Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars
Peanut Butter Cheesecake bars, Oh My!
I AM NOT SURE IF YOU BROUGHT YOUR STRETCHY PANTS BUT YOU’RE GOING TO NEED THEM! THESE ARE WORTH THE CALORIES, TRUST ME! THIS IS A TRUE PEANUT BUTTER LOVER’S TREAT! LET’S GET STARTED!
You May Need:
Nonstick Foil
8 inch pan
Reese’s Cups
Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
Graham crust
- 1 stick butter
- ½ C. sugar
- 1 ½ C. graham cracker crumbs
Peanut Butter Cheesecake
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 egg
- ½ C. sugar
- ¼ C. peanut butter
PB Ganache
- ½ c. heavy cream
- 8 Tablespoons butter
- 6 ounces peanut butter chips
- 2 T. sifted powdered sugar
- *** Will need snack size reese's
Instructions
Crust
- MELT THE BUTTER IN THE MICROWAVE IN A BOWL. STIR IN SUGAR AND CRUMBS. LINE AN 8 INCH PAN WITH NONSTICK FOIL AND PRESS THE CRUMB MIXTURE IN. BAKE ABOUT 9 MINS AT 350 AND LET COOL. ONCE COOL, LINE THE CRUST WITH SNACK SIZE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS TO COVER THE BOTTOM.
Cheesecake
- ELECTRIC MIX CREAM CHEESE AND SUGAR. ADD EGG AND PEANUT BUTTER. POUR OVER PEANUT BUTTER CUPS AND SPREAD OVER CRUST. BAKE 30 MINUTES AT 350. LET COOL COMPLETELY.
Ganache
- combine cream and butter in saucepan until hot.
- Stir in chips till smooth.
- Add sugar and pour over bars.
- Chill firm before cutting. Cut into 9 squares and drizzle melted dark chocolate chips on top of each bar. Keep chilled!
recipe an original by Hugs & Cookies xoxo
Anonymous says
OMG!!! WILL BE TRYING THESE TO TAKE TO THANKSGIVING!! LOOK SO YUMMY! LOL
Anonymous says
are you kidding 🙂 this is a food i would expect to see in heaven lol awesome
Veronica Miller says
Your desserts are always so decadent-this looks just incredible.
Michal says
Wow these look absolutely awesome!
Very simple making an dyet a fine dessert!
Thanks
Anonymous says
oh my I am going to make this for Thanksgiving
Peggy @The Decorating Files says
I just found your site and I’m so glad I did! You are on my daily must-read list now. These look amazing. Guess I better go get some stretchy pants!! 🙂
Jocelyn says
Girl, these are insane!!! I love every single thing about them!!!!
Dip It In Chocolate says
Seriously, you need to be the one at the Cheesecake Fac that thinks of new desserts.
matmedmera says
Very well done I love cheesecake
Altgold says
Every recipe that starts with a pic od reeses must be wonderful. But this one: wow. Sunning!
Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen says
Oh wow yum, this looks so good!
Darlene Leonard says
I swear you’re trying to make me fat or give me diabetes. But if you keep up with recipes like this one, it’ll be worth it!
Keryn Corcoran says
So good! Made them for xmas and now I am making them for NYE! Everyone loved them. I served mine in smaller bars. Thanks for the great recipes!
Marcia says
I definitely want to make these!!!
Kathleen Ranieri says
How much is a stick of butter in your peanut butter cup cheesecake bars? 1 cup? I bought a stick of butter and used the whole bar and it’s definitely way too much. Instead of being like a crust, it looks more like soup.
danielle says
1 stick of butter =1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons
Barbara says
Just an FYI, when you print out the recipe, the peanut butter cups are not listed in the ingredient section.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
added it-thank u!
cindy says
can you freeze these
danielle says
yes!!!
Deborah says
Loojs good, but sugar overload!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Oh yea!
luella caswell says
I was at the store and they didn’t have ANY cream cheese so I got cream cheese filling , the question being can I substitute the filling for the cream cheese in the peanut butter cheese cake over pb cups recipes
jenn says
Someone has taken your photos from this page and is posting in groups on facebook claiming it is their own. I thought you would like to know. They are also claiming this is their own recipe.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
booooo!!!!!! Which groups? Thanks!!!!
Betty says
The peanut butter cups r u using the little bite size or the reg ones plz help thank you
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
regular
Bonnie says
I’m trying to make this. .but it says 8″pan 8x what. .because I’m only getting 8 reeses in my pan and you have 16. …I’m in the middle of this
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
8×8
Bonnie says
Thank you
Bonnie says
Looking forward to getting recipe from u
Julie Walker says
I’ve got this cheesecake in the oven right now. My first time for trying get this recipe. Too bad I can’t eat any since chocolate triggers migraines. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Scott N says
I want to see and will make it and then I will add a layer of crunchy crisp bacon under the peanut butter cups.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
great idea
stacey says
Can you freeze them??…for how long
Melissa says
How long to chill for because my ganache is runny
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Try a few hours then
kate says
Could I use semi-sweet chocolate pieces instead of peanut butter. I think it would be okay?!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Worth a try! YUM!
Morgan says
How do you cut them without destroying them? Is there a special trick?
Robert says
Add just a tiny splash of whipping cream and it will be a little easier to spread also I added a touch more peanut butter than it called for
Dani says
Is the ganache layer supposed to be liquidy or runny? Will it eventually set up?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Liquidy at first but as it cools it will firm up.
Dani says
Thanks! Can’t wait!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
enjoy!!
karen says
Is 2T powdersugar teaspoons just want to make sure
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
capital T= Tablespoon
karen says
Thankyou sooooo much all the Baking I do and ive never seen that b4 its either tsp. Or tlb. But all I can say is Giant Hugs to you for answering me because im about to make them for my nephews Bday and id been asking friends that bake and no one was sure so I said let me see if she Answered me…. AND YOU DID YOUR THE BEST THANK YOU SO MUCH. Just pray they turn out lol
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
hahaha good luck!
Eden Passante says
Wow! Peanut butter and chocolate overload! Looks SO good!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Thank you!!! Mmmmm!
Christine says
I’m almost finished making the peanut butter cup bars. My final peanut topping is a bit runny, I may add more powdered sugar. But looks great and smells wonderful.
brian stahl says
i made these once already and it was so good,so rich.My question is this:do i need to get the dark choc really hot and whats the best method for drizzling it over the PBCC bars?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
I use the microwave to melt it and a pastry bag to drizzle it.
Gabrielle says
Hello!!! Yum!!! In ur opinion, do u think this could be adapted and made into a 9 inch cheesecake using a springform pan? I’ve done Reese and Buckeye cheesecakes… But this one looks amazingly delicious and unique! So, I would LOVE to try it… But want ur opinion… Thanks much!!!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
hmm, love your idea just not sure how well it would fit!! ??
Gabrielle says
I’m gonna have to try it sometime… Maybe a couple modifications… But this why looks sooo good! I just get requests to make cheesecakes all the time… So it’s kind of become “my thing”… Lol! Thanks for responding!!! Merry Christmas!
Sydney says
How do you display these? Laying on a tray, or packaged individual?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
On a tray 🙂
Roy Nowlin says
OMG!!! I can’t wait to get the ingredients to make all the wonderful deserts & share them with my Friends. . Thank you so very much for posting this. .. Please don’t stop doing this. …..
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Thanks so much!
Laura says
I just made these again today. The girls at work loved them when I brought them. This time when I made them I doubled the recipie and instead of using a graham cracker crust I used a choc chip cookie crust
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Ooooh great idea!!!
Kimberly Armas says
At the ganache part it says to pour over bars and then at the end it says to melt dark chocolate chips and drizzle, So my question is, Do I pour all that ganache mix over bars and THEN on to of that drizzle the dark chocolate? I’m only asking because in the pictures it doesn’t have the chocolate poured over it with drizzle, it ONLY has the drizzle, am I missing something?? Lol plz let me know asap because I’m making these as a surprise for my 7yrs olds celebration dinner for him becoming a part of my family legally!!!! I’m SO HAPPY and he deserves this!! Thank you so much…
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
how exciting!!! The bars do have the ganache, it is actually a peanut butter ganache not a chocolate one. Hope that helps!
Lynne says
This is sooo good! I’ve used snack size & mini Reese’s. Delicious!
Boyan Minchev says
I love peanut butter, but never try it with cheesecake, can’t wait. I will try to cook this amazing recipe for my girlfriend, I’m sure she will start loving me more 🙂 Thank you for sharing this amazing dessert with us.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
hahaha Hope she enjoys it!
Sandi says
These look wonderful! Question can i just omit peanut butter cups and do iust cheesecake? Love all your recipes have used a few in bakery i work at!
Shannon Pisano says
Just wanted to thank you sooooo much for sharing this recipe. I’ve been making this for my family and coworkers over the past two years and they all rave about them. Keep up the good work and keep sharing these fantastic recipes!
Megan Orr says
Can you make this using the already made Graham cracker crust pies?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
I have never tried that.
Renee Smith says
These look heavenly.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Thank you!!!