Chewy Chocolate Bar

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 19 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 3/8 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 2/3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup peanuts, dry roasted
• 1/2 cup rice krispies
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup peanut butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 deg.
• 2 spray a 9 x 9 inch baking dish.
• 3 in a 2 quart saucepan, melt butter. add the peanut butter, brown sugar, corn syrup. combine over med. heat until just starting to simmer. remove from heat. stir in vanilla.
• 4 add oats, peanuts and rice krispies.
• 5 pour into prepared pan and pat evenly with spatula.
• 6 bake in the oven for 16 minutes. turn oven off and let sit in the oven for 3 minutes.
• 7 remove from oven and let cool.
• 8 while that is cooling (in same saucepan), melt chocolate chips and peanut butter. once smooth and combined, spread over the top of the cooled crust.
• 9 let cool completely or refrigerated before cutting into 16 servings.