Chocolate Peanut Butter Cornflake Crunch Bars

Ocean~Ivy's Note:

Yum! No bake--no trouble! These are a yummy snack even the little ones will gobble up!

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 36 bars

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups corn flakes
• 1 1/2 cups peanuts (or each) or 1 1/2 cups raisins (or each)

Directions:

1. In a 3-quart saucepan, combine the peanut butter, corn syrup and sugar.
2. Cook on low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture just comes to a boil (10-12 minutes).
3. Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate chips until melted.
4. Stir in the vanilla extract, cereal and nuts; toss to coat well (mixture will be stiff).
5. Press into a buttered 13x9-inch pan.
6. Cool completely, then cut into bars.

Reviews

[enigma535]

I made this for a meeting and also made "adult" brownies and cookies. I subbed the chocolate chips with m&m's. I figured these might be a bit childish and I would bring it home to my kids. Well, hardly anything else was touched and I only brought back a few pieces of this. It was a big hit and my kids loved it too!

[SrtaMaestra]

Not exactly what I was looking for, but a good start & tastes yummy! I omitted the chocolate, vanilla (my corn syrup had vanilla in it), and peanuts/raisins. The result was very good, but of course, didn't quite fill the 9 by 13 pan after leaving out the nuts. It tastes just like what my mom used to make, so now I just need to adjust the amounts to make a whole pan, instead of just 3/4! Doubling the recipe would probably be perfect for my 10 by 15 pan. Thanks!

[ritalou2]

I saw several recipes for these cookies and chose this one because it used only 1/2 cup sugar as opposed to 1 cup. Good peanut butter chocolate taste with a little crunch. Not an overpowering peanut butter flavor. I used crunchy peanut butter. I didn't add any peanuts or raisins. My GD loved them.