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Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars

Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars Two in the Kitchen v I am so excited that Easter is only a couple weeks away!  It is really one of my favorite holidays of the year!  I see it as such a beautiful day of hope, joy and excitement as we celebrate our risen King!

And it is such a fun family day.  Even as an adult, I get so excited to watch my kids hunt for those beautiful brightly colored eggs in the morning!

Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars Two in the Kitchen p And of course, there are the Easter treats!!  So pretty with all the bright pastel colors, I can never have enough Easter candy!  And with that thought, I realized that I haven’t made a single Easter treat yet.  Ahhhh…. I am SLACKING for sure.

So I can wait no longer.  I had to share these amazing Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars with you!  These bars incorporate my favorite Easter indulgence:  Peanut Butter M+M eggs.  Have you tried these yet?  They are sincerely gobble worthy!!  I have literally been eating them by the handful straight out of the bag for a couple of weeks now.

I finally decided that I need to stop eating them out of the bag and make them into a yummy baked Easter goody!!

Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars Two in the Kitchen viii These bars really did turn out amazing!!  In fact, my husband said they are the best thing I’ve made recently as he devoured a couple bars in one sitting.

They are loaded with peanut butter flavor, springtime chocolate chips and these adorable peanut butter m+m’s.  And to make them ultra ooey and gooey, they have condensed milk poured in the center of the bars.  They are so soft and flavorful that they really are hard to eat just one.  (Consider yourself warned!!)

Between my husband, myself and the three kids, I think we gobbled up the whole pan in a day and a half!

Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars Two in the Kitchen vii I do hope that you have a wonderful family filled Easter this year!  And I hope you will enjoy it by making lots of great food and yummy treats like these Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars!

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Peanut Butter Gooey Easter Bars

Ingredients

  • 1 c. butter (2 sticks), softened
  • 1 c. brown sugar
  • 1 c. peanut butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1/4 t. salt
  • 1 t. baking powder
  • 1/2 t. cinnamon
  • 2 1/4 c. flour
  • 1 10 oz. bag of Nestle springtime chocolate chips (or regular chocolate chips), divided
  • 3/4 c. sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 c. Easter peanut butter M+M's

Instructions

  1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees and foil and spray a 9x13 pan with baking spray
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Mix in the peanut butter until blended. Add the eggs, mixing one at a time. Mix in the vanilla.
  3. In a medium bowl, sift together the salt, baking powder, cinnamon and flour. Add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture in three additions, mixing each time until blended.
  4. Stir in the chocolate chips, reserving 1/2 cup for later.
  5. Using half the batter, drop several spoonfuls of the batter in the pan and spread and flatten evenly. Evenly pour the condensed milk on top and sprinkle the remaining half cup of chocolate chips over that. Using hands, flatten the remaining batter evenly over the top until the top is covered with the dough. Press the peanut butter M+M eggs all over the top of the dough.
  6. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the edges have slightly browned, the center no longer jiggles and a toothpick inserted comes out fairly clean.
  7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least a half hour before slicing into it. Slice and serve.
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  4. These bars look so chewy and gooey and delicious! When I was a kid my mom would make large “bunny” prints that would lead from our rooms to our easter baskets (with a few eggs filled with treats along the way). It still makes me smile now. Although I’m a little too old for her to still do it! haha : )

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  7. Renee, I love doing egg hunts for my boys. Although, they are in their teens and 20s! (I’m one of those moms that treat my boys as young men… but can’t help being their mommy at the same time!) Love these festive bars… so delicious!

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  12. Visiting from Marvelous Monday link party. These are so pretty, I love the colours. Sound so yummy too, I wouldn’t be able to keep away from them. I co-host Sweet and Savoury Sunday and would love for you to link up with us this week. Have a great week!

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  18. These bars look amazing Renee – I love how chewy and gooey they are! I am such a sucker for anything with peanut butter too and the pretty Easter colors lure me in every time 🙂

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