NO BAKE PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH BARS

Chocolate chip cookie dough, peanut butter cup filling, and a chocolate ganache create three layers of no bake goodness. No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars are definitely irresistible! 

Cookie dough has a special area in my heart. The very first component I learned how to make turned into chocolate chip cookies. I’ve had my fair percentage of raw cookie dough in my days. Now, I recognize that there’s some challenge approximately salmonella and such, so in case you are involved about that, make sure to test out the notes in my recipe for a manner to cook dinner the flour prior to using it within the recipe.

Cookie dough bars are a factor of beauty. edible cookie dough crowned off with chocolate? sure, please! I decided to take it up a notch via including in a layer of peanut butter cup filling. The end result is something sincerely stunning. It’s wealthy and also you handiest need a small piece, but that doesn’t stop me from ingesting manner an excessive amount of in one sitting. You’ve been warned!

Ingredients :

Cookie Dough Layer

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar tightly packed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
• 2 cups mini chocolate chips

Peanut Butter Layer

• 1 cup smooth peanut butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Chocolate Layer

• 12 ounces milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup heavy cream optional
• US Customary - Metric

Instructions :

1. Spray a 9x9 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper.
2. Make the cookie dough layer by using a hand mixer to cream together butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix in salt and vanilla. Slowly mix in flour and sweetened condensed milk, alternating between the two. Stir in mini chocolate chips. Press the dough into the prepared baking pan.
3. Make the peanut butter layer by using a hand mixer to cream together peanut butter and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Gently spread the peanut butter mixture over the cookie dough layer.
4. Make the chocolate layer by pouring the chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl. For a softer chocolate layer, pour in heavy cream (optional). Microwave 15 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until chocolate is smooth and melted. Pour over peanut butter layer immediately and smooth out with a rubber spatula.
5. Refrigerate for 4 hours before slicing and serving.