Peanut Butter Crumble Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup smooth peanut butter
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 large eggs
• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup grated coconut
• 1 cup walnuts or 1 cup pecan pieces, chopped
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325*.
• 2 place the cake mix, peanut butter, melted butter and eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• 3 blend with an electric mixer on medium speed for about a minute.
• 4 scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again for about 30 more seconds,or until uniformly mixed; the mixture will be very thick.
• 5 transfer the mixture into an ungreased 13 x 9 cake pan, reserving 1 1/2 cups for the topping.
• 6 using your hands, press the crust evenly over the bottom of the pan so it reaches all sides.
• 7 set both the pan aside and the reserved topping.
• 8 for the filling, stir the chocolate chips, condensed milk and 2 tbs butter in a pan on low heat and cook for about 5 minutes, until chocolate is melted and is well mixed, then remove from the heat.
• 9 stir in nuts, coconut and vanilla until well mixed.
• 10 pour the chocolate mixture evenly over the crust.
• 11 crumble the reserved topping over chocolate mixture in the pan.
• 12 place the pan in the middle of the preheated 325* oven for about 20-25 minutes, until lightly browned.
• 13 cool on wire rack for 30 minutes.
• 14 note- i used darlene summers' homemade sweetened condensed milk for an excellent substitute for the sweetened condensed milk.