These gooey Chubby Hubby Bars are inspired by Ben and Jerry’s Chubby Hubby Ice Cream! Made with pretzels, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, caramel and more, thse delicious dessert bars are everything!
Chubby Hubby Bars Recipe
I am not a huge ice cream fan.
Don’t feel bad for me, I certainly get my sweets in a multitude of other ways.
But, one day last week while doing my weekly grocery shopping, I got seduced by the colorful pints of Ben & Jerry’s down the frozen food aisle. I generally try and avoid the ice cream section altogether…but this day I was feeling weak.
I stood and stared at the pints full of delicious concoctions…I am less intrigued by the ice cream itself, as I am by the add-in combinations.
Honestly, ice cream is just a vehicle for my cookie dough or Schweddy Ball consumption…I could take it or leave it ~ and normally I leave it. Yep, I am one of those who picks out all the goodies and leaves a half eaten pint-full of picked through vanilla. Luckily my husband is a vanilla-man, so he doesn’t mind.
While hypnotized by the shelves of delicious ice cream flavors my eyes stopped on “Chubby Hubby“. I decided the only option at that moment was to buy it. For research. It’s a thing, trust me.
So as soon as I got home after dinner, I decided to sit down and give this ice cream a fair chance. I mean how bad could vanilla ice cream with chocolate peanut butter pretzels, and fudge and peanut butter swirls be? Well, I will tell you…not bad. Not bad at all.
In fact I was so enamored by the pretzely, chocolatey goodness that I figured there must be a more efficient way of consuming them, without having to pick through the needless vanilla.
I bring you Chubby Hubby Bars. Full of all the salty sweetness you crave without the added ice cream calories. See? I’m really helping you out. I’m a giver.
I know I make lots and lots of bars. I thought about trying to make these in cookie-form, but I’m lazy. Bars are easy.
How to Make Chubby Hubby Bars
First make a simple cookie dough and add in some of these little gems…
Yep, the whole bag…minus like, 6 little cups. I think you’re supposed to eat those, you know, more research.
Then mix in some of these…
Then spread the batter into your trusty 9×13 pan.
Try not to eat too much of the dough. You might get a tummy ache…I mean, I hear that it’s possible…
After it’s baked you could stop there…but I think you should pour a little caramel on top.
Then spread some melted chocolate on top of that.
Balls out.
When the chocolate is set up you can share, if you’re feeling generous. Told you I was a giver.
Chubby Hubby Bars
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: About 36 bars 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These gooey Chubby Hubby Bars are inspired by Ben and Jerry’s Chubby Hubby Ice Cream! Made with pretzels, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, caramel and more, thse delicious dessert bars are everything!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temp
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp coarse sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pretzels
- 1 (8oz) bag of Reese’s Mini cups (or 2 cups coarsely chopped full sized Reese’s)
- 1 (14 oz) bag of caramels, unwrapped
- 2 Tbsp water
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Spray a 9×13 pan lightly with cooking spray.
- Beat together your butter and sugars until light and fluffy, approx 1 min.
- Add eggs and vanilla, mix until incorporated.
- On low speed add in your salt, baking soda and flour, mixing until just combined.
- Slowly add in your Reeses and Pretzels, mixing until evenly distributed.
- Spread in your prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes.
- Let cool completely. Approx 30 minutes to an hour.
- When cooled, melt your caramels and 2 Tbsp water in a microwave safe bowl stirring every minute until melted.
- Pour over your bars.
- Chill in fridge for 15 minutes to set caramel.
- Melt your chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave and spread over caramel.
- Put back in the fridge for at least 30 minutes or until chocolate is set.
- Cut into squares when ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 1205
- Sugar: 39.4 g
- Sodium: 3019.5 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Carbohydrates: 230.2 g
- Protein: 27 g
- Cholesterol: 37 mg
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I made these for my hubby’s bday (which is tomorrow… yay for planning ahead!) and if they taste half as good as they look/smell, I’m going to be a hero! However, I am not telling him what they’re called. Because if he ever dared make a dessert for me called Chubby Wife Bars he would be in BIG trouble 🙂
Hahaha! Let me know if u like them!
These look amazing!!! I will definitely have to try them. My favorite ice cream is Chubby Hubby and I recently found out I am allergic to milk… so no more ice cream. =( I will definitely have to make this recipe. Thanks!!! =D
These look absolutely sinful. Love it!
These were DELISH – and right up there with your Caramel Swirled Pretzel M&M Blondies (which are still my all-time faves).
Was your cookie a little gooey on the inside? I’m edging closer to 35 minutes at 350 and my inside of the cookie is still super gooey. Going to continue cooking until it’s a little gooey since that is what makes a really yummy cookie 🙂 but thought I’d ask anyway. Can’t wait to try them!
My cookie wasn’t super gooey, but I love a gooey cookie! Just let them cool completely before you cute them or you’ll have a mess 🙂 A yummy mess, but still a mess
Chubby Hubby ice cream is my fave, so I decided to make these for a party. They were delicious!!! I’ll definitely be making these again. Thank you!
These look amazing!! I’m planning on making them for a group Bible study tonight- about how many did your recipe serve? We usually have about 20 people so I was thinking of doubling it… should I triple it, do you think?
Oh my gosh, Chubby Hubby is my favorite BJ’s flavor, thank you for making these!!! Thoughts of giving up sugar have flown out the window, now that I’ve seen these!
Let me just say that it’s almost 9:00 at night and I’m drooling looking at these pictures. I so wish I had one of these right now! 🙂
Just made these…in the over RIGHT NOW! Can’t wait to try them!
awesome! let me know how you like them 🙂