Chocolate: An Anti-Valentine's Must Have

You and Me: Chocolate and Peanut Butter - heaven in delightful morsels. 

This year I will be spending Valentine's Day working, drinking a cheap bottle of red wine, and packing for a sudden and somewhat unexpected move. Last year I think I was doing the same, only I was moving into my house instead of moving out. The point is not that I've yet to find my forever home, it's that I'm alone, without my sweetheart, without A sweetheart. What can a girl do? How about flip on The Golden Girls and eat these little delights! (Chocolate goes great with red wine, too -- perfect for me!)

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

from verybestbaking.com

Prep: 15 mins

Cooking: 2 mins

Level: Easy

Cooling: 60 mins

Yields: 60 bars (5 dozen)

Just beat, melt, stir, and refrigerate...these bars are that simple!

Ingredients

• 2 cups peanut butter, divided
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar, divided
• 3 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

GREASE 13 x 9-inch baking pan.

BEAT 1 1/4 cups peanut butter and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in 1 cup powdered sugar. With hands or wooden spoon, work in remaining 1 cup powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs and 1/2 cup morsels. Press evenly into prepared baking pan. Smooth top with spatula.

MELT remaining 3/4 cup peanut butter and remaining 1 1/2 cups morsels in medium, heavy-duty saucepan over lowest possible heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Spread over graham cracker crust in pan. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until chocolate is firm. Cut into bars. Store in covered container in refrigerator.