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Wholesome PayDay Bar (and Baby Ruth) Recipe

By Blenders
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: 12 hours, 15 minutes | Active Time: |

This “Pay Day Bar” is a wholesome version of the real thing using all natural ingredients. I’ve added honey in this recipe to give it some more flavor and stickiness, but this can easily be omitted for a low-carb version. Option: add my recipe for Chocolate Bark on top to make a Baby Ruth Bar.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 2 c. salted peanuts
  • 1/2 jar peanut butter (all natural)
  • 3 T. honey
  • 1/4 t. stevia
  • 1/4 heavy cream
  • 1 T vanilla
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. In a double boiler, melt butter. Stir in peanut butter allowing it to melt slightly to combine well with the butter.
  2. Slowly add heavy cream (mixture will be thick and creamy).
  3. Remove from heat and add vanilla, stevia and honey. Fold in peanuts.
  4. Spread mixture in Pyrex pan and refrigerate overnight. Cut into squares and serve.

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  • ohcomeon:

    Stevia is an all-natural, no-calorie sweetener that is extracted from the leaf of the stevia plant. It can be purchased at natural food stores and now it's readily available at most grocers under the name Truvia.

    I attempted the recipe (twice) and it never turned out as in the photo. I tried half of a 15 oz jar of peanut butter--it was way too much, had to double the peanuts to...+READ

    ohcomeon:

    Stevia is an all-natural, no-calorie sweetener that is extracted from the leaf of the stevia plant. It can be purchased at natural food stores and now it's readily available at most grocers under the name Truvia.

    I attempted the recipe (twice) and it never turned out as in the photo. I tried half of a 15 oz jar of peanut butter--it was way too much, had to double the peanuts to compensate. I also thought 1 Tbsp vanilla was way too much so only used 1 tsp. The second time I used 1/2 cup peanut butter--still too much, doubled the peanuts again. Of course I did use the honey and 1/4 cup cream (the amount of cream seemed appropriate). If you use honey, the stevia is not necessary.

    If I were to make again, I'd reduce the butter to 4 Tbsp (there's enough fat in the p.b.) and the honey to 2 Tbsp. I still may double the peanuts anyway.

    Good luck.-COLLAPSE

  • I want to make these for my dad.But what is stevia?

  • Eleven1378's post is spot-on. I would love to make this for my father for Christmas but the recipe needs clarification. Any way we can get a response in the next week?

  • What size jar of peanut butter? How much cream?