Peanut Butter Bars

I’ve come to terms with the fact that some people don’t like chocolate. I will have to clarify that the first time I came upon someone with this, I’ll call it ‘affliction’ lol, was back in my Elementary school days and I’ve only recently accepted it fully. But I still can’t wrap my mind around the people who dislike peanut butter (exempt from this statement is of course all people who suffer allergies to nuts!). I’ve heard explanations about texture or it just being too sweet. My best friend was not raised in North America and can’t stand the stuff. On the flip side there food items that she enjoys that would take a lot of coaxing for me to sit down and enjoy eating.

But getting back to the point, there is nothing like a yummy peanut butter treat when the craving hits. I remember going to the movies once and eating so many Reese’s pieces I thought I was going to be sick! So if I still crave peanut butter today it must be a pretty deep addiction!:)

I’m constantly checking out what my fellow bloggers/baking enthusiasts are up to both for posting ideas and recipes. On the Brown Eyed Bakers blog I found a confession for a love for peanut butter and a recipe that I was immediately eager to try.

It seemed simple enough: peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, icing sugar, milk chocolate chips, and lotsa butter! I’d attempted a similar recipe over the summer that had a ‘caramel like’ middle layer between the chocolate and peanut butter base. I remember the recipe seeming a little weird (When you have a: ‘Hmm, how is this going to work?’ moment when looking at a recipe: the alarm bells should be going off.) and I had a really hard time getting the ‘caramel’ to set. So I immediately liked that this recipe stuck to the classic peanut butter combo of P.B. & chocolate.

Well my friends, I was not disappointed. This bar is more fudge then square! It is so good: they just melt in your mouth. When cutting the bars up you can definitely keep the portions small as most people will only be able to make it through one without risking a sugar coma. Another blog recipe experiment complete!