Buckeye Bars

But, back to the recipe! This past holiday I made a couple batches of our favorite recipe: Buckeyes. If you haven’t had one, you really should try them. (Also on my list? Sarah’s Buckeye graham crackers!)
Remember I said I made several batches? Well, after dipping the umpteenth buckeye in chocolate, it made me wonder if they could be made into bars instead. I mean really, how easy would that be, right?
After my first attempt, I knew I had the peanut butter layer nailed, but I had too thin a layer of chocolate on top (if you follow me on Instagram you would have seen this photo!) Instead of just adding more chocolate, I made a whole extra batch with a thicker layer of chocolate.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Unsalted Butter, Melted
• 3 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 1/2 cups Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
• 4 4 ounces Ghirardelli Semisweet Chocolate Bars, (four individual 4-ounce bars)
• 1 tablespoon Butter

Directions

1. Line a 13x9 inch baking sheet with foil. Set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat 3/4 cup melted butter, powdered sugar, peanut butter and vanilla extract together. Mixture will come together into a “dough.” Using your hands, press into the bottom of the 13x9 dish.
3. In a microwave bowl, combined chocolate bars (broken into pieces) with 1 tablespoon butter. Heat for 30 second intervals, stirring until chocolate is smooth (mine took about 1 1/2 minutes).
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for full instruction please see : www.shugarysweets.com

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