No Oven Peanut Butter Squares

No Oven Peanut Butter Squares (from Kraft Recipes, Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes, Servings: 48 squares)

Ingredients

·         ½ cup butter or margarine

·         2 cups powdered sugar

·         1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs

·         1 cup creamy Peanut Butter

·         3 pkg. (4 oz. each) Semi-Sweet Chocolate, broken into pieces

Directions

1.      Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan.

2.      Place chocolate pieces into a microwave-safe bowl.  Put in microwave for 30 seconds, then stir.  Repeat until chocolate is melted.

3.      Melt butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 45 sec. Add next 3 ingredients; mix well. Spread into prepared pan; cover with chocolate.

4.      Cut partially through dessert to mark 48 squares. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Use foil handles to remove dessert from pan; cut into squares.

Another dessert that I made for the Progressive Dinner in the neighborhood.  When I first tried it, I thought it was OK – maybe a little too dry with the graham crackers.  But after eating it a little bit more, I like it.  I think that I will add more peanut butter next time, to help with the dry texture.  I like the chocolate coating, but definitely do NOT skip the first part of step 4.  I did and the chocolate cracked into all types of weird angles.  Not pretty!  Next time, in addition to using more PB, I will make a thicker batch by using a 9x9 or 8x8 pan.  These went over really well with the neighbors – they were gone in less than 30 minutes, even with the large selection of desserts!