PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE BROWNIE BARS

Peanut butter fudge Brownie bars image

Provided by Lynnda Cloutier

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter or margarine, melted, two sticks
1 1/2 cup sugar
two eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups flour
2/3 cup hershey's cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cups chopped pecans or walnuts, divided
1/2 cup butter or margarine, one stick
1 2/3 cups reese's peanut butter chips, 10 ounces package
one can sweetened condensed milk, not evaporated milk, 14 ounces
1/4 cup hershey's special dark chocolate chips or hershey's semi sweet chocolate chips

Steps:

1. heat oven to 350°. Grease a 13 x 9" baking pan.
2. Beat melted butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add flour, cocoa and milk. Beat until blended. Stir in 1 cup nuts. Spread in prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or just until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
3. Melt 1/2 cup butter and peanut butter chips in medium pan over low heat, stirring constantly. Add sweetened condensed milk, stirring until smooth. Pour over baked layer. Put chocolate chips in small microwave safe bowl. Microwave at medium power, 50%, 45 seconds or just until chips are melted when stir. Drizzle bars with melted chocolate. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup nuts. Refrigerate one hour or until firm. Cut into bars cover. refrigerate leftover bars.