Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
I chose to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars because I tend to have a hankering for all of those ingredients; like my Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies, Caramel Pretzel Magic Bars, or Peanut Butter Wonder Bars.
I love the sweet & salty combinations. These are right up there with all the others. Great chewy texture, slightly sweet, slightly salty, & a little bit of crunch. Perfection! Try them, you won’t be disappointed!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
Yields bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113 g) butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup (66 g) creamy peanut butter
- ⅔ cup (134 g) light brown sugar, gently packed
- ⅓ cup (68 g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour, (stir, spoon & level)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 to 2 cups (170-340 g) chocolate chunks or chips
- 1 ½ cups (64 g) mini pretzel twists, coarsely broken & divided; plus 24 whole pretzels
Chocolate Drizzle:
- ⅓ cup (90 g) creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup (43 g) chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F & grease a 9×13" pan.
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter & peanut butter with both sugars, until light & fluffy. Beat in the eggs & vanilla.
- Add the flour, baking soda & salt, & stir until almost combined; fold in the chocolate chips & 1 cup of pretzel pieces.
- Spread the the dough evenly in the pan & bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden on top.
- In a small bowl, melt the peanut butter & chocolate chips in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Stir until smooth.
- Place whole pretzels in rows 4×6. Drizzle chocolate, & then sprinkle the top with the remaining ½ cup pretzel pieces. Refrigerate to help the chocolate set up. Cut 24 squares & serve.
Notes
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.
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I thought these would be wonderful to take to my son’s house as they love peanut butter desserts. Unfortunately, the dough was really dry resulting in an inedible bar. I went over the ingredients twice, thinking I missed something. There was no folding the chips and pretzels in. I had to knead them in by habd. . Anybody else have this problem?
I’m really sorry to hear that you had a bad experience. My tips would be to make sure you use large eggs and stir the flour before you measure it. Stirring the flour incorporates air into it, so you don’t end up using too much flour, which would result in a dense, heavy, dry product.
This recipe was so good! I made it for my blog (and credited you of course). I added caramel because I like to be thoroughly excessive.
https://tryhardkitchen.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/sweet-salty-cookie-bars/
The caramel sounds like a great addition! So glad you liked it!