Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

By JanetLynn198

Ingredients

• 1 pkg chocolate cake mix
• 1 pkg (3oz) chocolate instant pudding
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup milk
• 6 squares semi-sweet chocolate, chopped, divided
• 1 cup dry roasted peanuts, divided
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter

Details

Servings 32
Preparation time 50mins
Cooking time 55mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 350F. Line a 13x9" baking pan with foil; spray with cooking spray. Beat cake mix, pudding, butter and milk until well blended. Press half onto bottom of prepared pan.

2. Bake 10 mins. Sprinkle half each of the chopped chocolate and nuts over crust. Microwave peanut butter in a small microwaveable bowl on high for 1 min, stirring after 30 seconds. Spread over nuts. Roll remaining dough into 13x9" rectangle between 2 sheets of waxed paper. Peel back top layer of waxed paper; flip dough onto top of dessert. Remove remaining waxed paper. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate and nuts. Press gently into dough with spatula.

3. Bake 15 mins. Cool 1 hour. Refrigerate 4 hours before cutting into bars.