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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Bars Recipe

Author Angie Holden

What You Will Need

  • Peanut Butter Bar Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter
  • 1/8 cup butter softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • Chocolate Frosting Ingredients
  • 3 cups powdered sugar sifted
  • 2 tbsp butter melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp cocoa
  • milk
  • You will also need an 8 pack of Reese's peanut butter cups.

Instructions

  • Peanut Butter Bar Instructions
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine eggs, sugars, peanut butter, butter, and vanilla until fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture and stir just until combined. Spread into a lightly greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.
  • Chocolate Frosting Instructions
  • Combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and cocoa until well blended. Add milk a few drops at a time until frosting is a spreadable consistency. Add more powdered sugar if your frosting gets too runny.
  • Spread frosting over cooled peanut butter bars. Crumble Reese's peanut butter cups all over the top of the pan. Cut and serve!