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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Prep Time:

15 min

Total Time:

5 hr 40 min

Makes:

32 servings, 1 bar (41 g) each

What You Need!

1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

1/2 cup non-hydrogenated margarine, melted

1/2 cup milk

6 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped, divided

1 cup dry roasted peanuts, divided

1 cup KRAFT Smooth Peanut Butter

Make It!

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

LINE 13x9-inch pan with foil; spray with cooking spray. Beat first 4 ingredients with mixer until well blended. (Dough will be thick.) Press half onto bottom of prepared pan.

BAKE 10 min. Sprinkle half each of the chopped chocolate and nuts over crust. Microwave peanut butter in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min., stirring after 30 sec.; spread over nuts. Roll remaining dough into 13x9-inch rectangle between 2 sheets of waxed paper. Peel back top layer of waxed paper; flip dough onto top of dessert. Remove remaining waxed paper. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate and nuts. Press gently into dough with spatula.

BAKE 15 min. Cool 1 hour. Refrigerate 4 hours before cutting into bars.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Note from the KRAFT Kitchens

We appreciate your comments and changed our method. To create nice even layers, microwave the peanut butter and roll out the top layer of dough as directed. Thank you for all of your helpful suggestions!

Make Ahead

Make these bars a day ahead. Then, just cut them, put them on a serving platter and you're ready to go!

Size-Wise

Looking for a sweet treat? Peanut butter and chocolate make a great combination in these bars.

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Rated

by pearl_jammer on 10/29/2009
" "The best dessert you've ever made" - my boyfriend. These were AMAZING!!"

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Serving Size = 1 bar (41 g) each

Nutritional Information

Calories

210

Total fat

13 g

Saturated fat

3 g

Cholesterol

0 mg

Sodium

260 mg

Carbohydrate

21 g

Dietary fibre

2 g

Sugars

12 g

Protein

4 g

Vitamin A

4 %DV

Vitamin C

0 %DV

Calcium

4 %DV

Iron

10 %DV