NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER-CHOCOLATE BARS

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Entertain a large group without breaking a sweat with our No-Bake Peanut Butter-Chocolate Bars. These sweet peanut butter-chocolate bars are made without ever once turning on the oven. Talk about the perfect summertime dessert!

Provided by My Food and Family

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Time 2h45m

Yield 32 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

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Ingredients

1 pkg. (16 oz.) peanut butter sandwich cookies (about 32 cookies), divided
5 Tbsp. butter, melted
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened, divided
1-1/4 cups creamy peanut butter, divided
1 cup sugar, divided
1 Tbsp. vanilla, divided
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (about 3 cups), thawed, divided
2 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided

Steps:

Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Finely crush 28 cookies; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of prepared pan.
Beat 1 pkg. cream cheese, 1 cup peanut butter, 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tsp. vanilla in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Fold in 1-1/2 cups (about half of tub) COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Freeze 15 min.
Melt 6 oz. chocolate as directed on package; cool 10 min. Beat with remaining cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Fold in 1 cup of the remaining COOL WHIP; spread over frozen layer in pan.
Microwave remaining chocolate and COOL WHIP in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 45 sec.; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Drizzle over dessert.
Spoon remaining peanut butter into microwaveable bowl. Microwave 15 sec.; stir. Drizzle over dessert. Freeze 2 hours.
Break remaining cookies into small pieces; scatter over dessert. Use foil handles to remove dessert from pan before cutting into bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 210, Fat 15 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Sodium 115 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 4 g