Wait until you try these gooey, creamy, fabulous peanut butter cookie bars stuffed with sweet cream cheese and chocolate candy. A quick and simple recipe with a mighty tasty outcome!
Raise your hand if you’ve got Halloween candy leftover? Well, we do! I had to do something with it, so…..I baked. Shocker right? 🙂
Wait until you try these gooey (if you are impatient like me to wait for them to cool) peanut buttery, cream cheesy fabulous cookie bars. Another quick and simple recipe to put together with a mighty tasty outcome, go unwrap those chocolate bars and bake a sweet treat for your friends and neighbors!
Look familiar? I am seeing this stuff in every room in the house!
Line up….nice and easy, just how I like it 🙂
First things first, mix up your peanut butter cookie dough.
Next is your cream cheese layer which is just softened cream cheese and a little sugar mixed until smooth.
Press 1/2 of that cookie dough into the bottom of an 8×8 inch baking dish then top with the cream cheese mixture.
Time for the candy layer!
Gotta love Halloween 🙂
Give a few good chops and….
…top over your cream cheese layer.
Top with remaining cookie dough and time to bake! 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes.
Mmmm 🙂
Let cool completely ( I did not, do not follow my bad example) However, I kind of like them gooey like this anyway 🙂 Grab a tall glass of milk and enjoy….then give some away to your favorite neighbors and friends!
Peanut Butter Cookie and Cream Cheese “Candy” Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3-4 Tablespoons hot water (enough to dampen the dough)
- 8 oz softened cream cheese
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 25 pieces favorite leftover Halloween chocolates!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In stand mixer, beat peanut butter and sugars until well combined.
- Add egg and vanilla to combine.
- In mixing bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to combine.
- Slowly add to wet ingredients then pour in hot water.
- Press half of dough into an 8×8 inch baking pan lined with foil and sprayed with cooking spray.
- In another bowl mix the softened cream cheese and sugar until smooth then layer over peanut butter dough.
- Cut up chocolates and layer over cream cheese then top with remaining peanut butter cookie dough.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cookie turns golden brown.
- Remove and let cool completely then cut into squares.
Nutrition
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Happy Baking, see you soon!
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Yum! These look absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Yum! These look amazing Jenny! And what a great idea to use up that Halloween candy.
So many layers of greatness in these treats. Such an awesome way to use up all of that Halloween candy! Drool worthy photos indeed! xo
What a fun use of all the candy! These look fabulous.
We have so much candy! I am definitely making these…and another batch of Compost Cookies too. I’ve got more than enough candy for both recipes. Great idea!
You crack me up! You are able to make a scrumptious looking treat out of almost anything lying around your kitchen.
Sinfully delicious. Nough said.
Made these tonight and they were divine! We had leftover Hershey milk chocolate and Reese’s. I had one warm out of the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Totally hit the spot! Gotta carb-load for my half-marathon on Saturday…
Thanks for the awesome recipe!
Clever and delicious way to use up that Halloween candy!!
I especially like the idea of sharing with the neighbors!!!
From a weight perspective, I’m wishing I hadn’t seen this. But from a Yikes that looks delicious perspective… I’m about to make this tonight. Great idea! Thanks. Have a super night.
Every single recipe that I have tried from your blog has been to DIE for! Every one always begs me to make your Chicken Tostada Bake. I am craving some right now…
I declare, you make me drool every time I read your blog. I have to print off every recipe. You are amazing. Keep the yumminess coming!!
I wish you were my neighbor!
We just bought 3 huge bags of candy because it was on sale..
this is Perfect!! 🙂
You did not just do this!!! Oh my gosh!! Yum, yum, yummmmmy:)
Wow, these are just over the top! Yum!
I might be regretting sending daughter off last night with all my leftovers to take to work today…but I squirreled away the PB cups and Twix and thinking I have JUST enough to make this work. Can I say ‘Thanks a Lot?’
yummy thats on my list to make this weekend!
Oh. My. Goodness. I just don’t even know what to say! I was so anxious to show these to my coworkers but decided instead to just ‘tell’ them about them, and told them they would have to wait to taste them tomorrow!
Wow!
♥THANK YOU♥
What a wonderfully creative recipe, Jenny! I’ll be saving this and trying it soon!
These look sinfully delicious!
While these looks great…they also make my teeth hurt!! I think the calories are jumping on me from the picture. 🙂
These look insanely good!
Oh yeah! This is RIGHT up my alley!! Wooooohoooo! Thanks for sharing!
At my house…..we call our cookies “medium-rare”!!!
must follow your bad example!! gooey = best!!
no halloween candy to be seen here, gotta steal some from the siblings 😉 juuuust kidding. i would never do that >.>
A gal after my own heart – we are doing a similar recipe today here at our house…with Seven as the official baker. Wish me luck.
Oh My!!! These look insane!! Now I know what I’m doing with my leftover candy 🙂
We don’t have any candy leftover. Sad! I might have to go buy some to make these:)
Oh my! I think I’m going to pass out! These look phenomenal!
Oh yumm!! Time to go dig through my kids’ candy! 😉
there is no way i’d be able to wait for these to cool! YUM these look amazing
Mmmm know where my Halloween candy is going!
great and fun idea! I could also imagine to put fruit in the middle instead of the chocolate, like apples or apricots…
have a nice day!
sibylle
Okay girl, my eyes just about bugged outta my head when I saw these incredibly indulgent bars!! 🙂 I’m in awe! 🙂
Nooooo! I’m supposed to throw away all of this candy, not find heavenly ways to devour it, LOL. Those look scrumptious!!