I’ve been so busy this semester, I hadn’t had time to bake for my Wednesday night class at all. The girls had been begging so I whipped these up over a month ago and I’m finally getting to share them on the blog! Better late than never, right?

Peanut Mallow Bars Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 18.25 oz yellow cake mix
• 1 stick butter melted
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 cups mini marshmallows

Peanut Mallow Bars Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9×13″ baking pan.
• In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, mix together the cake mix, melted butter, milk, brown sugar, and eggs until blended.
• Fold in the peanut butter chips.
• Press into prepared pan.
• Bake 20 minutes.

• Once the crust is baked, remove from oven. Leave the oven on.
• Place the peanut butter in a small microwaveable bowl and microwave for 15-20 seconds, until melted.
• Drizzle the peanut butter over the partially baked bars.
• Sprinkle the marshmallows over the peanut butter.

• Put the pan back in the oven and bake for an additional 10-12 minutes, until marshmallows are puffed up and golden.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
• Cut into bars and serve with a glass of milk.

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Peanut Mallow Bars

These Peanut Mallow Bars start with a yellow cake mix and make a delicious snack.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword bar cookie, marshmallows, peanut butter

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 18

Author cindy

Ingredients

• 1 18.25 oz yellow cake mix
• 1 stick butter melted
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 cups mini marshmallows

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9×13" baking pan.
• In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, mix together the cake mix, melted butter, milk, brown sugar, and eggs until blended.
• Fold in the peanut butter chips.
• Press into prepared pan.
• Bake 20 minutes.
• Once the crust is baked, remove from oven. Leave the oven on.
• Place the peanut butter in a small microwaveable bowl and microwave for 15-20 seconds, until melted.
• Drizzle the peanut butter over the partially baked bars.
• Sprinkle the marshmallows over the peanut butter.
• Put the pan back in the oven and bake for an additional 10-12 minutes, until marshmallows are puffed up and golden.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
• Cut into bars and serve with a glass of milk.

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If you’ve never had an Ooey Gooey cake before, they come in lots of flavors, but Ooey Gooey Butter Cakes are the most famous. These cakes have two layers, a firm bottom layer and a gooey top layer. The classic cake is usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. My Chocolate Peanut Butter Ooey Gooey Cake recipe has a chocolate cake layer, a peanut butter layer, and it’s all covered in a chocolate ganache.

Ooey Gooey Butter Cakes have been around since the 1930s and originated in St Louis, Missouri. (the friend who sent me this recipe lives near St Louis). My first taste of this sweet, rich dessert was at a church potluck, and I was hooked!

This recipe looks more complicated than it is. Just make sure you have all your ingredients on hand and mise en place for each section and you will be fine. What’s mise en place? It means put in place. In cooking it means to prepare: gather, measure, cut, etc before you begin cooking or baking. It saves time and stress.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ooey Gooey Cake Ingredients

• 1 box (18.25 oz) Devil’s Food Cake
• 3 eggs
• 2 sticks butter, melted (divided)
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter, divided
• 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup peanut butter chips
• 1/2 cup heavy cream

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Ooey Gooey Cake

The perfect combination of chocolate cake, gooey peanut butter cream, and chocolate ganache, this Chocolate Peanut butter Ooey Gooey Cake will be a hit at your next gathering.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cake, chocolate, peanut butter

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Cooling Time 1 hour hour

Total Time 2 hours hours 5 minutes minutes

Servings 12 servings

Author cindy

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

• 1 box Devil's Food Cake 18.25 oz
• 1 Egg
• 1 stick Butter melted

Peanut Butter Layer

• 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
• 2 Eggs
• 1 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
• 2 cups Confectioners Sugar
• 1 stick Butter melted
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ganache

• 3/4 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 1/3 cup Peanut Butter Chips
• 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/2 cup Heavy cream

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Grease and flour a 9 x 13" cake pan and set aside.

Chocolate Cake

• In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, egg, and melted butter. Stir well with a wooden spoon.
• Batter will be thick.

  Pat the cake mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan and set aside.

Peanut Butter Layer

• In a large mixing bowl (I use my stand mixer but a hand mixer is fine too), beat the cream cheese on medium until smooth.
• Add the eggs and the peanut butter and continue to beat on medium until combined.
• Decrease mixer speed to low and carefully add in the confectioner's sugar.
• Slowly add in the butter and then the vanilla.
• Continue to beat until smooth.
• Pour the peanut butter mixture over the devil's food cake layer.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes, start checking at 40 minutes. You want the center to be a bit gooey. Do not over bake this cake, you want it slightly under baked.
• Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 10-15 minutes.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ganache

• While the cake is cooling, place the semi sweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and peanut butter in a heat resistant bowl and set aside.
• Heat the heavy cream in a sauce pan over medium heat. Let simmer for 1-2 minutes.
• Carefully pour the hot cream over the chips and peanut butter.
• Stir gently until the chips have melted.
• Pour the ganache over the cake. Place the cake in the refrigerator for an hour to help the ganache set up, then remove from fridge.
• Serve the cake at room temperature. Enjoy!

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I decided to keep the flavor profile simple. chocolate and peanut butter. As far as we know, no one in the church has a peanut allergy, so we are safe there. I went to the store and picked up some milk chocolate and pink melting chocolates, and some wax paper, I had the other ingredients on hand.

How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Cracker Cookies

I used 2 sleeves of Ritz Crackers, Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter, Milk Chocolate melting chocolate, pink melting chocolate and Valentine sprinkles. This treat is very easily customized for whatever event you are serving them at.

I spread peanut butter on half of the crackers, then I topped them with another cracker. I followed the directions to melt the milk chocolate in the microwave. I melted it in my 2 cup glass measuring cup so that the chocolate would be deep enough for dipping. Once the chocolate is smooth, use kitchen tongs to dip the cookie into the chocolate, making sure the cookies is totally covered. Allow excess chocolate to drip back into the measuring cup. Place the chocolate covered cookie on a wax paper covered cookie sheet. When the cookie sheet is full, decorate with sprinkles or another color of melting chocolate. Place the tray in the freezer for 15-20 minutes then place the cookies in an air tight container in the refrigerator until its time to serve.

Super simple, right?? One of my girls said, “Mrs Cindy, you’re better than Publix Bakery!” that right there is a HUGE compliment. Wednesday was a low attendance night so I had some leftovers, which I shared with church friends. One high school boy said, “You need to make a lot more of these for me.” I told them he could make them himself. He said he can only make cereal. I asked if he knew how to use the microwave, to which he said yes. I then told him I would get him a copy of the recipe so he could make them for his 3 younger siblings. He got very excited at that idea.

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Chocolate peanut Butter Ritz Cracker Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Cracker Cookies are super simple to make and a perfect sweet and salty treat for the whole family.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate, peanut butter, ritz crackers

Prep Time 45 minutes minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes minutes

Freeze Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 2 minutes minutes

Servings 24 cookies

Author cindy

Ingredients

• 2 sleeves Ritz Crackers
• Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter
• 16 oz Milk Chocolate Melting Chocolate Wafers
• 2 oz Drizzle chocolate Melts your choice of color
• Sprinkles that coordinate with your theme

Instructions

• Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and set aside.
• Spread peanut butter on 24 Ritz Crackers.
• Place a second Ritz Cracker on top of the peanut butter creating a sandwich cookie.
• Melt the milk chocolate in a large glass measuring cup in the microwave following the directions on the bag.
• Using tongs, dip each sandwich cookie into the milk chocolate, making sure the cookie is completely covered.
• Lay the chocolate covered sandwich cookies on the wax paper, do not let the cookies touch.
• When the tray is full, decorate with additional melted chocolate and/or sprinkles.
• Place the tray of cookies in the freezer for 15 minutes.
• When the chocolate has hardened place the cookies in an air tight container in the refrigerator until time to serve.

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I gave Jordan some flavor combination choices based on some I had pinned and he chose chocolate/peanut butter. I read several recipes to get a good idea of how to create this flavor packed delight. I ended up going a bit rogue and concocting my own recipe.

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Peanut Butter Cup Trifle Recipe

This delicious layered dessert was the hit of our party and will be the hit of yours too!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 15

Author Cindy

Ingredients

• 1 Brownie mix 13x9" size, eggs and oil as called for on box
• 1 Instant Chocolate Pudding 5 oz size
• 3 cups + 2 TBS cold milk
• 2 small containers Cool Whip 8 oz size
• 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
• 1 c Confectioner's Sugar
• 21 oz Skippy Smooth Peanut Butter 3/4 of a 28oz jar
• 8 oz Mini Reece's Peanut Butter Cups

Instructions

Brownies

• Make the brownies according to the instructions on the box.
• Allow to cool completely.
• Cut into 1" cubes.

Pudding

• Make the pudding according to the instructions on the box.
• Cover and place in refrigerator to set-up.

Peanut Butter Layer

• In a large mixing bowl beat together 1 container of Cool Whip, Cream Cheese, Confectioner's Sugar, Peanut Butter and 2 TBS milk.

Assemble the Trifle

• Layer 1/2 the brownie chunks on the bottom of the bowl.
• Cover the brownies with 1/2 of the peanut butter mixture.
• Next, add a layer of 1/2 of the chocolate pudding.
• Carefully cover the pudding in a layer of 1/2 the container of Cool Whip.
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the mini Reece's Cups on top of the Cool Whip.
• Repeat the layers again: brownie, peanut butter, pudding, Cool Whip, candy
• Refrigerate til serving.

Notes

Since we were going to be eating this at the end of a very busy day, I pre-made most of the ingredients the night before. I cooked the brownies, made the pudding and the peanut butter layers in advance. I just kept the pudding and peanut butter in the refrigerator. I took the peanut butter mixture out of the fridge about 15 minutes before assembling so it could warm up a bit. I added about 2 TBS of additional milk and whipped it for a minute or two before layering it.

This Peanut Butter Cup Trifle was easy to whip up and a huge hit at the party. My nephew asked if I would make him one instead of a birthday cake this year! The trifle easily fed the 13 of us at the party with a little left over. Make sure you have a long spoon for serving! I hope you enjoy this recipe and all of the easy recipes I share here on The Mom Maven. I hope you share them on your social networks. I just ask that you not copy and share the entire recipe with photos. Please use the sharing buttons below and share the link to this post. Thanks!

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Knock You Silly Bars

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 4 dozen small squares

Author cindy

Ingredients

• 2 16.5 oz packages refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 60 whole caramels unwrapped
• 1/2 cup peanut butter melted
• 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375° F and grease 9 x 13-inch jelly-roll pan/cookie sheet with rims.
• Spread one package of cookie dough into prepared pan
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and set aside.
  
• In a double boiler melt caramels with ½ cup evaporated milk.
  
• When melted and combined, add ½ cup melted peanut butter and pour over cookie base.
  
• Sprinkle chocolate chips as evenly as you can over the caramel.
• With the second package of cookie dough, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls evenly onto caramel and chocolate chips mixture; press down lightly.
  
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and edges are set.
• Cool in pan on wire rack.
  

These bar cookies are great for holiday gift giving, parties or dessert. I brought them into the office to share and the disappeared quickly.

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1 stick Margarine
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups quick cooking oatmeal

Mix together the margarine, sugar, cocoa and milk over medium heat in a large heavy pot-stirring constantly. Bring to a hard, rolling boil. Boil for 3 minutes. Pull from the heat and quickly add the vanilla and peanut butter. Stir very quickly to melt the peanut butter. Add the oatmeal, again stirring quickly.

Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. They will set up fairly quickly in a non-humid environment (here in Florida I usually have to refrigerate them for about 30 minutes).

Enjoy!

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