Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are loaded with rich chocolate and creamy peanut butter! With only 30 minutes to bake, you’ll want to make this indulgent cookie bar recipe right away!
We had a busy, busy weekend full of Halloween parties and I made these scrum-delicious peanut butter chocolate chip cookie bars to take to one Saturday evening. These babies are fantastic, they were the first sweet to be devoured. You just can’t go wrong with pairing peanut butter and chocolate, am I right?
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Ingredients
- flour
- salt
- baking soda
- brown sugar
- peanut butter
- butter or margarine
- sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- chocolate chips
- peanut butter chips
How to Make Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl and set aside. In a stand mixer (affiliate link) mix brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, and sugar until smooth.
Add in egg and vanilla extract and mix on medium speed until just combined. Reduce mixer speed to low and add in flour mixture.
Remove from mixer and mix in chocolate and peanut butter chips by hand. Spread the batter in the pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes until golden and center is done.
Cool on a rack and slice into 16 bars once cool.
Tips for Making Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- You can use either crunchy or smooth peanut butter but do not use natural peanut butter, the end result won’t be the right texture.
- Choose any kind of chocolate chip you want, dark chocolate, semisweet, milk chocolate: it’s up to you, they will all turn out delicious!
- For thicker bars use a 9 by 9-inch pan and extend the baking time by about five minutes.
You might also like these Peanut Butter Blossoms, my favorite Peanut Butter Pie, or these gluten-free 4 ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are loaded with rich chocolate and creamy peanut butter! With only 30 minutes to bake, you’ll want to make this indulgent cookie bar recipe right away!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 12 oz package chocolate chips
- 12 oz package peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease 9 by 13 baking pan.
- Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl, set aside.
- In a stand mixer (affiliate link) mix brown sugar, peanut butter, butter and sugar until smooth.
- Add in egg and vanilla extract and mix on medium speed until just combined.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and add in flour mixture.
- Remove from mixer and mix in chocolate and peanut butter chips by hand.
- Spread batter in pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes until golden and center is done.
- Cool on a rack and slice into 16 bars once cool.
Notes
- You can use either crunchy or smooth peanut butter but do not use natural peanut butter, the end result won’t be the right texture.
- Choose any kind of chocolate chip you want, dark chocolate, semisweet, milk chocolate: it’s up to you, they will all turn out delicious!
- For thicker bars use a 9 by 9-inch pan and extend the baking time by about five minutes.
Keywords: peanut butter chocolate chip cookie bar
This recipe was originally shared in July 2013 and updated with new photos and additional information in November 2019.
Joanne says
These really are good with a different yummy taste. I used dark brown sugar and butter. Thanks!
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Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons says
Oh wow…these look fantastic! Would love for you to share at our Kitchen Fun & Crafty Friday link party…just posted!:)
Em @ And Nothing Else Matters says
Oh my word yum! PB is huge in the house, so I definitely need to make these for my littles.
Julie says
This looks good, You are invited to share this with Show Your Stuff:
Ashley Parrish says
So, Chocolate and peanut butter are pretty much my favorite combo. Needless to say, I am really glad you posted this. Looks delicious!!
Allie says
Looks absolutely delicious, will you add this too my link up on Friday for Friday Follow Along Party https://thecraftiestallie.blogspot.com/ ?
Carolina says
These look so yummy! My hubby is a big peanut-butter fan… I’m sure he and the boys would just gobble these up. I might have to sneak a few, too. 😉