Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Bars

This amazing bar cookie treat will satisfy any craving for peanut butter and chocolate.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 162 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup peanut butter
• ¾ cup butter, softened
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or more to taste
• 1 ¾ cups unbleached flour
• 10 ounces chocolate chunks (such as Ghirardelli® Bittersweet Chocolate)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add peanut butter and beat until incorporated.

Step 3

Sift flour and baking soda together in a separate bowl; mix into the butter mixture. Fold chocolate chunks into the mixture.

Step 4

Spread the batter into a 13x9-inch baking dish.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares.