Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
I chose to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars because I tend to have a hankering for all of those ingredients; like my Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies, Caramel Pretzel Magic Bars, or Peanut Butter Wonder Bars.
I love the sweet & salty combinations. These are right up there with all the others. Great chewy texture, slightly sweet, slightly salty, & a little bit of crunch. Perfection! Try them, you won’t be disappointed!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
Yields bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113 g) butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup (66 g) creamy peanut butter
- ⅔ cup (134 g) light brown sugar, gently packed
- ⅓ cup (68 g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour, (stir, spoon & level)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 to 2 cups (170-340 g) chocolate chunks or chips
- 1 ½ cups (64 g) mini pretzel twists, coarsely broken & divided; plus 24 whole pretzels
Chocolate Drizzle:
- ⅓ cup (90 g) creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup (43 g) chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F & grease a 9×13" pan.
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter & peanut butter with both sugars, until light & fluffy. Beat in the eggs & vanilla.
- Add the flour, baking soda & salt, & stir until almost combined; fold in the chocolate chips & 1 cup of pretzel pieces.
- Spread the the dough evenly in the pan & bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden on top.
- In a small bowl, melt the peanut butter & chocolate chips in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Stir until smooth.
- Place whole pretzels in rows 4×6. Drizzle chocolate, & then sprinkle the top with the remaining ½ cup pretzel pieces. Refrigerate to help the chocolate set up. Cut 24 squares & serve.
Notes
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.
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Wow Miss Amber! You picked a fabulous recipe for the SRS! I love it. PB and Chocolate and Pretzels! Yumm! I just pinned this. I should make a board for Amber’s food I have to make 🙂 Have a good day darlin’! Krista @ A Handful of Everything
Amber, these make my mouth water just looking at them. This post is being featured on my Tasty Thursdays party. Thanks for linking up!! Nichi http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2013/05/tasty-thursdays-43.html
Pinned and I am making these very soon! Yum! Found you over on Cooking for the Seven Dwarfs linky party.
These really do look amazing! Visiting from Mandy’s Recipe Box!
Oh, my boys would LOVE these bars! Thank you so much for linking up with me this week at Tasty Tuesdays! I’ve pinned this & shared it with my followers!
Making these today! I also wanted to compliment you on your blog — it’s so pretty and inviting. I’m going to check out the blog designer you’re using! I love the way it’s laid out too!
Great I hope you like them! And you are so sweet! You totally made my day because I don’t have a blog designer. Haha. I do everything myself the best that I can so that makes me incredibly happy to hear that my design is pretty & inviting. If you want tips, I mostly use Ashton’s tutorials at Something Swanky: http://www.somethingswanky.com/diy-blog-design/
Thanks again Lauren!
Hi Amber, I found your blog through Sweet and Savoury Sunday over at The Velvet Moon Baker. Your bars looks so tasty, I love the inclusion of pretzel’s, I’ve never made anything using pretzels before.
Totally cool! I’ve made chocolate chip toffee pretzel cookies and those were delicious so I bet these are, too! Pinning! (ps – found you through the Sweet & Savory Weekend).
Natashalh
Wow! Doesn’t get any better than a recipe combining peanut butter, chocolate and pretzels!
they look delicious and I absolutely love salt and sweet together! well done 🙂