Peanut Butter Fudge Brownie Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, melted
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup hershey's cocoa
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/4 cups chopped pecans or 1 1/4 cups walnuts, divided
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 2/3 cups reese's peanut butter chips
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 1/4 cup hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted*

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f grease 13x9x2 baking pan.
• 2 combine melted butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl; beat well. add flour, cocoa and milk; beat until blended. stir in 1 cup nuts. pour into prepared pan.
• 3 bake 25 to 30 minutes or just until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. cool completely in pan on wire rack. melt 1/2 cup butter and peanut butter chips in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. add sweetened condensed milk, stirring until smooth; pour over baked layer.
• 4 place chocolate chips in small microwave-safe bowl. microwave at medium (50%) 45 seconds; stir. if necessary, microwave at medium an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred. drizzle bars with melted chocolate; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup nuts. refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. cut into bars. cover; refrigerate leftover bars.