Peanut Butter Pie Bars

These no bake Peanut Butter Pie Bars were a big hit in our house — and  when I tried to hide the last one from the rest of the family, I discovered that they’re fantastic frozen, too!

I’ve been hitting the no bake bars pretty hard lately, I can still taste those tangy LEMON CRUNCH BARS and then there were the COOKIES AND CREAM COOKIE DOUGH BARS just before that, but it’s all in the name of culinary experimentation, and you guys are getting some great easy last minute dessert ideas to carry you through the upcoming season, so I don’t want to hear any complaints!    Let’s face it, there are cake people, there are pie people, and there are bar people.  I think it’s clear where I come down.  I just don’t do fancy, glamorous desserts very often— but the flavor is what’s important, and these peanut butter pie bars have it all going on.

You can’t go wrong when you combine two simple, classic flavors that everyone loves.   These have a nice chocolate cookie crumb crust, and a fluffy creamy peanut butter topping.   There is NO added sugar in the bars themselves so, while I can’t exactly call these light, they aren’t overly sweet.  The chocolate sauce is just like Hershey’s Syrup, and so easy to make.  Use it on ice cream, or to make chocolate milk, too.

notes:

• I like NABISCO FAMOUS WAFERS for the best flavor in the crust, but they can be pricey.  You could substitute any other chocolate cookie like Oreos, or chocolate graham crackers.
• If your peanut butter and condensed milk  mixture is very stiff, add a little more milk to smooth it out.
• If you have trouble blending the peanut butter mixture into the whipped cream, you don’t have to fold, you can beat it together.  Just don’t beat too long or too hard or your cream will turn to butter.
• Love peanut butter desserts?  How about trying this AMISH PEANUT BUTTER PIE?

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