I dreamed of a nanaimo bars recipe and It looked a little something like this. I thought about it all weekend. Apologies to those who are helpless against chocolate and peanut butter combos

I really tried to avoid it, the cravings started Friday. Sunday night rolled around and I was utterly helpless. The good news is these bars are so intense, that just one resulted in complete chocolate/peanut butter/heavenly satisfaction.
Chocolate Graham Peanut Butter Bars
{adapted from here}
Yields: 9 big bars
Total Time: 45 minutes (plus an additional hour to chill)
Benefits: No oven(!) and had all ingredients in my pantry
Chocolate Graham Bottom:
1/2 cup salted butter
1/4 cup of sugar
5 Tbsp cocoa
1 1/4 graham cracker crumbs
(the original recipe had 1/4 cups nuts, which I didn’t add)
Freaking Amazing Peanut Butter Filling
1/3 cup salted butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Top Layer
8 oz. semi-sweet baker’s chocolate
2 Tbsp of sugar
1/2 cup of peanut butter
Creating the Chocolate Graham Layer:
Create graham cracker crumbs by placing approximately 10 crackers in food processor.
You can also do the old ziploc bag and hammer trick.
Melt the butter, chocolate, and sugar in a double boiler. Or you can do what I did (at your own risk) and melt the ingredients on the stove top over extremely low heat. Don’t forget the sugar like I did.
Add the egg and cook for about five minutes. The ingredients will get smooth and creamy and thick.
Remove from heat and add graham cracker crumbs.

Once combined, pour the mixture into an 8 x 8 baking dish lined with parchment paper.
Spread the crust evenly across the dish.
Creating the Freaking Amazing Peanut Butter Filling
Combine butter, sugar, and peanut butter in mixing bowl.

Using an electric mixer, start on low speed, gradually increasing speed to medium until combined and you get a nice whipped look.
Try not to eat it out of the bowl, but it is ok to lick the mixer attachments.
Spread the peanut butter layer over the chocolate graham crust.

Creating the Chocolate Peanut Butter Topping
Next melt the 8 oz. of semi-sweet chocolate and sugar over low heat. Once it’s almost completely melted, add in 1/2 cup of peanut butter. It will blend quickly then remove from heat and spread the yummy topping over the other two layers.

Place in the fridge for at least an hour then enjoy.

p.s. This recipe is linked up here, here, here, and here.