Peanut Butter Bars
Originally found at Sugarlaws
1 cup butter, softened
12 sheets of graham crackers (one package), crumbled in a food processor
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup Nutella
Mix together the butter, graham cracker crumbs, confectioners sugar, vanilla and peanut butter until blended and smooth. Pour the mixture into a 9x13 baking dish lined with parchment paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour, or until firm.
In a microwave safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips and nutella, stirring frequently, until melted (30 sec intervals, shouldn't take more than 2 minutes). Spread over the prepared crust, and refrigerate for another hour, until firm. Cut into squares.
My Notes:
Why, yes, I am obsessed with chocolate and peanut butter. Thanks for noticing. I found this recipe on Sugarlaws and thought it sounded delightful. So, I bought a jar of nutella in preparation for making nutella samosas, and proceeded to make these tonight when I had a sweet tooth.
Little background. I first tried Nutella in high school. I had never heard of it before, and then for international day, the French Club sold nutella waffles. They were amazing, but after that I didn't pay much attention to Nutella simply because it was rather expensive compared to other things. And then I went to Italy. Apparently Nutella started there, and I got a little background from some older Italians about how it was a real treat way back when. And now, of course, it's commonplace on US shelves. And yes, it is kosher.
Anyway, I didn't put quite as much nutella in as the recipe called for, because I wanted to save some for bread or something. As such, there isn't a whole lot of nutella flavor in them, which is why the name is 'peanut butter bars' and not 'nutella and peanut butter bars'. But, if you really like Nutella, feel free to spread a layer on top. You can't go wrong, really.
