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Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars

Who doesn't like this dessert duo? Add your favorite combination of candies to garnish the tops of these chocolate peanut butter dream bars. —Cindi DeClue, Anchorage, Alaska
Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars
Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars Recipe photo by Taste of Home
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  • Total Time
    Prep: 15 min. + cooling Bake: 10 min. + chilling
  • Makes
    12 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 package (16 ounces) Nutter Butter cookies, divided
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 package (3.90 ounces) instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 1-1/2 cups 2% milk
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter chips

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, finely crush 24 of the cookies; stir in melted butter. Press onto the bottom of an ungreased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool completely.
  • In a small bowl, whisk pudding mix and milk until smooth; spread over cooled crust. In another small bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and peanut butter. Fold in 1 cup whipped topping. Spoon cream cheese mixture over pudding; gently spread to cover pudding. Spread remaining whipped topping over cream cheese layer. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  • Coarsely crush remaining 8 cookies. Sprinkle crushed cookies and chips over whipped topping before serving.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 448 calories, 25g fat (12g saturated fat), 23mg cholesterol, 300mg sodium, 50g carbohydrate (32g sugars, 2g fiber), 8g protein.

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  • Mindy21Rules
    Aug 31, 2020

    Tastes good but crust is too thick for our liking. I made it in an 11 x 7 pan and I would definitely half the crust amount next time.

  • Queenlalisa
    Feb 28, 2020

    I was searching TOH for a really easy quick recipe to take to a friend. She absolutely loved it!

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