I hope you all had a good weekend with family and friends. I apologize for not getting a recipe to you on Friday. My husband and I decided to take the day off at the last minute, and it was wonderful! We had time to relax, and we were able to get our weekend travels started a little early.
We headed up to my parent’s house for the weekend and since my dad’s birthday was earlier this month, I couldn’t go up empty handed. I had to make sure that I made a dessert as part of a belated birthday celebration. Since he likes peanut butter and chocolate just about as much as I do, I knew he would like these peanut butter cup crumble bars.
These crumble bars are filled with peanut butter in the base and topping and peanut butter cups in the filling. Normally I like semi-sweet or dark chocolate over white chocolate, but with these crumble bars, the creamy sweetness of white chocolate chips evens out the heaviness of the peanut butter oat base perfectly. If you don’t really like white chocolate though, I’ve made these with dark chocolate chips and they were still addicting!
- ½ C butter, room temperature
- ½ C brown sugar
- ¼ C sugar
- ½ C creamy peanut butter
- 1 C quick or old-fashioned oats
- ½ C all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ C white chocolate chips
- 1½ C chopped Reese's peanut butter cups
- Preheat oven to 350. Line an 8x8 by 9x9 inch baking dish with parchment paper or aluminum foil and lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, or with an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Add in peanut butter and beat until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together oats, flour, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat until just combined.
- Set aside 1 cup of mixture and press remaining mixture into the bottom of prepared baking dish. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges just start to turn light golden brown.
- Remove from oven and carefully sprinkle with white chocolate chips and chopped Reese's peanut butter cups. Top with remaining crumble mixture.
- Return to oven and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- Remove to a wire rack to cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting into bars and serving.
Anna @ Garnish with Lemon says
Oh my gosh, these look amazing. I’ll take one pan, please!
Meagan @ A Zesty Bite says
I’m glad you didn’t focus on getting a recipe up and were able to concentrate on your weekend away. Hope it was a good one.
DessertForTwo says
I hope you enjoyed your break 🙂 These bars more than make up for it 🙂
Beth @ The First Year says
Now I can use up all those extra peanut butter cups!!
Marly says
These look SO delicious!
Nutmeg Nanny says
LOVE these! Anything with peanut butter makes me happy 🙂 Glad to hear you took off a day. A little breaks is always needed!
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos says
Triple yum!! What a perfect bar 🙂
Kelly - Left Side of the Table says
Ouhhh Jessica, this is right up my alley for dessert bars. I actually was thinking lately I have PB chips and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make with them. This recipe is definitely a contender. Sounds easy too. Hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend 🙂
Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough says
So glad you were able to enjoy one extra day of relaxation — those are the best! And these bars, I mean… so many OMGYUMS coming from me right now. 😉
Jennie @themessybakerblog says
These bars look amazing. I’m taking this Thursday and Friday off. I can’t wait to relax!
Rina@Itheecook says
Days off are the best! These bars are a great way to use up my kids leftover candy.
Abby says
So glad you enjoyed your break! this is a great way to use up leftover easter candy…yes there is such a thing 🙂
Ashley says
Oh man, these crumble bars look awesome! I can never turn down anything with peanut butter! And yay for an extra day off! I need to do that…
miss messy says
Love the white chocolate chips in these. Great addition. They look absolutely delicious! 🙂
Nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps says
I took the day off Friday too, sometimes you just need to! Wish I had one of these babies right now!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
I’m glad you took a day off. I took most of last week off and it was SO NICE. I love these bars!
Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking says
These crumble bars look delicious! The perfect next recipe for the peanut butter bender that I’ve been on! Mmmm crumble
Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says
Jessica, I am a huge fan of the crumble bar and I love this peanut butter version of yours!
Emily @ Life on Food says
Oh my goodness these look good. I cannot get enough peanut butter and chocolate lately. I could live off of peanut butter cups I swear!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
awww it’s so nice to get away!!
I love these bars-they look so peanut-buttery and full of yumminess!
Kathy says
These cookie bars look so delicious!
Susan says
These are incredible! I don’t think there is anything I wouldn’t like about them.
Taylor @ greens & chocolate says
My mouth is watering and now I’m craving peanut butter cups! These bars look irresistible!
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
What a great way to celebrate a birthday! Yum!
Valerie | From Valerie's Kitchen says
Another great PB/chocolate combo! These look perfect!
Anna (Hidden Ponies) says
Mmm, these look amazing. Perfect birthday treat too!
ATasteOfMadness says
I would love these right now! Holy, they look great!
Kelly says
Yay, so glad you had a nice weekend and holiday Jessica – sometimes a day off is totally what you need:) These bars look fantastic! Love anything with peanut butter and chocolate and these sound perfect! Pinning 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Perfection Jessica! These bars have everything I LOVE ! Pinned and shared on FB!
sarah k @ the pajama chef says
i’m not the biggest white chocolate chip fan, but did bake with them last week so i want to try them in this! yum.
Jocelyn@BruCrew Life says
I want one, ok make it three, right now!! 🙂 You have everything I love in these bars!
Mir says
Okay, I’m a little excited here. Crumbs are one of my favorite things, and when you add peanut butter cups? Whoa. This is a must-bake! Genius!!
Nicole says
Wowzer! These bars look so tasty! Love, Love, Love Them!