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These NO BAKE EASTER PEANUT BUTTER BARS so simple to make (no mixer, no oven, just 6 ingredients!) and they are so cute for Spring!
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Let’s all just get one thing out of the way…Reese’s Eggs are the best shape out there.
Sure, the hearts and trees and pumpkins are absolutely delicious and you’ll never find me turning one down, but the egg is the best shape because it has the highest ratio of peanut butter to chocolate. <– That’s not scientifically proven, but I feel it in my heart. 😉
I’m all about chocolate peanut butter treats and these Easter peanut butter bars are no exception!
We love that these are no bake, require no mixer, and call for just 6 ingredients. The hardest part is letting these firm up in the fridge for an hour!
Ingredients Needed:
Peanut Butter – We prefer smooth, but chunky would likely work.
Graham Cracker Crumbs – You can buy these in a box or you can crush whole graham crackers yourself.
Powdered Sugar
Butter – Melted, which makes it even easier to stir this together!
White Chocolate – The white chocolate makes the pastel colored candies stand out so pretty!
M&M Candies – We went with the pastel regular variety, but peanut butter would be fabulous as well!
How to Make:
Make the peanut butter layer: Add the peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and melted butter to a bowl and stir well to combine. It’ll come together easily – no mixer needed.
Spread that into a foil lined 8×8 baking dish.
Top with Chocolate: Add your white chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl and heat in 30 second intervals until melted. Be careful not to burn the chocolate!
Drizzle the white chocolate evenly over the peanut butter layer and use an off-set spatula to smooth it all out.
Decorate: We topped our no bake peanut butter bars with pastel colored M&M candies. You could also use sprinkles or other colorful candy.
Helpful Tip!
Swaps & Substitutes
- Not a fan of white chocolate? Swap in semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips.
- Peanut butter allergy? Sun Butter should work just fine!
- Out of graham crackers? We’ve replaced them with crushed Reese’s Puffs before. Any peanut butter flavored cereal would likely work.
More peanut butter treats!
- Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blondies
- Peanut Butter Lasagna
- Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Reese’s Brownies
No Bake Easter Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup pastel m&m candies
Instructions
- Add the graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, peanut butter, and melted butter to a medium mixing bowl and stir well with a spoon to combine.
- When mixture is well combined, spread into the bottom of a foil lined 8×8 baking dish.
- Add the white chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30 second bursts, stirring each time, until the chocolate has melted.
- Pour the chocolate over the peanut butter mixture and smooth evenly over the top.
- Sprinkle the m&m’s over the melted chocolate.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours before remove from the pan, cutting, and serving.
Kim says
How long will these cookies last in refrigerator
Karly Campbell says
We keep them for up to 1 week.
Deb says
Instructions are very confusing you state in the recipe to put in the foil pan then you turn around and say put it in a grease pan so which is right? I also felt there was too much peanut butter in there and not enough gram cracker because I put it in the grease pan and I had a very difficult time trying to cut through it into the bars I rate this recipe with a one star
Karly says
I’m sorry you found the instructions confusing. You can use either foil or a greased pan. The foil makes it easy to lift the bars out and cut, the grease is to prevent sticking. The ratios are correct to keep the bars held together and firm. Cutting was probably trickier because of the hardened chocolate, but they should still cut just fine. Let them set out a bit you’re really struggling. Sorry this wasn’t to your tastes.
Mary says
I just made these but the bottom peanut butter is extremely soft
I have them in the fridge the chocolate is hard but seem like maybe 1/2 cup butter was to much
Karly says
Give them an hour or two in the fridge and they’ll set up for you. 🙂