No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Square

I adapted the recipe from this site. The dark chocolate chips didn't melt to a spreadable consistency. I added splash of whole milk to thin it out. Adrian was surprised when I told him the chocolate topping was made from the chocolate chips. Once he ate a couple of them because we ran out of chocolate and he had this craving to quench. He thought they were bad. I tasted the melted chocolate and decided to add maple syrup to make it "taste like high quality chocolate" as Adrian later testified.

We loved this Peanut Butter Squares. It's one of those desserts that we can't stop having more, and wish they never run out: we had 6 of out of the 10 squares; that's how much we loved it. I have this bag of digestive biscuits that I bought long time ago thinking I would use them to make a cheesecake that I once fell in love with. Anyway it hasn't happened and it's the only thing that remotely resembles graham crackers, hence the use of it. The biscuit crumbs add just the right touch of texture to the peanut butter layer. You may add more, or some chopped peanut butter, for more crunch.

Ingredients:
(makes 10 squares)

• 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup natural chunky peanut butter
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups digestive biscuits, crushed
• 1/4 tablespoon natural chunky peanut butter
  
• 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
• 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
• splash of whole milk

1. Line a 4" x 6" baking pan with aluminium foil with overhang around the sides.
2. With a electric mixer, blend together together sugar, butter, peanut butter, and vanilla. Fold in biscuit crumbs and press the peanut butter mixture over the bottom of prepared pan.
3. Place a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of boiling water. Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter to a spreadable consistency. Add whole milk and maple syrup if needed.
4. Pour chocolate mixture to top the peanut butter layer. Let sit in refrigerator for 1 hour or until chocolate is set.
5. Use the aluminium foil to lift the entire bar out of the pan. Remove the aluminium foil and cut bar into 10 squares. Return to refrigerator for another 2 hours before serving.