Easy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
These crispy peanut butter rice cereal bars, topped with butterscotch and chocolate, are quick, easy and oh so good -- and there's no baking involved! So who wants dessert tonight?!!
Recipe Ingredients:
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light or dark corn syrup
1 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
6 cups toasted rice cereal
1 cup (6 ounces) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels
2 cups (12 ounce package) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Cooking Directions:
- Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
- Heat sugar and corn syrup in medium saucepan over medium heat to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in peanut butter. Add cereal; stir until cereal is coated. Press into prepared pan.
- Microwave butterscotch morsels in small, microwave-safe bowl on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 1 minute; STIR. The morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10 to 15-second intervals, stirring just until melted. Spread over cereal mixture.
- Sprinkle semi-sweet morsels over butterscotch; press down slightly. Refrigeratefor 15 minutes or until firm.
Makes 54 bars.
Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/54 of recipe): Calories: 120 Calories from Fat: 45 Total Fat: 5 g Saturated Fat: 2.5 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 55 mg Carbohydrates: 18 g Dietary Fiber: .5 g Sugars: 14 g Protein: 2 g
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