Here’s an easy homemade chocolate peanut butter crunch bars recipe—no baking, just simple layering and chilling.
🍫 Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars
🧾 Ingredients
Base layer
- 1 ½ cups crushed graham crackers or digestive biscuits
- ½ cup melted butter
- 2 tbsp sugar (optional)
Peanut butter layer
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup powdered sugar (adjust to taste)
- 2–3 tbsp melted butter
- 1 cup crispy rice cereal (for crunch)
Chocolate topping
- 200–250 g chocolate (milk or dark), melted
- 1 tbsp butter or coconut oil (for smoothness)
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Make the base
- Mix crushed biscuits, melted butter, and sugar.
- Press firmly into a lined square pan (8×8 inch).
- Chill for 10–15 minutes.
2. Peanut butter crunch layer
- Mix peanut butter, powdered sugar, and melted butter until smooth.
- Fold in crispy rice cereal for crunch.
- Spread evenly over the chilled base and press gently.
3. Chocolate topping
- Melt chocolate with butter/coconut oil until smooth.
- Pour over peanut butter layer and spread evenly.
4. Chill
- Refrigerate for 2–3 hours (or until fully set).
- Slice into bars and serve.
🍪 Tips
- Add chopped peanuts on top for extra crunch.
- Sprinkle sea salt for a “salted peanut butter” flavor.
- Use dark chocolate if you want it less sweet.
- Store in the fridge for up to 1 week.
If you want, I can also give you a no-butter version, protein version, or Oreo-style variation.
