PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE BARS

For all those PB & Chocolate fans out there this is your recipe! Its hard to eat just two squares. This does not require any baking, can be made in 30 min or less & requires only 5 ingredients! I have never been a big sweets fan, but LOVE PB & C!  I used to trade all my Halloween candy with my siblings for their Reese's cups or pieces.  And around the holidays one of my favorite treats my Grandma D would make (besides rum balls) were peanut butter/chocolate balls.  I had trouble not eating them all!

  

The ingredients;
2 cups of crushed Graham Crackers ( I have used Cheerie O's & animal crakers)
1.5 cups of Peanut Butter (any kind you like)
1 cup of confectioner sugar
1 stick of butter & 1 table spoon for melting chocolate
1.5-2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips

Blend Graham Crackers till all the chunks are gone & then melt butter. 

Mix Graham Cracker crumbs, Peanut Butter, powdered sugar & butter until well mixed.

Press Peanut Butter mixture into a pyrex dish (I usually use a 7x10" or something like that) or any cookie tray that has sides that are 1" or higher.  Press evenly with a spatula.  Use the glass measuring cup that you melted the butter in to melt chocolate chips.  I usually add 1 table spoon of butter while melting to make it smoother & easier to spread.  Be careful not to over heat. I heat for about a minute, then mix with a fork.  It might need 30 sec or more if not smooth enough to spread.

Then I spread the chocolate mixture evenly over the peanut butter mixture using a spatula.
I chill for about 1hr or in freezer for 15-30 min, until its hard enough to cut into bars to serve.

Its very tasty with chunky peanut butter and less sugar.  Jiffy or other brands of peanut butter that aren't all natural have sugar added, so you don't need as much.   I have also used 1/4 cup of honey & 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.  Enjoy!!