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CHUNKY CHOCOLAT
CHUNKY CHOCOLATE E
PEANUT BUTTER BARS S
PEANUT BUTTER BAR
he Peanut Butter Chocolate 1 package (18.25 ounces) plain yellow
Bars in The Cake Mix Doctor cake mix
1 cup chunky peanut butter
were an instant hit. We
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, melted
baked those bars on press stops 2 large eggs
and for book signings from coast 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed
to coast, and they
milk
remain a
2 tablespoons butter
countrywide 1 cup frozen unsweetened grated
favorite. When I coconut, thawed, or sweetened
flaked coconut
tried the recipe with chunky
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
peanut butter, I found the bars
had just the right amount of 1. Place a rack in the center of the oven
and preheat the oven to 325°F. Set aside
crunch. The original recipe called
an ungreased 13- by 9-inch baking pan.
for pecans as well, but I omitted
2. Place the cake mix, peanut butter,
them here. Another winner!
melted butter, and eggs in a large mixing
bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low
speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and
MAKES: 48 BARS
scrape down the sides of the bowl with a
PREPARATION TIME: 20 MINUTES rubber spatula. The mixture will be satiny
BAKING TIME: 25 TO 30 MINUTES and thick. Reserve 1 ⁄2 cups of the mix-
1
ture for the topping. Transfer the re -
maining mixture to the pan. Using your
