Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
I am dumbfounded as to how these cookie bars do not yet have their own little cozy corner of this site. After the chunky pecan pie bars, these cookie bars were the second baked good that I made over and over and over again in high school and beyond. I came across a recipe for chocolate chip cookie bars at one point, and then decided that they needed peanut butter and some peanut butter chips for good measure. Like most things in the kitchen, peanut butter turns regular chocolate chip cookie bars into an amazing concoction that are completely addicting.
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I made these a lot in high school, and once college rolled around I went to a school in the same city that I lived, while two of my best friends went off to a school a couple of hours away. While I lived on campus at school, I was only 25 minutes or so away from home, so I made it home more often than my friends did. I took the opportunity to bake these up every time I was home, and then I would package them up and send them off to my friends. I still remember standing in the kitchen and packing them up in shoe boxes to mail off.
They always made my friends smile – they got a taste of home, and I got the satisfaction of baking and showing my friends I cared. I highly recommend baking these and sharing them with someone you love!
One year ago: Chocolate Fudge Swirl Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Four years ago: Italian Stuffed Peppers
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1½ cups (187.5 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) salt
- ¾ cup (165 g) light brown sugar
- ¾ cup (193.5 g) creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (180 g) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup (170 g) peanut butter chips
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan; set aside.
- 2. In a small bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- 3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the brown sugar, peanut butter, butter and granulated sugar on medium speed until creamy and light. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until combined. Reduce speed to low and add the dry ingredients, mixing only until the flour is just incorporated. Using a rubber spatula, mix in the chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
- 4. Turn out the mixture into the prepared pan and press into an even layer. Bake for 16 to 20 minutes, or until the center is set. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars and store at room temperature in an airtight container.
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Everything I want and more, in bar form! I cannot wait to try these
I made this over the weekeend and they were delicious! Thanks.
MIchelle, these were amazing. I am also a notorious peanut butter + chocolate fanatic, and made these tonight (added an egg, an extra huge glob of peanut butter, and butterscotch chips to the mix). I ate half the pan. (My bf, who doesn’t eat baked goods, was incredulous.) Keep ’em coming!
sometimes you want cookies, but just don’t want to scoop and wait…bars are a perfect option! I love them and can’t wait to try these!
These look incredible, much like everything else you make. I can’t wait until my kitchen is done and my mixer is back in business! I’m a PB and chocolate addict as well and LOVE your use of the two together. I want to try your cream cheese/brownie recipe BUT use PB cream cheese. I figure chocolate+pb+cream cheese can’t be bad…
Oh my these look so delicious. Knocked another one out of the park. Love them. and your friends are so lucky.
After looking at these scrumptious bars I’m wishing that I was one of your very fortunate friends back in your schools days. How I would have jumped for joy at receiving a shoe box full of these in the mail from you.
Your blog is amazing. I am a huge oat fan and love the combo of oats, peanut butter and chocolate chips. Do you think I could change the recipe around so that the addition of oats would be complementary? If I reduced the flour and added some oats do you think this would turn out? Any suggestions would help. Thanks!
Hi Gretta, Yes I don’t see any reason why that wouldn’t work.
I’m not much of a fan of peanut butter, but these look amazing!
Can you ever go wrong when you add peanut butter? Great recipe! It would bring a smile to my face too :)
Ooohhh!!! PB & Chocolate yum!
Looks good and hopefully it will start cooling down so I can start baking more.
These look like the equivalent to a hug or wearing a wooly grandpa cardigan. Love!
xo
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Delicious! Who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate together?!
Umm yeah..these are pretty much perfect. Peanut Butter and chocolate are a match made in heaven
Oh I can just imagine how wonderful these taste!
If I didn’t just make bars last night, I would be all over this one! They look and sound amazing!
So many different ways to put peanut butter and chocolate together, and this one sounds great!
Peanut butter makes most things better!!! :D
Of the different food blogs I’ve found, yours with the delicious recipes on it are the ones I print & try the most. I love it! Thanks for sharing your recipes!
Looks amazing! Will have to try as I am a peanut butter with Chocolate lover too! Really enjoying your blog. Glad I stumbled onto it!
You were very good to your friends. =) And popular with them, too, I’m sure. Come to think of it, my popularity in every new office has always increased exponentially when I started baking people happy. That, or a candy jar on the desk, is a great way to break the ice!
Wow these look amazing. I wish I could eat peanut butter, but I’m allergic to peanuts.
I’m just now trying out cookie bars. Don’t know where I’ve been. Looks great!
These look wonderful!
Wow… no words!!! ;)
The ingredients in this are great because I already have them all on hand ;)
Cookie bars for breakfast? I think YES.
These bars look amazing!
Mmmmm, I love the idea of adding peanut butter to ordinary chocolate chip bars!
Peanut butter cookie bar combines so many comfortable flavors and textures for me. I think I need to share these with my kids tomorrow!