Mom's Chocolate Peanut Buddy Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 11 1/2 ounces chocolate chips, divided

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 beat peanut butter & butter together until smooth, about 1 minute.
• 3 add suar, eggs and vanilla, beat until creamy.
• 4 blend in flour and salt.
• 5 stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips.
• 6 spread into ungreased 13x9" baking pan.
• 7 bake 25-30 minutes until edges begin to brown.
• 8 take out of oven and immediately sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over cookie layer, let stand 5 minutes.
• 9 once chips are shiny and soft, spread evenly over whole cookie layer.
• 10 cool completely & cut into 1 1/2 inch bars.