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Peanut Butter Truffle Bark

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Peanut Butter Truffle Bark is the pan sized version of peanut butter balls. This easy, no-bake recipe is a delicious mixture of chocolate and peanut butter.

Reeses Peanut Butter Truffle BarkI have a friend who’s family, believe it or not, prefers peanut butter desserts over chocolate desserts! No, I’m not kidding! When they make fudge, they make peanut butter fudge. When they make no bake cookies, they make peanut butter no-bakes. And when my friend makes truffles at Christmas, she makes peanut butter balls.  I love peanut butter too, but I like it even more when it is combined with chocolate!

Over the years, I’ve received several different recipes for peanut butter truffles. Some of them are mainly peanut butter and powdered sugar, others have Rice Krispies in them and others have crushed graham crackers. But all of them are time consuming because they involve rolling individual peanut butter balls and dipping them in chocolate. Although I didn’t have time to make peanut butter balls for the holidays, I didn’t forget about them and I decided to try to make an easier version.

press peanut butter cups into fillingStart by lining a 9×13 inch pan with foil and greasing it lightly with cooking spray. Melt 16 oz of vanilla candy coating (I used CandiQuik) and spread into pan and allow it to harden. Mix together softened butter, peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar and vanilla. Spread the peanut butter mixture over the hardened vanilla candy coating layer. Press Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Minis into the dough.

top with baking chipsMelt another 16 oz of vanilla candy coating and carefully spread this over the peanut butter layer. Sprinkle with chocolate and peanut butter chips (I used Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips).

Peanut Butter Truffle Bark PiecesAllow the top layer to harden and then lift the bars from the pan using the foil. Carefully cut the bars into pieces. This was the hardest step for me because the candy coating kept breaking unevenly and the peanut butter layer wanted to squish out. I had put the bars into the fridge to harden so the candy coating was difficult to cut. After the bars had sat out on my counter for a while, I found that it was easier to cut through the vanilla candy coating.

Reeses Peanut Butter Truffle Bark

Peanut Butter Truffle Bark

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Start by lining a 9×13 inch pan with foil and greasing it lightly it with cooking spray.
  2. Melt 16 oz of vanilla candy coating and spread into pan and allow it to harden.
  3. Mix together softened butter, peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar and vanilla.
  4. Spread the peanut butter mixture over the hardened vanilla candy coating layer.
  5. Press Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Minis into the dough.
  6. Melt another 16 oz of vanilla candy coating and carefully spread this over the peanut butter layer.
  7. Sprinkle with chocolate and peanut butter chips.
  8. Allow the top layer to harden and then lift the bars from the pan using the foil.
  9. Carefully cut the bars into pieces.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Tonia

Comments

  2. Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says

    This is seriously gorgeous!!!! I am the peanut butter lover in our house…my hubby not so much! That could work in my favor if this bark was here…he wouldn’t go near it. Although my kids love pb as much as I do, so I would have to hide it 🙂

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  11. Patricia Cook says

    Wow, this looks so yummy!! I love peanut butter too, but chocolate rules lol. Thanks for this recipe, I really must make it.

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  12. Happy Valley Chow says

    I am kind of glad this is in your house and not mine because I would be tempted to eat that whole thing. Yummy!

    Happy Blogging!
    Happy Valley Chow

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  13. Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says

    What a brilliant idea! So much easier than rolling out little balls and dipping them in chocolate!

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  14. Lindsay @ Life, Love and Sugar says

    Yum! What a great alternative to rolling all the balls! And With such pretty layers 🙂

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  15. Zainab @ Blahnik Baker says

    Wow!! These look amazing. My husband is one of those that prefers peanut butter desserts to chocolate. It’s always a negotiation in our house when it comes to what to bake next. He will love these!

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  16. Sarah @ Miss Candiquik says

    Get out of here – this looks so good! I stumbled across it on G+ and now I really wish it was sitting in front of me!

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    • Tonia says

      Thanks Sarah! If it wasn’t so cold out, I could drop some off for you! The school just called to let me know that school has been cancelled…again!!

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