Peanut butter, chocolate chips, butterscotch morsels and Chex cereal in an easy and delicious no-bake dessert bar recipe.
Scotcheroos are one of my favorite treats because they have chocolate AND peanut butter AND butterscotch in them and that’s a culinary perfect storm for me.
All day long.
They’re typically made with Rice Krispies cereal (not Chex) but I kept seeing these beautiful Chex cereal versions made into little individual servings and thought I’d give them a try.
But then I decided I was tired and hot and didn’t feel like fooling with portioning out 40-leven dozen perfect little individual serving-size mounds so I just dumped the lot in a pan and hoped for the best. Meh. What was the worst that could happen?
These were insanely delicious! And the Chex cereal was such an interesting spin!
The corn Chex has a slightly roasted flavor which really stands up well to the sweet chocolate and butterscotch! These cut like a dream and were easy to pop out of the pan.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR CHEX SCOTCHEROO BARS
One of the things I love about this recipe is that I often have the ingredients on-hand and can whip up a batch pretty quickly. All you need is:
- Light corn syrup
- Sugar
- Peanut butter (divided)
- Vanilla
- Salt
- Corn Chex cereal
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Butterscotch morsels
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Chex Scotcheroo Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups peanut butter (divided)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 cups corn Chex cereal
- 1 12-oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 11-oz. package butterscotch morsels
Instructions
- Spray a 13x9 pan very lightly with cooking spray; set aside. Spray a large mixing bowl very lightly with cooking spray then add cereal to bowl; set aside. You need to do both of these steps first because you need to work pretty quickly once your syrup mixture is ready or it will start to set up
- Combine corn syrup and sugar in a medium pan then cook over medium heat until mixture starts to boil, stirring occasionally. Once boiling, remove from heat. Add 1 1/2 cups peanut butter, vanilla and salt then stir until well combined and smooth.
- Pour corn syrup mixture over cereal in prepared bowl then gently fold until combined. Spread mixture into prepared pan. The mixture doesn’t need to be pressed down flat – just relatively even.
- Combine chocolate chips, butterscotch morsels and remaining 1/2 cup peanut butter in a medium microwave safe bowl then heat for approximately 90 seconds or until just melted, stopping every 30 seconds to stir. Stir mixture until smooth and creamy then pour over cereal mixture.
- Cool, uncovered, until set then cut into squares. Store at room temperature in an air-tight container.
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ReplyDeleteI want one right now! These look so decadent and yummy...thank you! Pinned.
ReplyDeleteNeed to make these immediately! My mouth is watering!
ReplyDeleteGreets,
Mandy, I don't expect you to comment three years on, but I can't believe that no one thought 184 degrees was pretty hot for inside your house! Wouldn't the paint start peeling? ;-) Anyway, thank you for sharing this recipe. It reminds me of one that my mom used to make at Christmastime. I'll let you know how they go. :) Sara
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