Friday, October 1, 2010

Ah-Mazing Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Bars

My little sister, M, should be receiving a delicious treat in her school mailbox right about now. In this case, not only am I food courting little M with treats, but I'm also courting her friends at school. Hopefully, I'll be most popular care package sender when her high school graduation rolls around this May!

I found these bars on one of my new favorite food blogs, The Entertaining Kitchen. When I read "OhmyGOD are these good!" I knew I had to try these out. They are AH-MAZING! M doesn't know what's about to hit her...these may be so good that they don't even make it back to the dorm before they get devoured. I had to get them out of the kitchen before I consumed the whole pan. I even cheated and had one last bite out of the package before they shipped out!

I didn't manage to take many pictures because the batter and chocolate chunks I was snacking on were so distracting! I followed the recipe below almost exactly, but didnt' have any chocolate chunks so I used a combination of Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips and cut up chocolate bar as noted below. I DEFINITELY think the big chunks of chocolate make a HUGE difference!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Bars

Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Servings: 36 bars

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups unbleached flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 sticks of butter, softened
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1/2 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1+ tsp vanilla
1 cup of peanut butter
10z chocolate chunks (I used crushed up Ghirardelli 60% cocao bittersweet baking bar)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 F.
In a large bowl beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add egg and vanilla and beat until well blended
Add peanut butter and mix well
Add flour and baking soda, mix well
Fold in chocolate chunks
Place into 9x13 inch pan and pat firmly so mixture covers the entire bottom of the pan
Bake for about 20-25 minutes (test for doneness)
Let cool and cut into 36 squares