Homemade Reese’s Bars
Homemade Reese’s Bars made with peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and chocolate. It’s really dangerous knowing you can make these at home. In under 5 minutes! One of my favorite desserts EVER and such an easy recipe.
HOMEMADE REESE’S BARS
(originally posted 2009)
Being pregnant chocolate and I have a love/hate relationship right now. I love to eat it but I hate the heartburn that inevitably follows. The solution…chase it with some TUMS.
These suckers taste just like the peanut butter cups that I love. Whenever we buy a variety bag of chocolate, the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are always the first to go. Coveted by all our children, they never last long. When I made these Homemade Reese’s Bars for family night last week they about had a heart attack.
INGREDIENTS
All you need are five ingredients to make this dessert and about ten minutes to assemble.
- butter
- graham crackers
- peanut butter
- powdered sugar
- semisweet or milk chocolate chips
The crust is made from graham cracker crumbs, butter, and powdered sugar.
The top is made with melted chocolate and peanut butter. You may have to lick the spatula. Just sayin’.
Chill them or leave them at room temperature for a softer version which also makes them easier to cut. You can’t mess these up, I promise.
CAN I USE MILK CHOCOLATE CHIPS?
Yes. I prefer semisweet chocolate chips but milk chocolate works well here too!
OTHER PEANUT BUTTER RECIPES:
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cupcakes
- Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Mini Cheesecakes
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Ritz Bars
- Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
- Culter’s Frosted Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers
Homemade Reese's Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
Topping:
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs, confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and melted butter. Press firmly into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan.
- Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in the microwave, stirring occasionally. Spread melted chocolate over the crumb crust. Chill for one hour and then cut into squares.
Notes
Love this recipe! I make it all the time and it tastes great. How long will these keep for if I just keep this in the freezer? And can I re-freeze after I thaw them?
I would say at least three months. You can refreeze them
I made these last night and after tasting the crust “dough,” I threw in maybe 1/2-3/4 teaspoon of coarse salt. It made it taste more like a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup in my opinion, and it cut back on the sweetness a bit. I refrigerated for a few hours and these were pretty solid when I went to cut them. Not runny or semi-solid at all. The graham crackers make the texture perfect…just like the real candy! I used a spatula to remove them from the pan. Everyone loved them. I will definitely be making these again. Very rich dessert and oh so good!
Awesome to hear!
Holy shit. So good. Love this recipe- so glad I came across it! Super easy and quick. We are gluten free so used the Kinnikinnick brand and it worked great!
I made this yesterday and followed the recipe exactly, unfortunately the peanut butter layer did not stiffen up like I thought it would, I used 2 cups of graham cracker and put the whole thing in the fridge set up over night. Should I maybe use more graham cracker?Â
Oh no! These should be semifirm after being in the fridge but still soft.
I make these every year for my family and it’s always a hit!  We are a Reese’s loving family!  Thank you for this recipe! Â
You’re welcome!
It had been a long time since I had made these. Googled to land here. BTW, it takes about two less graham cracker sheets shy of two-thirds of a box to make two cups of crumbs. The box is the same size but now only weighs 14.4 oz. Instead of a full pound. If I make these again, I will only use 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar. These bars are really, really sweet.
I just made this recipe and it reminds me of one I made back in my childhood. A couple key differences. first off we used butter instead of peanut butter in the chocolate. Maybe another stick of butter in the crust.
Ooh more butter sounds divine.
I’ve used a very similar recipe for over 30 years. Same as Nuckles, I use 2 Tb of butter in the chocolate instead of PB. Also, I add that extra stick of melted butter to the PB mix. I’ve always used 1 c of light brown sugar in place of gram crackers, mixing it with my hands to warm and melt the sugar granules. Looking forward to trying graham crackers. My wife hates raisins. I throw them on top of the melted chocolate so I can get the whole pan to myself!
These are delish PLUS fast & easy. Definitely all thumbs up in this house!
So happy to hear that!
Super easy and pretty tasty! But tastes nothing like a Reese’s.
Sorry. I think they do.
Hi I am planning on making the bars today and was wondering if you put PB in th crust. Just confused cause in the beginning of the article it doesn’t say to then the recipe says to.
Thanks a bunch
Yes, the crust has PB in it.
I messed them up by putting the peanut butter in the crust on accident!!! Ughhhhhh so sad
Oh never mind i did what it said, it’s very wet crust though for some reason.
So…i messed them up…help….
What went wrong?
Made these. Turned out amazing, tasted just like Reese’s peanut butter cups. Although I chose to double the topping. Put mine in the fridge to set. Everyone loved them. Didn’t even last 24 hours. Thanks for the recipe. Will definitely make again.
Double the chocolate can never be bad!