Chocolate Frosted Peanut Butter Crispy Rice Cereal Bars

"This complete recipe can be doubled. It is best to slice the bars while the chocolate topping is only semi hardened, this will prevent the chocolate from cracking."
 
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photo by Redsie photo by Redsie
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
30
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ingredients

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directions

  • Pour the rice cereal and chopped peanuts (if using) in a large bowl; set aside.
  • In a heavy-bottomed saucepan combine the light corn syrup and white sugar; bring to a boil; continue to boil for 1 minute.
  • Reduce heat to low and stir in butter or margarine, peanut butter and vanilla until melted and smooth.
  • Add in mini marshmallows and stir until blended.
  • Pour the marshmallow mixture into the rice cereal and stir with a wooden spoon until well combined.
  • Press the mixture into an greased 11 x 7-inch baking pan, flatten with the back of a buttered spoon.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl microwave the chocolate chips with shortening on HIGH until melted, removing once to stir.
  • Immediately spread the hot chocolate mixture evenly over the bars; chill to harden the chocolate.
  • Cut into desired size bars.

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Reviews

  1. It's been a while since I made rice crispy bars. I don't remember using sugar and corn syrup. Anyway, I used dark corn syrup and cheerios, because that is what I had, and I needed to use up the cheerios. They turned out nice and gooey. I liked that, but they were sweeter than I like and didn't taste very much like peanut butter. Oh well, maybe I can modify this next time. Thank you for sharing.<br/><br/>Update: They were so gooey because I didn't wait long enough to try them. The next day they were better, but I discovered that I had made them too thick. That made them hard to eat. Still tasted good, though. Still need more peanut butter. I can't seem to stop eating them. All that sugar is going to kill me yet. (And my DH, who is diabetic, but won't leave these alone.)
     
  2. I liked the flavor,but I must have meaured wrong-it was a little too gooey.
     
  3. Made these for my family, the kid's and my dad loved them but I found them too sweet. I think next time I might leave out the corn syrup and maybe some of the sugar.
     
  4. Made these as an after-school snack for my GD and her friends and the pan was gone in no time flat. The little bit they left me was pretty darn good. TFS!
     
  5. These are TDF!! If you love peanut butter, these bars are for you!! Used some low-fat syrup, a little less sugar, low-fat peanut butter. Didn't add any peanuts. Made these in a 9x13 baking pan. These are rich and tasty!! Thanks Kit! :)
     
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