Gold Bars

Do you remember celebrating Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day in grade school? To me, it meant Winter was finally ending and Spring was coming. I could finally look forward to Summer break! Back to reality, these peanut buttery treats always evoke the feeling of shedding Winter and welcoming Spring.

This is a delicious treat for St. Patrick's day. They kind of resemble a bar of gold, but are rich and tasty.

Not only are these delicious, they are terrifically easy to make. These are NO BAKE!




Best served chilled, can serve 9-12.

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
4 tablespoons peanut butter

Mix together butter or margarine, graham cracker crumbs, confectioners’ sugar, and 1 cup of peanut butter until well blended. Press mixture evenly into bottom of ungreased pan, or you could line bottom of pan with foil. I used a 9×13 in. pan. Chill in fridge while preparing chocolate layer

In a double boiler or in microwave melt chocolate chips with 4 tbsp peanut butter, stirring occasionally until smooth. Be careful not to burn it! When smooth, spread over chilled crust. Chill an additional hour before cutting into squares.

Yum! I Hope you enjoy them as much as I did and still do!