Peanut Butter Fudge Bars

These Peanut Butter Fudge Bars are made delicious with yellow cake mix, peanut butter, chocolate chips, coconut and walnuts!

Here’s an easy dessert that begins with a yellow cake mix. If you aren’t into yellow cake, you can always substitute white cake mix instead. Everyone loves a good bar, and this one is full of delicious flavors. This is a recipe that is good to bring to a potluck.

Ingredients needed:

yellow cake mix
creamy peanut butter
butter
eggs
sweetened condensed milk
vanilla extract
salt
semisweet chocolate chips
shredded coconut
chopped walnuts or pecans (leave out the nuts if there are allergy concerns or if you don’t care for nuts)


How to make Peanut Butter Fudge Bars:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
Preheat the oven to 350℉.
 
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, peanut butter, ½ cup of the melted butter and eggs. Stir until blended. Press ⅔ of the mixture into a 9×13-inch ungreased pan.
 
In a separate bow. combine the condensed milk, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, vanilla and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Spread this mixture evenly over the cake mix layer. Crumble the reserved dough over the top.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden. Cool for at least a couple of hours.

Then cut into squares.
How to store Peanut Butter Fudge Bars:
Keep bars stored in a sealed container for up to 3 days. These can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.

The Best Bar Recipes:

Rocky Road Fudge Bars
Chunky Monkey Bars
Raspberry Bars
Sugar Cookie Bars
Strawberry Shortbread Bars




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Peanut Butter Fudge Bars


Super easy and delicious dessert for chocolate/peanut butter lovers!

Course Dessert Cuisine American Keyword bars, fudge, peanut butter

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes Cook Time 25 minutes minutes Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 15 bars
Calories 595 kcal
Author RecipeGirl.com


Ingredients One 15.25-ounce box yellow cake mix 1 cup creamy peanut butter ½ cup (1 stick) + 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (divided) 2 large eggs One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ½ teaspoon salt 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips 1 cup shredded coconut 1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
Instructions Preheat the oven to 350℉. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, peanut butter, ½ cup of the melted butter and eggs. Stir until blended. Press ⅔ of the mixture into a 9x13-inch ungreased pan. In a separate bow. combine the condensed milk, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, vanilla and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Spread this mixture evenly over the cake mix layer. Crumble the reserved dough over the top. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden. Cool for at least a couple of hours, and then cut into squares. Keep bars stored in a sealed container for up to 3 days. These can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.


Nutrition Serving: 1 bar | Calories: 595 kcal | Carbohydrates: 57 g | Protein: 11 g | Fat: 38 g | Saturated Fat: 18 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11 g | Trans Fat: 0.4 g | Cholesterol: 55 mg | Sodium: 410 mg | Potassium: 418 mg | Fiber: 5 g | Sugar: 38 g | Vitamin A: 353 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 174 mg | Iron: 3 mg
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