Monkey Peanut Butter Bars

Submitted by shawnajean

"Great for outings."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Bars

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄3 cup peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

• Icing

• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄4 cup peanut butter
• 3 1⁄2 tablespoons milk

directions

1. Cream butter and white sugar and brown sugar. Blend in 1/3 cup peanut butter, egg, vanilla, and baking soda. Add flour and oatmeal. Mix well!
2. Spread in greased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Remove and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
3. Return to oven and bake for eight minutes. Spread to smooth out chocolate chips. Cool! Mix icing and spread over bars. Refrigerate to set. Cut and eat.
4. To Make Icing: Mix together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup peanut butter and 3 1/2 tablespoons milk until it makes a spreadable consistency.

Reviews

[55tbird]

Very good bars! I have made them with a combo of butterscotch and chocolate chips also.

 

[Roxanne J.R.]

This is definitely 5 stars all the way! I under baked the crust by 2-3 minutes (just to it won't be too crumbly) before putting on the chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate) and only baked it for 5 minutes with the chocolate before removing it from the oven. This resulted in a delicious soft yet chewy crust (after it has sat in the fridge of course) I loved the addition of oats to this bar and I sprinkled the top with chocolate jimmies - just for it to look pretty. This is a wonderful bar, I loved it and will definitely make again. Thanks for sharing.