart has been won over completely. In the summer, we often eat lighter meals & I kind of see it as a challenge to test how long we can go without turning on our oven. And by lighter meals, I just meal cooler ones. Not like we eat salad every night, although that wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing. And

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For the bars
6 tbsp unsalted but­ter, softened
6 firmly packed tbsp demerara (raw) sugar
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut but­ter
1/2 cup gra­ham cracker crumbs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups powdered sugar
For the chocolate glaze
8 ounces dark chocolate (either chips or chopped fine)
5 tbsp heavy cream
½ tsp vanilla extract
Line an 8x8 pan with parch­ment paper, leav­ing a 2-inch over­hang on all sides. Set aside. Beat the but­ter until creamy. Add the demerara sugar & beat to com­bine, then add the peanut but­ter, gra­ham...
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Nutritions

Calories
331

Sodium
246mg
10% DV

Fat
18g
27% DV

Protein
8g
16% DV

Carbs
33g
11% DV

Fiber
3g
12% DV