Name: Chocolate Scotcheroos
Yield: 36 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup Corn syrup; 1 cup White sugar; 1 cup Peanut butter; 6 cups Puffed rice cereal; 1 cup Chocolate chips; 1 cup Butterscotch-flavored chips

Dessert

36 servings

161 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Prepare a 9x13-inch baking pan by spraying with cooking spray or lightly buttering it.

Step 2

Cook corn syrup and white sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to bubble; remove from heat.

Corn syrupWhite sugar

Step 3

Stir in the peanut butter until the mixture is uniform in color and texture.

Peanut butter

Step 4

Stir in the puffed rice cereal, adding in two batches if needed, until evenly coated.

Puffed rice cereal

Step 5

Transfer the warm cereal mixture to the prepared pan and gently press into an even layer without crushing the cereal.

Corn syrupWhite sugarPeanut butterPuffed rice cereal

Step 6

Melt the chocolate and butterscotch chips together in the saucepan over medium heat, stirring, then spread the melted topping over the cereal layer.

Chocolate chipsButterscotch-flavored chips

Step 7

Cool until the topping is firm (refrigerate for about an hour if desired).

Chocolate chipsButterscotch-flavored chips

Step 8

Cut into 36 bars about 1.5 x 1.5 inches and serve at room temperature.

This recipe is adapted from Wikibooks. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.