"Peanut Butter Cup" Bars
1 package vegan graham crackers (about 9 crackers), crushed into small crumbs
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup vegan margarine, softened
1 cup vegan chocolate chips
1 teaspoon oil
1. In a bowl, thoroughly mix together graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, peanut butter, and margarine.
2. Spread the mixture onto the bottom of a 9x13" pan. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips and oil, and microwave for 30 seconds.
3. Mix the chocolate and continue to microwave at 10 second intervals until the chocolate is creamy and spreadable.
4. Spread the chocolate over the peanut butter mixture and place the pan into the refrigerator until the chocolate has hardened.
Source of recipe: My sister made these a while back, and they are amazing!
SO HOW'D IT GO?
Definitely what I was craving this weekend in the sweets category. Who doesn't like chocolate and PB? The graham crackers added a really nice element to this. Mine came out a little buttery tasting, but I think that's because I didn't use enough graham crackers and PB (I tend not to measure when my sweet tooth is calling). Also, I used a 9x9 inch pan vs. a 13x9. I prefer thicker cuts. I think the size was just right in the 9x9 and think they would've been too thin in anything bigger. I threw these in the freezer to set them up faster, and they were done in approx. 30 minutes. Yum Yum!
Oh, and butter (EB, of course) your pan and press a sheet of parchment paper down on top of the butter. Makes it much easier to take the whole thing out of the pan and cut!
Let me just start by sayin OMG! :)>>>
I never say OMG, but OMG!
These were more than amazing. There are no words to describe how good these are except for "Reese's"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Before turning vegan 3 yrs ago, all I ate was Reeses. No really, thats about all I ever ate...lol!
Needless to say I have been searching long and hard for something like Reeses, and this isn't like Reese's, I swear it is Reese's but Vegan. ;)b ;)b ;)b
I do have to say it took me 2 try's to get it right though. The first time I made the mistake of doing all of the ingredients except the chocolate for the top in the food processor, which made the butter too warm and it lost its integrity and didn't form up.
MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT MELT YOUR BUTTER!
The second time I used the food processor JUST for the graham crackers. I used 1.5 cups powdered sugar and butter that was a bit COLDER than room temperature. I HAND mixed ALL ingredients. Then did the chocolate topping. Refridge overnight (I keep mine in the fridge). The night you make them they are great but the next morning THEY ARE REESE'S!!!!!
:)>>> :)>>> :)>>>
Take it from former Reese's obsessed me, these are PERFECT!!!!!!!! ;)b ;)b ;)b ;)b
Genius!!!!!!
and sorry for the novel... ::)
I tried these, using about 1.5 cups of confectionary sugar and melting the chocolate on the stove. They were AMAZING. I can't stop noming on them. =p For crushing the graham crackers, I used a potato masher. Worked out great!
Im making this right now.
Do you melt the margarine first or just... not? Im going to go with not
Oh these were just delicious!! I put them in a smaller pan though, as I liked the idea of thicker bars. I also used carob chips which were a great contrasting flavour with the peanut butter! I will definately be making these again!!
I made these last night because my boyfriend saw the picture and was like omg. I think I used too many graham cracker crumbs, so I had to add extra peanut butter and it was a little more crumbly than I expected. But the bf absolutely loved it and said that it tasted just like Reese's cups, which he said are the one thing he would have to duplicate if he was ever to go vegan. And my mother loved them and I even got my vegan-foods hating younger brother to try some and he liked them. Woot!
Yum!!! These are so delicious. Because I have a peanut allergy I used almond butter, and because I was out of graham crackers I crushed up ginger snap cookies. At first I thought the ginger snaps might be too spicy in the mixture, but on the contrary, it was a definite party for the taste buds! I also freezed them due to lack of patience :)
I have made these several times now. I made them over the holidays and my family loved them. I do a few things different now that I've made them about 5 times.
I put my graham crackers in the food processor to get them nice an smooth.
I usually add one cup of powdered sugar instead of two.
I found that placing plastic wrap at the bottom of my pan helps taking the bars out to cut them easier. I get all pretty pieces instead of a few crumbly messy pieces.
I place the pan in the freezer for 30 minutes to harden everything faster. That way we can eat them sooner.
This recipe is so simple and easy. It's an instant winner!
HOLY DELICIOUSNESS!!! This was so amazing!! I'm 14 weeks pregnant and have been craving peanut butter cups. I wasn't feeling very patient the other night so I wanted to make something fast. I saw this recipe and went for it. My husband and I finished an entire platter of this in one day. I think my husband ate most of it. I loved these so much that I'm going to make these and give them away at Christmas and Hanukkah.
I changed a few things. I didn't have plan graham crackers I only had cinnamon. It made it taste even better I think. I don't own a microwave so I melted the chocolate on the stove. The chocolate started to get a weird texture so I added a little soy creamer (this is how we make chocolate sauce for our ice cream I just added less creamer). I also added a little vanilla extract while melting the chocolate. It came out great.
I HIGHLY recommend this recipe. You will not be disappointed. I wish the bars would have been around long enough to take a picture. I can't wait to make these again.
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