Here’s a delicious guide to Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats with Sea Salt—sweet, salty, and irresistible. 🍫🥜✨
🌟 Key Facts
- What they are: No-bake or baked bars combining chocolate and peanut butter, finished with a sprinkle of sea salt
- Texture: Creamy, chewy, and slightly crunchy depending on ingredients
- Serving: Cut into squares or bars; perfect for snacks or dessert
🥘 Ingredients (makes ~12 bars)
- 1 cup peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs or crushed digestive biscuits
- 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vegetable oil or butter (for chocolate layer)
- Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling
🥄 Instructions
- Prepare the base
- In a medium bowl, combine peanut butter, melted butter, powdered sugar, and graham cracker crumbs. Mix until a thick, even mixture forms.
- Press into pan
- Line an 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper. Press the peanut butter mixture firmly into the pan.
- Melt chocolate
- In a microwave-safe bowl or double boiler, melt chocolate chips with a teaspoon of oil or butter until smooth.
- Top the base
- Pour melted chocolate over the peanut butter layer and spread evenly.
- Add sea salt
- Sprinkle flaky sea salt lightly over the chocolate layer while still warm.
- Chill
- Refrigerate for 1–2 hours until set.
- Serve
- Cut into squares or bars and enjoy!
✨ Tips
- Crunch factor: Add crushed nuts or cereal to the peanut butter layer for extra texture.
- Smooth finish: Let chocolate cool slightly before spreading to prevent it from mixing into the peanut butter layer.
- Storage: Keep in the fridge in an airtight container for up to a week.
If you want, I can give a “super easy 3-ingredient version” of these chocolate peanut butter bars with sea salt that takes under 15 minutes to make. Do you want me to do that?
