Chocolate-Topped Peanut Butter Melts

Here is an easy, no-bake chocolate peanut butter bar. There are many similar recipes out there, but this one is likely one of the quickest and easiest. It is also, in my opinion, one of the tastier ones. It isn't simply a regular chocolate and peanut butter flavored square. The crust, with icing sugar, is truly peanut buttery and melts in your mouth. The chocolate topping, unlike simply using melted chocolate, adds more flavor depth, is sweeter, and does not crack when cut like plain chocolate often does. 

Peanut Butter Crust
1/2 cup hard margarine
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
2 cups icing sugar
1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs

Chocolate Topping
1/2 cup granulated (white) sugar
3 Tablespoons water
2 Tablespoons hard margarine
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Line an 8x8 inch square pan with foil.
CRUST: In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and peanut butter together. Mix in sugar and crumbs. Press into prepared pan.
TOPPING: In a medium saucepan, bring the sugar, water, and margarine to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Boil for one minute. Add chocolate chips and stir until smooth. Pour over crust. Chill until set. 
Recipe is from my favorite cookbook, Company's Coming "Chocolate Everything".

Paré, Jean. "Peanut Butter Squares." Recipe. Chocolate Everything, Edmonton Alberta: Company's Coming Publishing Limited, 2000. 166.