Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2006

I was very disappointed in this recipe. There was actually too much chocolate, if you can believe that! The strong flavor of the semi-sweet chips totally overpowers the peanut butter. Net time I will use milk chocolate chips and only use half the bag.

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Churchill808

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Living In: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2006

These are delicious bars that are very quick and easy to make. They are very rich and sweet but sooo good. I too was too impatient to wait for the chocolate to cool before adding the icing. I was able to sort of swirl the peanut butter and chocolate for a marbled effect which I actually really liked. I might try less chocolate chips next time. I'm planning to make these to take to cookouts this summer.

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DTSCEP

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Living In: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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Reviewed: May 31, 2006

OK, I made these and they were very good. My family loved them. They weren't a brownie type thing that I was looking for, but they were very good. Changes I made were... I used more peanut butter because i really wnated the peanut butter taste. It didn't help. The oatmeal overpowered the peanut butter. They were good though, just not as peanut buttery as I would have liked. I did use semi-sweet chocolate chips, and omitted the peanut butter frosing as suggested by other people here, because it did seem too sweet for me when I read the recipe. They were very good, but next time I will use milk chocoalte chips instead of semi sweet and I will use the frosting. BTW.... everyone who tried them absolutely loved them. My husband was glad to have something different and he liked them alot also. I will definitely make them again. I will make them again, but make some minor changes next time.

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KBELLOISE

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Reviewed: May 23, 2006

These bars are awesome. Sure they are really sweet, but that's the point. chocolate and peanut butter-yummmmm. They disappeared. Next time I will try it with milk chocolate chips I think.

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Steph

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Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2005

I'm only giving this 4 stars because if I had made it as stated it would have been WAAAYYY too sweet. The base was perfect. I added the chocolate chips on top, but skipped the icing. 2 out of my 3 kids asked me to cut the chocolate off b/c it was too sweet, so thank goodness I didn't do the icing -- that would've just been too much. So the crux of my review is this -- the bottom part of this bar is all you need .

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AggieFan92

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2005

I looooove peanut butter, so I wanted to try this bar, especially with all the great reviews. I'm so glad I tried them! I used chunky peanut butter, so I took into account the chunks of nuts by adding about an extra 50% to both measurements. I only used about half the amount of chocolate chips (in the interest of keeping healthy! =P), and I melted the peanut butter when I mixed the icing so it would be easier to blend. My 2-year old loves these bars, even the base! Usualy she eats the topping and leaves the base. A great recipe, thanks for sharing!

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2005

OMG! It was so good! turned out great! I made it for my fiddle group and they all loved it! Great recipe and everyone should try it!

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COOKINALEX

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Reviewed: May 30, 2005

Doubled the peanut butter topping and was pretty good, but no one really liked the "cookie" part. Won't be making again.

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SWIMINCIRCLES

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Reviewed: May 28, 2005

Excellent! Many compliments by my bunko group. I did double the frosting after reading some reviews.

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Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2004

Delicious and super easy! As a vegan, I subbed soy milk for the dairy milk, non-hydrogentated margarine for the butter, powdered egg replacer for the egg, and dark chocolate for the semisweet. Even so, it turned out great! The icing stayed soft and creamy, but that was fine by me.

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WILLWOLF

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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2003

Yum, yum! I love this combination. They seemed a little dry though. Next time I won't bake quite as long. And they do take some extra work to make the frosting and to let the chocolate cool before you frost. But overall, they are worth the time!

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JHAFEN

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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2003

I have been looking for a recipe similar to the chocolate peanut butter bars you can find at the Mrs. Fields store. This wasn't what I was looking for, but they were still pretty good. Of course I got a little impatient with the cooling process and spread the peanut butter glaze on while it was still warm. Don't think it hurt it any. I think the crust could have been a little sweeter but the measurments for the chocolate and PB glaze were right on. I love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate, so I wasn't too disappointed with this one. Gonna keep looking.

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JOSIE

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Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2003

Delicious. The topping was the perfect combination. I would not change a thing.

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PYNSEY

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Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2003

I love these bars. The only thing I would do differently is double the peanut butter frosting. It should be thicker. I will try that next time. This was a simple recipe with delicious results.

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Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2003

This reminds me of the peanut butter bars that we used to have in the cafeteria in school when I was young, and I LOVED when they were serving them!!!!! So yummy!

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Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2002

I found this recipe to be very very sweet. The cookie bar bottom was wonderful and would taste great by itself. The icing and chocolate together seemed too much and made this treat very sweet. Icing or melted chocolate chips would be enough.... or even just the bar by itself!

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MinxyBaby

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Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2002

Very easy, very delicious!!

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Reviewed: May 21, 2002

I can't say enough good things about these! This is the best bar cookie I have ever eaten. The oatmeal cookie part is so good I could even eat it plain, except then I would miss out on the yummy chocolate and icing part!

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