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Peanut Butter Bark with Pretzels

April 25, 2012 by Alea Milham 11 Comments

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This peanut butter bark with pretzels recipe is a quick and easy way to make homemade candy!

Peanut Butter Bark with Pretzels Recipe  - This quick and easy recipe for Peanut Butter Bark with Pretzels is the perfect blend of sweet, salty, & chocolate!

My oldest kids are coming to the end of their semester at college and are under stress as they finish projects and prepare for finals. They haven’t been very good company. At all! Some people living with them would even describe them as grumpy. It is at times like this that I completely understand sending kids thousands of miles away to attend college.

I can’t make their projects and finals go away, but I can try to sweeten them up a little with some candy. And if it doesn’t work, I can take the candy and go hide in my room with a good book and a cup of tea until finals are over.

I am still working on clearing out the pantry ahead of our move which has forced me to improvise on several occasions. I wanted to make something with peanuts and chocolate – two proven mood improvers, but I was out of peanuts, so I modified my Peanut Butter Bark recipe to include pretzels.

Peanut Butter Park with Pretzels Recipe

Ingredients
  • 1 package peanut butter chips
  • 1 tablespoons shortening
  • 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup of crushed pretzels (I used Glutino pretzels to make this gluten-free)
 Directions
  1. Cover a cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper.
  2. Melt the peanut butter chips and shortening according to package directions. Once melted stir in ½ cup of the pretzels.
  3. Melt the chocolate chips according to package directions. Once melted stir in ½ cup of the pretzels.
  4. Alternate spooning the melted chocolate chips and melted peanut butter chips on to the cookie sheet. Then use a spatula to semi blend the two and spread it evenly over the foil.
  5. Let sit for 2 hours to firm up or put it in the freezer for 30 minutes. Break into pieces.

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Peanut Butter Bark with Pretzels
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
5 mins
Total time
10 mins
 
Author: Alea
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 1 package peanut butter chips
  • 1 tablespoons shortening
  • 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup of crushed pretzels (I used Glutino pretzels to make this gluten-free)
Directions
  1. Cover a cookie sheet with foil.
  2. Melt the peanut butter chips and shortening according to package directions. Once melted stir in ½ cup of the pretzels.
  3. Melt the chocolate chips according to package directions. Once melted stir in ½ cup of the pretzels.
  4. Alternate spooning the melted chocolate chips and melted peanut butter chips on to the cookie sheet. Then use a spatula to semi blend the two and spread it evenly over the foil.
  5. Let sit for 2 hours to firm up or put it in the freezer for 30 minutes. Break into pieces.
Notes
Add time for cooling the bark.
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My daughter declared this candy her new favorite, but I have found that starving, stressed college students are very generous food critics…which is why I let them live at home while going to college. 🙂

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Rose says

    December 7, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    I have a nut allergy, so im wondering if soy peanutbutter will work. If so how much should i use?

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    • Alea Milham says

      December 7, 2016 at 3:51 pm

      No, it won’t work with a soy butter. I would replace the peanut butter chips with white chocolate chips. You will still get a tasty sweet/salt/crunchy bark.

      Reply
  2. The Quiet Mom says

    April 30, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    Yum! So easy to make too. Thanks for sharing.

    Hopping by and following your FB, SU and Pinterest.

    My recent post:

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  3. Me and My Sweets says

    April 29, 2012 at 4:43 am

    Yum Yum Yum!

    I’m going to start a monthly party at my blog and would love you to join. Check out my blogg from 1st of May for more info. And also maybe become a new happy follower?! 🙂

    http://www.meandmysweets.blogspot.com

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  4. Miz Helen says

    April 27, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Your recipe looks awesome. Hope you have a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  5. Nancy W says

    April 27, 2012 at 4:16 am

    These look amazing, I’m going to make some to send to my son in college, they look like they’d ship well!

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  6. April @ The 21st Century Housewife says

    April 27, 2012 at 12:45 am

    If that wonderful Peanut Butter Bark with Pretzels won’t cheer them up, nothing will! I love the sweet / savoury thing going on in this treat!

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  7. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    April 26, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    My goodness I love the name of your blog! How creative!
    Your sweet treat will help with the grumpies during finals.
    If not you can eat it for “medicinal purposes”!

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  8. [email protected] Breaths says

    April 26, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    I agree with sending them away to college 🙂 These look delicious! Visiting you from Foodie Friday. Have a nice weekend.

    Reply
  9. Cindy says

    April 26, 2012 at 8:15 am

    When I was in college, I always relied on chocolate to get me through finals. Your Peanut Butter Bark looks delicious!

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  10. Beth @ Aunt B's Kitchen says

    April 26, 2012 at 6:33 am

    Oh, my word! I find myself wanting these…for breakfast! Is that a bad thing? 😉

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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