Peanut M&M Bars

MAKES: 1 dozen bars

COOK TIME: 25 Min

Our Peanut M&M Bars are the dessert bar that everyone's been waiting for! This easy dessert recipe is a great way to feed the family, and adding delicious peanut butter to the mix just makes things better. After just one bite, we know everyone will being saying "Mmmm" over this delicious kid-friendly treasure. So what are you waiting for? Let's get baking!

What You'll Need

1 cup sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter (see Note)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup mini M&Ms

What to Do

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla. Add the M&Ms and mix well.
Press evenly into the baking pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool then cut into bars and serve.

Before You Start Cooking!

If you really like peanuty flavor, use crunchy peanut butter and you'll have your own combination of peanuts and chocolate! That sounds delicious if you ask us.

If you're looking for more delicious cookie bars, look no further! We've got Easy Cookie Bar Recipes everyone will love.
Do you have a weakness for peanut butter? So do we. Check out this collection of Our Top Recipes with Peanut Butter! Your sweet tooth will thank you.

Fun Fact:

Did you know that the two M's on your favorite candy stand for "Mars" and "Murrie"? That's right! Forrest Mars, the maker of M&M's, teamed up with the president of the Hershey's Company at the time William Murrie to start producing these colorful little delights. Mars ended up buying the company back in 1949 for one million dollars! Turns out the letter "M" stands for more than "mmmm", but maybe not when it comes to our Peanut M&M Bars.

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PAcook

Feb 05, 2013

Is there any down side to making a double batch of these and putting them in a 9 x 13 pan? I realize the cooking time will change but other than that?

pixie1018

Sep 21, 2012

Love chocolate and peanut butter! Going to go make these right now. I don't have any mini M&Ms, but I do have dark chocolate chips. See no reason why they shouldn't work.

larry2137 0871200

Sep 21, 2012

no flour?

Test Kitchen Team

Sep 21, 2012

This is not a mistake, there is no flour in this recipe. Some peanut butter cookie recipes are the same. Makes it very simple, enjoy! Thank you for your question!

JudyTrudy

Sep 21, 2012

You folks won't give up on insisting there needs to be flour in every version of this recipe that is listed, will you????? This is not a new recipe and has been around forever. It is known as a gluten free recipe as some people cannot have the flour. Try it, don't deny yourselves. It is very, very simple, easy to make and delicious. The trick is to leave them on the cookie sheet until they are completely cooled or they fall apart when you make them as cookies instead of bar cookies.