{"id":5046,"date":"2017-01-19T08:55:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T14:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livewellbakeoften.com\/?p=5046"},"modified":"2018-06-11T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T19:00:34","slug":"no-bake-peanut-butter-pretzel-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livewellbakeoften.com\/no-bake-peanut-butter-pretzel-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

These No-Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars are the perfect sweet and salty dessert.  You only need five ingredients to make these incredibly easy bars too!<\/p>\n

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It may be cold outside right now, but I feel like you can never go wrong with an easy no-bake dessert.  In fact, I actually made these bars for Christmas last year and couldn’t get over how good they were so I had to share them with you.  These are similar to other no-bake peanut butter bars, except they have crushed pretzels in them instead of graham crackers.<\/p>\n

These bars really are the perfect combination of sweet, salty, and really hard to resist.  Trust me on that one.<\/p>\n

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You’ll start by mixing together some melted butter, powdered sugar, peanut butter, and crushed pretzels.  Just a little note on the pretzels, make sure to measure them after<\/strong> you’ve crushed them up.  I prefer to use my food processor to crush the pretzels, but you can crush them in a plastic bag too.  You should have mostly smaller pieces, but a few bigger pieces are fine in these bars.  Once you mix up the filling it will seem soft at first, this is okay!  Once the bars are refrigerated they will firm up and hold their shape well, even at room temperature.<\/p>\n

The topping is just a simple mixture of chocolate chips and peanut butter.  I just put them in a microwave safe bowl and pop it into the microwave for 20-30 seconds at a time.  The peanut butter helps make the chocolate topping nice and smooth.  And when you cut or bite into the bars the topping isn’t rock hard, just perfectly soft.<\/p>\n

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You will need to let the bars chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour, so you can easily slice into them.  I think the hardest part of making these bars is not having any self control around them, I’m just speaking from experience over here.<\/p>\n

These also freeze really well and I’ve included instructions for how to freeze them.  You can easily prep these ahead of time and dessert is ready to go the next day.  And the best part?  You don’t even have to turn your oven on to make these!<\/p>\n

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