Chocolate-Peanut Bars, No Bake & GF!

By MaryEllen

September 2003
RECIPE BY Southern Living
The secret to these chocolate-peanut bar cookies is the crushed vanilla wafers.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafers, crushed (about 45 cookies) (Use GF)
• 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1/2 cup whipping cream

Details

Adapted from myrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Step 1

Beat butter and peanut butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add powdered sugar and vanilla wafer crumbs; beat until blended. Press mixture evenly into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking pan lined with wax paper.
Step 2

Stir together chocolate morsels and whipping cream in a medium saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Spread evenly on top of peanut butter mixture. Chill 1 hour or until firm.
Step 3

Remove from refrigerator, and let stand at room temperature 10 minutes or until slightly softened. Cut into 48 bars.