Pms Bars

Muffin Goddess's Note:

Another variation of those famous magic layer bars, this one gets it's title from the combination of salty, sweet, crunchy, and creamy (Which is what most of us chickies clamor for when having an "attack"). I think some of my male coworkers pretend to suffer from PMS occasionally, just so I'll bring them a pan of these treats!

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 bars

• ½ cup butter
• 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (I use fat-free)
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup peanut butter chip
• 1 cup vanilla chip
• 1 cup broken salted pretzel (thin pretzels are preferable)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Melt butter in 13x9" pan in the oven.
3. Remove from oven and sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over butter.
4. Mix well and press firmly into bottom of pan.
5. Pour condensed milk evenly over crust.
6. Sprinkle chips over condensed milk (each flavor individually, or mix them together in a bowl first).
7. Sprinkle broken pretzels over chips, and press everything down firmly with a spatula or fork.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes (edges should brown a bit).
9. For best results, cool in pan completely before cutting into bars.
10. Optional: Serve with Diet Coke (the ladies will best understand this suggestion).

Reviews

[alligirl]

Awesome! Totally yummy; and I took a bit of license (with ingredients I had on hand) and they were GREAT! I didn't have peanut butter chips, so I used heath bar bits. I also added a cup of honey roasted peanuts; delicious! I can't wait to share these with my girlfriends, cause they're simple to whip up and they hit the spot! Thanks for sharing, Muffin Goddess. Made for ZWT.

[The_Desperate_Housewife]

I made these for a party and they turned out really well. Very easy recipe, followed it exactly -- it was a nice change from the usual recipe that I use for my seven layer bars. I really liked the pretzels on top. Thank you for posting this one, it is a keeper!!!

[Boxerwing]

Really yummy! DH said "these are really good" with no prompting (I always have to ask him how he likes new recipes) and he gave them a 4* rating. I used white choc. chips instead of the vanilla chips (couldn't find 'em), but that was the only change. I can't imagine that will last long around here! Delish!