Peanut Butter Kiss Cookie Bars
The classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate come together in this damn near perfect bar cookie!
Servings: 15 cookies
Calories: 292kcal
Equipment
- 9x13 baking pan
- mixing bowl
- handmixer
- wooden spoon
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips semi sweet or milk chocolate
- 15 Hershey’s Kisses unwrapped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, Beat together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer until well combined
- Add the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla and mix well
- Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt
- Fold in the chocolate chips
- Scoop the batter into the prepared baking pan and spread out evenly edge to edge
- Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes
- Then cut into 24 bars Place a Hershey’s Kiss in the center of each bar
Notes
- The chocolate chips in the bars are optional.
- You can sprinkle some granulated sugar over the cookie dough in the pan right before baking, if desired.
- The cookies can be kept at room temperature for up to five days or frozen for up to three months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Bar | Calories: 292kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 192mg | Potassium: 78mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 232IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg