Something a Little Sinful on Sunday

Jamielyn Nye of www.iheartnaptime.net, posted this recipe for no bake Reese's Peanut Butter Bars. It's a recipe that she found in her grandmother's recipe box. So I thought I would give them a try. They are good and yes, they are quite sinful. But, I always say that most everything is okay in moderation. Almost everything  anyway :)
Here's the recipe;
Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter (melted)
• 2 cups keebler graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 (11 oz) bag milk chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients, except chocolate chips in a medium sized bowl. Stir until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
2. Pour peanut butter mixture into a 9x13 pan.

1. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave (at 50% power) for 1-2 minutes. Stir chocolate and pour over the peanut butter mixture. Spread chocolate with a spatula. 

1. To even out chocolate, tap pan on the counter.
2. Refrigerate bars for one hour. Cut while bars are still cool. Enjoy!

**Just a note about the sweetness of the bars. For me, I found them to be just a little too sweet, my husband did not, of course! Remember, the graham crackers contain sugar as does peanut butter. Although, I did not use regular peanut butter, rather as my husband likes to call it, "hippy butter." You know, the natural, organic, non processed stuff! The next time that I make these, I plan to cut down the powdered sugar to 1 1/2 cups rather than the 1 3/4 cup that is called for in the recipe and see if that makes a difference.  

I had about 1/3 cup of butterscotch morsels left over, so I decided to melt them, and add just a little milk so I could drizzle the mixture over the top of my bars. It does make for a nice addition. 

The bars will freeze well, so you can make them up and freeze a couple in a bag for afternoon snacks. If you don't freeze them, be sure to keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. 

Enjoy!